WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies are poised to back a $650 billion boost in the IMF’s emergency reserves on Wednesday and extend a freeze on debt payments as part of an effort to
The Treasury Department is working with the International Monetary Fund to help provide up to $650 billion in currency aid to countries hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic. An announcement Friday from Treasury indicated it is aiding the IMF toward
President Emmanuel Macron extended light lockdown measures from 19 areas including Paris to all of mainland France from April 3 for 4 weeks at a televised address on the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday. Macron widened the light lockdown measures currently imposed
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday proposed delaying elections that will choose a commission to rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era constitution, due to a surge in Covid-19 infections. Pinera said that for “the health of all the inhabitants of Chile” he would present a proposal
Germany on Friday declared the whole of France a “high-risk” area for coronavirus infections, a move that means travellers need to show a negative Covid-19 test and quarantine upon arrival. France, including all French overseas departments, is now considered “at
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reversed plans on Wednesday for a coronavirus lockdown over Easter amid criticism from experts and officials over the move. The plans had called for placing the country in a strict lockdown over the Easter holiday —
Brazil’s daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the hard-hit country struggled to contain a surge of cases that has pushed many hospitals to breaking point. The health ministry registered a record 3,251 deaths
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, several months after widespread vaccination started in Russia. Kremlin opponents have criticized Putin for not getting vaccinated amid a comparatively slow rollout of the shot in Russia,
Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early Tuesday after a
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Sunday to do his utmost to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus ahead of the Olympic torch relay and his upcoming visit to Washington. Suga was addressing his ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s annual convention,