The bonds of friendship between France and the UK, US and Australia have been “tarnished” by the AUKUS pact, and it is now “more difficult than before” for France to trust those countries, the president of the French National Assembly has told Sky News. Richard Ferrand is attending the G7 Speakers’ Conference in Chorley, Lancashire, hosted […]
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> is preparing to suspend operations at its manufacturing plant in Bratislava, the company said on Sunday, after Slovakia declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak. Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrinim said earlier on Sunday that there was a potential coronavirus case at the plant, which is the […]
By Lawrence Delevingne and Howard Schneider BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve has offered more than $3 trillion in loans and asset purchases in recent weeks to stop the U.S. financial system from seizing up, but it has not yet directly helped large swaths of the real economy: companies, municipalities and other borrowers with less […]
