Bloomberg President Donald Trump has pledged US assistance to Italy as the European country continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. US departments including State, Commerce and Defense would be involved in the relief effort, which came at the request of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, according to a memorandum released by the White House. More than 147,500 cases of ...

Bloomberg Spain reported the fewest number of new coronavirus deaths since March 23. The death toll rose by 510 to 16,353 and total cases in the past 24 hours increased by 4,830 to 161,852, the government said on Saturday. In Spain and elsewhere in Europe, political and business leaders are increasingly talking about the “new normal” that the bloc’s citizens ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s police force is showing signs of attrition with resignations increasing and recruitments declining as the city deals with a coronavirus outbreak after months of sometimes violent anti-government protests. From June last year, when the city’s protests erupted against a China-backed extradition bill, to February a total of 446 police quit the force, an increase of 38% from ...