Sri Lanka's GDP contracts 3.6% in 2020, its worst economic performance since gaining independence in 1948. 2021-04-30
Disneyland, the second most visited amusement park in the world, reopens with a limited capacity and guidelines for social distancing face masks in effect after more than one year of closure due to the pandemic. 2021-04-30
The United States Senate passes the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill with a 92–6 vote. The bill will head to President Donald Trump for his signature. 2020-12-21
An additional 150 million children live in multidimensional poverty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. The analysis by UNICEF and Save the Children is based on shortcomings in education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, and water. 2020-09-17
President Rodrigo Duterte signs into law the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, a ₱165.5 billion (US$3.4 billion) stimulus package to extend the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. 2020-09-11
Colombian airline carrier Avianca files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and liquidates its Peruvian subsidiary as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-05-10
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 1,800 points on opening, 500 points lower than pre-market futures trading. 2020-03-9