Chinese President Xi Jinping declared Tuesday that the spread of the deadly coronavirus epidemic has been “basically curbed” at its epicenter in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan. Xi said “initial success has been made in stabilizing the situation and turning the tide in Hubei and Wuhan,” the official Xinhua ...
Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly coronavirus, as China signaled major progress in its own battle against the global epidemic. The outbreak, combined with a crash in oil prices, has caused carnage on financial markets, erasing billions of dollars globally. The ...