On April 2, with New York’s COVID-19 curve still rising ominously, state lawmakers wrapped up a budget almost unchanged from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pre-pandemic January proposal. With the economy in a coma and revenues crashing, the plan obviously was awash in red ink. “We can’t spend what we don’t have,” Cuomo said, implying he would […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Archaeologists in China have unearthed a tomb believed to belong to a couple that was buried together over 1,000 years ago. The couple were buried side by side and connected through a […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s economic adviser said on Tuesday that China was making “a big mistake” with planned national security legislation on Hong Kong and pledged Washington would pay expenses of U.S. firms that wanted to shift operations from the territory or China. At the White House, spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told a briefing […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – More than 60 countries on Tuesday pledged some $3.4 billion in emergency aid for five million Venezuelans who have fled the country to neighbouring South American nations to escape economic collapse under President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s unravelling is one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and has been worsened by the coronavirus […]

A 64-year-old woman who was left in a vegetative state following a vicious attack and rape in East Harlem is not expected to recover, The Post has learned. The woman, whose name was not released, has survived this long only due to life support equipment and is expected to die within days, Manhattan ADA Justin […]

UN fears coronavirus could be spreading undetected among acutely malnourished population amid inadequate testing. Yemen has reported three new coronavirus cases, two in the city of Aden and one in Taiz province, the national emergency coronavirus committee has said, bringing the total number of infections to 10 with two deaths. The United Nations says it […]

News outlets and publishers call for release of all jailed reporters amid increasing threat during COVID-19 pandemic. To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the One Free Press Coalition has called for the immediate release of all imprisoned journalists amid increasing threats to press freedom worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic. Each month, the coalition, […]

A BILLIONAIRE today told how he fears the North London big cat on the loose is a cheetah after armed cops searched his garden. Nirmal Sethia revealed officers swooped on "Billionaire's Row" last night with machine guns, and cornered the escaped cat in his property before it gave them the slip. The 78-year-old witnessed the […]

LET me be clear, I am not here to discuss whether Dominic Cummings drove too far to test his eyesight or was wrong to allow his four-year-old son to have a toilet stop. Those matters have been pored over in the most invasive and over the top manner by a baying mob that epitomises everything […]

Health officials in Missouri have called on partiers who descended on Lake of the Ozarks’ crowded Memorial Day weekend celebrations to self-quarantine out of concern they may bring the virus back with them. The St. Louis County Public Health Department slammed the packed poolside bars in videos that emerged from the lake spot as “reckless.” […]