The US Senate and the White House have reached an agreement on a $2 trillion relief plan to buffer the economy as fears of a deep global recession continue to mount amid the coronavirus outbreak. RT's Boom Bust is joined by Todd Horwitz of Bubba Trading to discuss the measure and its impact on financial...
Measures to contain the spread of coronavirus are shifting by the day — and so are responses by investors, companies, builders, banks and buyers. To track the impact in real-time, … Click to Continue »
Russia is less vulnerable to external shocks linked to turbulence in energy markets than many other oil-exporting nations, according to rating agency Moody's. The dramatic plunge in oil prices could cut fiscal revenue and exports by more than ten percent of GDP for most exposed oil-exporting sovereigns and could eventually weaken their credit profiles, Moody's...
Many think Covid-19 is some kind of alien invasion that spells the end of the world. But the real threat to us is a much deadlier virus: a hatred of all the values that have underpinned our civilisation for centuries. For years, I was puzzled as to why the Roman Empire ceased to exist and...
UP to 1,000 workers at poultry giant Moy Park, Northern Ireland's biggest employer, have walked out with a trade union claiming that bosses have rejected health and safety proposals.
With a soaring infection rate, growing death toll and widespread lockdowns, it is hard to see the positive side of the coronavirus pandemic, but the European Environment Agency says air quality is improving.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warned that his government was poised to introduce tough new measures against the coronavirus Wednesday, AFP reports. Rouhani said that the new measures, which could be adopted as soon as Wednesday evening, included Iran's first restrictions on movement to try to stem the spread of the virus and were likely to...
