Новости за 07.05.2020

The chief executive of Deliv messaged workers that the delivery service startup will wind down operations over the next 90 days.

Levi Strauss is zeroing in on collecting cash owed by its business customers to help boost liquidity.

Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalks Labs said it is abandoning a project to develop a “smart city” in a Toronto neighborhood, citing the economic uncertainty and harm to Toronto’s real-estate market caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The yield on the two-year Treasury settled at a record low after data showed the continuing hit to the U.S. labor market from the pandemic shutdowns.

A filmmaker searches his family’s archive for clues to abuse he endured as a child.

More than 100 tests meant to detect a previous Covid-19 infection are now available in the U.S. But only a few have been reviewed or deemed reliable, and scientists say even an accurate test result doesn’t guarantee immunity.

The administration will ease permitting for farmers and enforce standards on imported seafood.

Citigroup, BNP Paribas and UBS are blocked from processing lira transactions as Turkey’s currency hits a record low against the dollar.

Tests have shown many imported masks perform far short of N95 filtration standards, prompting the government to act.

Israel’s president gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form a unity government with his onetime rival after a parliamentary majority supported the arrangement, a remarkable turnaround for the leader.

In this week’s Comfort Read, we revisit 1948’s “I Capture the Castle,” an impossibly entertaining book about the fortitude and marriage schemes of a family in the English countryside.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the coronavirus pandemic and other bilateral issues in a phone call Thursday, as tensions between the two countries remain high.

Two weeks after the country began lifting restrictions and a day before some mosques are set to reopen, cases of Covid-19 have surged afresh in Iran, where nearly 6,500 people have died from the disease.

Sweden’s decision not to impose a mandatory national lockdown has drawn global attention. But it turns out the situation here isn’t as different as it might first appear.

The militant group has stepped up attacks in Iraq, seeking to exploit cracks in Baghdad’s alliance with the U.S.-led coalition and new security challenges resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

Bond contracts that waive sovereign immunity can provide cash and some much-needed discipline.

We’ve seen these scare tactics before, in both the campaigns against Brexit and against Trump.

Even at the highest levels of government, lawmakers face pitfalls and at least one possum; a ‘catastrophe from a technical standpoint’

The U.S. is removing Patriot antimissile systems from Saudi Arabia and is considering reductions to other military assets—marking the end, for now, of a large-scale military buildup to counter Iran, according to U.S. officials.

Social-media usage is raging, but will it crash when real-life invitations start flooding back in?

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is leading a push to withdraw troops from an international peacekeeping force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where Egyptian security forces are battling Islamic State militants on Israel’s doorstep, according to current and former U.S. officials.

How the pandemic has affected capital cities like London, Berlin and beyond.

The first wave of job losses from the coronavirus crisis has been horrible. The second wave could be nearly as damaging.

Everybody needs to get offline at least part of the time to focus on the big picture. You just may need to trick yourself into doing it.

Natural-gas prices swung between small gains and losses, pausing a recent recovery after weekly inventory figures showed a larger-than-expected increase last week.