Britain warned Thursday it would not commit to following European Union rules in a post-Brexit trade deal, and threatened to abandon talks in June if no compromise was possible. Two days after EU ministers approved their own joint approach to the negotiations, which start on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government set out its own […]

The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has cost 26 lives, the health ministry announced Thursday, with seven new deaths reported over 24 hours as the spread appeared to accelerate. Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour also told a press briefing that 106 more cases of the disease had been confirmed, raising the tally of infections to 245, the […]

Zimbabwe faces a grim economic outlook this year and is also at risk of an extreme humanitarian crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday. An IMF team issued the warning after experts visited the southern African country and met with officials there. Zimbabwe’s economy has been in a slump for more than a decade, with […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday urged schools nationwide to close for several weeks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, as authorities reported the country’s fourth death linked to the outbreak. The move comes as crew members from the Diamond Princess, a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship quarantined off Japan, began leaving the vessel […]

One of the United States largest labour unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat the nation’s President, Donald Trump, a sweeping effort focused on eight battleground states and voters of colour who typically don’t vote. The investment marks the largest voter engagement and turnout operation in the […]