The European Central Bank (ECB) launched new bond purchases worth 750 billion euros ($820bn) at an emergency meeting late on Wednesday in a bid to stop a pandemic-induced financial rout shredding

Africa has so far recorded relatively few coronavirus cases compared to the rest of the world, but governments across the continent are taking no chances as they race to stop the spread of the virus on

Dramatic action from the US Federal Reserve to cushion the blow from the coronavirus pandemic isn't helping to calm global markets on Monday. In fact, it seems to have made matters worse.The latest: Markets

The coronavirus crisis is hurting America's retail industry, so many stores are shutting their doors or reducing their hours.Walmart (WMT), the largest retailer in America, said Saturday that it will modify

In the weeks before President Donald Trump spoke from the Oval Office to announce restrictions on travelers from more than two dozen countries in Europe, thousands of people from the region already had

Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) will close its theme parks in California and Florida and its resort in Paris from this weekend through the end of the month due to the global outbreak of coronavirus, the company

China's Communist Party wants more gratitude for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak.Speaking Friday, Wang Zhonglin, party chief of Wuhan, the virus-hit capital of Hubei province, said that

Boris Johnson is facing his first Commons rebellion since his general election victory over Huawei's role in the UK's 5G mobile internet network.A number of senior Conservatives are set to back an amendment

Around 60 foreigners who were quarantined for weeks in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, have finally left the country.The Air Koryo flight to Vladivostok is the first commercial flight to leave North

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming. He's written about music and technology for more than 20 years and appears regularly as the in-house tech expert on CBS This Morning. He lives

To keep his 40 employees indoors and away from China's virus outbreak, the manager of an electronics factory in Dongguan, near Hong Kong, says he hired a cook and arranged dormitories for them.Cjtouch

Some of the world's biggest football stars - like Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona - come from Argentina.But its ball-producing sector is in crisis, imports are leaving hundreds of people out of work.Al

South Korea reported on Monday 476 new coronavirus cases, taking its national tally to 4,212, as the government of Seoul sought a murder investigation into a controversial church at the center of the country's

The Trump administration's peace deal with the Taliban opens the door for an initial American troop withdrawal that Defense Secretary Mark Esper sees as a step toward the broader goal of preparing for

Groups of refugees and migrants are heading towards the EU after Turkey said it would not abide by a deal to stop them reaching Europe.Turkey's communications chief said the country had not received enough

A lack of expertise in controlling the pests is not their only problem: Kenya temporarily ran out of pesticides, Ethiopia needs more planes and Somalia and Yemen, torn by civil war, can't guarantee

As I finished cutting and gluing the Envelope together to eventually encase my Pixel 3A, I was hopeful. On top of being an average phone user, I've been reviewing and reporting on phones for years. To

More than 100,000 people filled into a cricket stadium in western India on Monday for a "Namaste Trump" rally in the biggest reception to a foreign leader in years which Trump said was a "stunning display

Voters in German city-state Hamburg have punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis-wracked conservatives and ejected the far right from Parliament in a regional election, according to exit polls.According

Homes are being evacuated amid a security alert in Newtownabbey.A suspicious object was found in Felden Place and an Army bomb disposal team are at the scene.A number of nearby homes have been evacuated,