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Jobless data show economic pain as Trump eyes US reopening

Brutal weekly unemployment numbers underscored the coronavirus pandemic's continued ability to destroy jobs in the United States -- 36.5 million in two months -- as President Donald Trump and his allies pushed to reopen the world's largest economy. About 2.98 million people filed fresh...

9.3 mln people food insecure in war-torn Syria: WFP

A record 9.3 million people are now food insecure in Syria as spiralling prices and the coronavirus pandemic compound the damage of a nine-year war, the World Food Programme said Thursday. "Record high food prices & now COVID-19 have pushed families in Syria beyond their limits," the...