Though government has not provided statistics on size of economic contraction wrought by pandemic, it has forced some changes in policy From a restaurant mixing take-away drinks to a cosmetics company delivering home-made products by bicycle, Cuba's entrepreneurs - no strangers to hardship - are co»»»

HAVANA (Reuters) - From a restaurant mixing take-away cocktails to a cosmetics company delivering home-made products by bicycle, Cuba’s entrepreneurs - no strangers to hardship - are coping with the coronavirus shutdown in innovative ways. Except for a few offshore resorts, Cuba’s Communist governm»»»

HARRISBURG: Tens of thousands of medical workers across the United States are suddenly out of work as operating rooms and doctor’s offices go dark, casualties of urgent calls to prioritize coronavirus patients at overwhelmed hospitals and of the economic waves the crisis is churning. Even as hospit»»»

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said Washington’s refusal to lift its sanctions against Iran has seriously hampered the country’s efforts to contain the deadly coronavirus. - Politics news - “… the Donald Trump administration’s refusal to halt its economic warfare against Iran is dire»»»

To many of us urban administrators in Iran, the onslaught of coronavirus has underscored an important fact of life: no town, city or nation can be indifferent to global crises, even in far-flung corners of our world. Indeed, while the mantra of good governance over the past century has been to “thi»»»