Markets suffer record meltdown as global coronavirus alarm grows
Washington DC, US/Beijing, ChinaReuters Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified, and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled new measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 126,000 people worldwide. Travellers in Europe rushed to board flights to the United States after […]
Don’t let impact of coronavirus breed hate, urges EU human rights agency
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The global outbreak of coronavirus will impinge on people’s freedom and other human rights but steps must be taken to stop “unacceptable behaviour” including discrimination and racial attacks, said the head of a European human rights watchdog. Michael O’Flaherty, director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, said he was […]