Bloomberg The Philippine capital remained under loose movement restrictions from Thursday, but may return on a stricter lockdown in two weeks if coronavirus cases continue to rise. Metro Manila will stay under general community quarantine until end-July, allowing most businesses to remain open, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said at a televised briefing. The health department on Thursday said the nation ...

Bloomberg With Congress about to debate whether to send another round of relief payments to individuals, a study has found that the last batch of stimulus checks arrived at wealthier, White households more quickly than to those of Blacks and Hispanics. Nearly seven in 10 adults said that they received their coronavirus economic stimulus payments, approved by Congress in March, ...

Bloomberg A Russian court ordered the continued pre-trial detention of a prominent former journalist accused of treason, while striking out one element of the charges against him. The Moscow City Court rejected Ivan Safronov’s bid to be released from custody, leaving him in jail for at least two months. Safronov, who regularly broke news on sensitive arms deals while working ...