On top of local lockdowns and curfews, England could be braced for a two or even three-week ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown to curb the rise in infections. The aim would be to reduce socialising by asking ...

Circuit breakers were triggered in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan's stock markets as they reacted to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Monday, with U.S. markets opening the week sharply ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plunge in U.S. markets on Monday triggered a 15-minute trading halt in stocks after the S&P 500 fell 7% shortly after the market opened. The declines came as tumbling oil prices ...

I was in Singapore for its circuit breaker. The island has suffered just 28 fatalities, and on October 23 there were no new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection. So what can we learn from ...

The UK could have been spared from 'long, harsh' Covid lockdowns if officials had imposed short circuit-breakers, the Government's top scientist claimed today. Dame Angela McLean, who this year ...