The battleground state of Texas, which has not voted for a Democratic candidate in 45 years, is witnessing a tight race between incumbent US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden amid record early voting turnout and a worsening coronavirus crisis in the Lone Star State

ExxonMobil expects to shed nearly 2,000 jobs, mainly at its offices in Houston, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to alter the operations of the US oil giant, the company said in a statement on Thursday

The UK government's package of economic support measures enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic to date is one of the best examples of coordinated action seen across the globe to prevent a surge in unemployment and corporate insolvencies, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said on Thursday

Some 751,000 Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, about 5 percent lower from the previous week, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, as the US job market continued to struggle seven months into the coronavirus pandemic