Millions of workers in India are being forced to return home as the country intensifies efforts to counter the rising threat of coronavirus (COVID-19). In late March 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the entire country of roughly 1.3 billion people would be under lockdown ...

Critics fear that Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban will be granted undue power by a new law that would provide the government with emergency powers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. This new law would include jail terms of up to ...

The United States has become the new epicenter for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, having reported over 85,000 cases, surpassing numbers in any other country. More than half of reported cases ...

In late March 2020, India began its 21-day national lockdown, designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus throughout the country. Affecting 1.3 billion people...

On March 24, 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the Summer Olympics, originally scheduled to take place in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9...

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that it has received a two-fold increase in cyberattacks. WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio has said that the identities of the efforts of the hackers were ...

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the United States Congress has set in motion a plan to deliver much-needed funds to Americans who are struggling to make ends meet during this crisis. Plans to develop a $1 trillion aid package ...

Amid concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Chilean lawmakers have moved to postpone a widely anticipated referendum for a new constitution. The vote to rewrite Chile’s Pinochet-era constitution was scheduled to ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced a 750 billion euro (USD $820 billion) stimulus package intended to stabilize markets that are reeling in response to the global coronavirus pandemic. The ECB...

As a result of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, negotiations to determine the post-Brexit trade relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have been canceled...