The fates of some 46,500 horses owned by those facilities in question.

The program will place limits on dividends, share buy-backs and executive pay.

"It is now quite clear that the EU has entered the deepest economic recession in its history," EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told reporters in Brussels.

Natural Resource Minister Seamus O'Regan called uptake "significantly higher" than expected.

That means COVID-19 will impact the economy for months, maybe years, but reopening businesses cannot wait until the virus is eradicated, say Loren Falkenberg and Jillian Walsh.

Oil prices have more than halved since the start of the year amid a pricing war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Under the most serious scenario - a 20% contraction in income - the number of people living in extreme poverty would rise by 434 million people to 922 million worldwide.

Carbon tax rising from $20 per tonne to $30 per tonne on Wednesday despite coronavirus pandemic.

The #OneTable campaign has released videos online and through social media featuring restaurant owners in B.C. and Ontario who candidly share how their business and staff have been impacted.

While the mockery that this U.S. plan has engendered is understandable, the stern denunciations from some of the political echelon have been a bit much, Matthew Fisher says.