A version of this story appears in the September 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Philadelphia detected its first case of a deadly, fast-spreading strain of influenza on September 17, 1918.

The months after the release of the June 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update have offered a glimpse of how difficult rekindling economic activity will be while the pandemic surges. During May and ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office on Friday said it had launched a new tariff investigation into China's "apparent failure" to comply with the "Phase One" trade ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), opens new tab, Bank of America (BAC.N), opens new tab and Goldman Sachs (GS.N), opens new tab, is hesitant to lend $20 ...