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Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte special temporary powers early Tuesday to manage the COVID-19 crisis. To date, there are 552 confirmed cases, and 35 deaths.

The group did endorse the recent recommendation of finance ministers for a short-term rescue package worth more than a half-trillion dollars.

As sales to restaurant clients dried up, oyster farmer Peter Stein had to adapt or perish. Now, he's delivering oysters directly to individual customers, doing about 20% of his usual business.

The arrangement, originally slated to begin Sunday, would have provided some travelers the ability to bypass a 14-day quarantine period. But new cases in Hong Kong have put the plan on hold.

VSCO is one of more than 200 technology startups that have laid off employees in the economic tumult caused by the coronavirus.

The Danish government's decision to allow children up to 12 years old to go back to school on Wednesday has split public opinion in the country.

Vocal ensembles that normally would be touring the summer festival circuit have organized a virtual concert series. Groups hail from 10 different countries including the U.S., Zimbabwe and France.

Police arrested four people for statements posted online — saying they were promoting independence from China. The arrests raise fresh concerns about freedom of speech in the former British colony.

The Minnesota State Fair tradition of butter sculpting lives on, despite neither a formal fair nor the presence of its longtime sculptor.

Despite the convictions, it's not known who ordered the killing. Nemtsov's daughter said, "Investigators and the court clearly did not want to uncover the truth about this crime."