Biggest creditors attack government’s proposal to restructure $65bn of foreign debt

Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty

Confidence levels plunge as growing political crisis compounds economic damage from coronavirus

Drugs traffickers hit by coronavirus-induced slowdown and seizures, says UN agency

US regulator cautions against using chloroquine outside of hospitals or clinical trials

Severin Schwan unapologetic for outspoken criticism of state responses to coronavirus

Start every week on the front foot with a preview of what’s on the global agenda

Gilead’s potential coronavirus treatment stirs investor hopes but evidence on effectiveness is mixed

Research paper published in journal Nature identifies number of alternative treatments

Biotech group’s shares have soared this year on hopes drug could be used to treat coronavirus

Investors have bet on Gilead’s remdesivir as solution to coronavirus crisis

Sum far exceeds $8bn fundraising target at upcoming EU-led donors’ conference

Nation’s pharma industry has matured but is still a lot better at incremental innovation than major breakthroughs

As researchers race to develop a coronavirus vaccine, we look at efforts to ensure that the world’s poor are not left behind — and ask whether the pandemic will jolt policymakers into confronting the looming threat from antimicrobial resistance

The world needs to act now to avert the threat from antimicrobial resistance

Federal Trade Commission votes 3-2 to approve tie-up between makers of Botox and Humira

The wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms seen by doctors is confounding the scientific community

Fund managers and energy-hungry tech companies bankroll ‘solar-plus-storage’ projects

California utility discloses $5bn pre-tax charge tied to claims

State-backed utility under pressure as it plans to invest in new coal mines

Shares in Peabody Energy and Arch Coal fall sharply after regulatory action

Group says 230 jobs will be lost at Selby site at it looks to beat 2025 fossil fuel deadline

American producers are coming under pressure on several fronts

Policy reversal follows Cameron vow to rid UK of ‘unsightly’ structures

As Beijing connects the region, the Philippines weighs ‘shutdown’ risk

Climate campaigners say measures lack ambition to tackle crisis

One of the first large acquisitions to be agreed since coronavirus pandemic rocked global markets

Decline leads to a drop in wholesale prices as businesses close

Supplier says sector should be ‘back of the queue’ for additional government support

Shutdowns likely to shift energy use from fossil fuels towards wind and solar

Potential cost cuts should not be used as justification for a UK telecoms tie-up

Buyers who get cold feet tend to have the advantage but jilted targets can still extract value

Investment group that owns US malls pledges to help groups weather coronavirus crisis

How markets are beginning to stir from their coronavirus-induced slumber

Trump ally Tom Barrack’s investment group in talks with lenders over hotel and nursing home debt

Investors demanded too high a price to lend to US carrier reeling from coronavirus shutdown

Eighth consecutive cut could heap fresh pressure on already struggling lira

First-quarter volatility deals $39bn blow to SNB as it steps up fight for Swiss franc

Short bets rise to highest level of 2020 over Brexit and Covid-19 concerns

‘Cat-and-mouse game’ pitches central bank against market forces

Currency softens beyond key level as investors brace themselves for more interest rate cuts

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

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Two experts debate the long-term impact on inflation of the Covid-19 rescue packages

Rial to be changed to the toman after five decades of inflation

Analysts fear unintended consequences of central bank’s vast foreign-currency holdings

There’s a chronic paradox at the heart of stablecoin-based payment systems that will render them cost-prohibitive.

Country’s finance minister seeks to reassure investors on impact of Covid-19

Stuart Levey, known for tough enforcement of sanctions on Iran, will head digital currency project

Ankara’s banking regulator acts after currency slides below level reached in 2018 crisis