Mosque’s makeshift morgue shows virus toll on UK minorities
BIRMINGHAM, England — The holy month of Ramadan is underway, and the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham should be full of worshippers. ...
Mideast economies take massive hit with oil price crash
BAGHDAD — Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia will likely have to delay mega-pr...
Spain lets children play as US states move at various speeds
MINNEAPOLIS — Spain let children go outside and play Sunday for the first time in six weeks as European countries methodically worked to ease their lo...
A flood of business bankruptcies likely in coming months
NEW YORK — The billions of dollars in coronavirus relief targeted at small businesses may not prevent many of them from ending up in bankruptcy court.
Many failures combined to unleash death on Italy’s Lombardy
ROME — As Italy prepares to emerge from the West’s first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribl...
Mayor imposes curfew, then entertains fellow bored residents
HONOLULU — When a curfew goes into effect each night for one Hawaiian county, the mayor gets bored -- and posts videos on social media.
Asia Today: India’s Modi warns against complacency vs virus
BANGKOK — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned the country’s 1.3 billion people against any complacency in the fight against the coronavi...
Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of...
Virus lockdowns an extra ordeal for special-needs children
PARIS — Weeks into France's strict coronavirus lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his family...
Trump: Postal Service must charge Amazon more, or no loan
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't approve a $10 billion loan for the U.S. Postal Service unless the agency raises charges ...
No, don’t inject disinfectant: Outcry over Trump’s musing
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's raising of unproven, even far-fetched ideas for fighting COVID-19 -- including his latest musing about injecting...
Coronavirus relief pushing US deficits to staggering heights
WASHINGTON — Spend what it takes, Washington said as it confronted the coronavirus. Well over $2 trillion later, it’s unclear where that spending will...
Pelosi: No more virus bailouts without state and local aid
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Friday that Congress’ next economic package provide billions for financially reeling state and local ...
At least $9.7 billion in state bailouts for Air France, KLM
PARIS — The French and Dutch governments announced at least 9 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in bailout money Friday to rescue Air France and KLM, whose...
Georgia eases lockdown; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Barber shops, nail salons, gyms and a few other businesses reopened in Georgia on Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long...
FDA warns of heart risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned doctors against prescribing a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump for tr...
AP-NORC poll: Most losing jobs to virus think they’ll return
WASHINGTON — One out of every four American adults say someone in their household has lost a job to the coronavirus pandemic, but the vast majority ex...
‘Bereavement after bereavement’: UK nursing home staff mourn
SELSTON, England — Lucy Dawson is haunted by a sense of powerlessness.
Biden backs mail vote, says Trump’s opposition ‘un-American’
ATLANTA — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is calling on Congress to provide enough money for every state to allow voters to cast...
Fed will provide monthly disclosures on support programs
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Thursday that it will provide monthly reports on several of its economic rescue programs supported by the $2 tri...
California Gov. Newsom finds new friend in Washington: Trump
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — These times were strange enough. And then California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump started getting along.
Some governors worry that federal aid is too restrictive
Governors in a handful of states are raising concerns about restrictions on the federal stimulus checks they have started to receive to help cover the...
Probe sought in Trump administration’s ouster of scientist
WASHINGTON — Calls mounted Thursday for an investigation into the ouster of a senior government scientist who says he's being punished for opposing wi...
Somber Congress delivers nearly $500B more in virus aid
WASHINGTON — Congress delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending Thursday, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals bucklin...
Gig workers and self-employed keep waiting for jobless aid
WASHINGTON — Like many Americans cooped up during the virus outbreak, Jeff Kardesch of Austin, Texas, is spending a lot of time on social media. It is...
Swing-state Republicans pin virus fallout on Democrats
HARRISBURG, Pa. — With legions out of work, Republicans across the critical battleground states are trying to lay blame for the economic wreckage of t...
AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Last autumn, when schools were in session, sports stadiums full and no one had even heard of the COVID-19 disease, the Missouri h...
Iran Guard commander threatens US Navy after Trump tweet
TEHRAN, Iran — The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned on Thursday that he has ordered his forces to potentially target the U.S. Navy after Pr...
Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since Depression
NEW YORK — Unemployment in the U.S. is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out ...
$310B for small business loans likely spoken for, banks say
NEW YORK — Small business owners still applying for loans under the government's coronavirus relief program may end up disappointed — the $310 billion...