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Virus crisis ravages Brazilian Amazon city's health system April 27, 2020
The health care system in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus was already strained before the coronavirus pandemic. Now it is buckling under an onslaught of COVID-19 patients. Ventilators are in critically short supply, doctors bemoan a lack of protective gear, and gravediggers are increasingly overwhelmed. The concern is that Manaus could provide a grim […]
Stocks are mixed after Wall Street pares losses; oil plunges April 27, 2020
Stocks are mixed in midday trading after Wall Street trimmed its sharp losses from earlier in the morning following another collapse in the price of oil. The S&P 500 started Monday with a drop of 1.6%, but it trimmed that down to 0.3% shortly before noon, Eastern time. The Dow industrials were also down, but […]
Iran opens up as economic woes trump virus infection fears April 27, 2020
Iran has begun opening intercity highways and major shopping centers to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy. The Islamic Republic is gambling that it has brought under control its coronavirus outbreak, one of the worst in the world, even as some fear it could lead to a second wave of infections. Stores from high-end malls to the […]