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Lebanese take to the streets as currency hits a new low

Hundreds of Lebanese poured into the streets to protest the tumbling of the national currency to a new low against the dollar Thursday, blocking roads and highways in several places across the small country that had started slowly opening up after months of coronavirus restrictions. In...

Oil prices slump as virus-related demand concerns resurface

Oil prices tumbled around 7% on Thursday, fueled by renewed concerns about demand destruction as new cases of coronavirus tick up globally, while the United States saw another large build in crude inventories. U.S. coronavirus cases surpassed 2 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters...

US economy will stay open even in second virus wave: Mnuchin

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday there will be no more shutdowns to stop the coronavirus pandemic, even as the outbreak flares in some states. "We can't shut down the economy. I think we've learned that if you shut down the economy, you're going to create more damage,"...