From Nepal to New York, more than 1.5 billion people have been

asked to stay at home to help stem the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Senate

Democrats blocked a $1.8 trillion coronavirus aid package yesterday for the second straight day.

A partisan dispute in the U.S. Senate is holding up an $1.8 trillion

rescue package that’s aimed at saving the economy from coronavirus-related

chaos. Meanwhile, with more than 10,700 COVID-19 cases and 99 deaths, New

York now accounts for around 5 percent of the world’s infections.

Following California’s lockdown lead, New York, Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut are imposing movement restrictions in a desperate bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has called for a virtual COVID-19 summit of the world’s 20 richest nations next week.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an order for all of the

Golden State’s 40 million residents to hunker down, asking them to only leave

home when it’s absolutely necessary. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch

McConnell has unveiled a GOP plan to send up to $1,200 to each American taxpayer.

For the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began, the former

epicenter of Wuhan, China, reported no new local infections yesterday. Meanwhile, officials in Europe and the U.S. scrambled to shore up their economies as

the pandemic worsens.

As COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. break the triple-digit mark, the White

House is considering plans for a $850 billion aid package. Meanwhile, Joe Biden

extended his delegate lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders yesterday, cruising to victory in Democratic primaries in Arizona, Florida and Illinois.

Sealed-off borders and shuttered businesses are quickly becoming

the new normal as societies struggle to stem the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, investors are hoping for relief as U.S. stock futures seesawed following

Monday’s massive sell-off.

As COVID-19 infections elsewhere topped 87,000, surpassing China’s 80,860 cases, governments are taking different approaches to slowing its spread., Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero to boost the nation’s financial health, but it did little to calm global investors’ coronavirus-infected economic fears.

On Friday U.S. President Donald Trump, declared an emergency, freeing up $50 billion in aid to states, after repeatedly minimizing the contagion’s potential impact., Meanwhile, after the biggest drop since 1987 on Thursday, U.S. market indexes surged more than 9 percent Friday after President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration on the coronavirus.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, citizens around the world are coming to grips with the extent of its reach. Meanwhile, after Wall Street experienced its darkest day since 1987 Thursday, policymakers scrambled to find ways to ease the global financial crunch