Group seeks to ‘protect capital structure’ as uncertainty swirls over Covid-19 impact

Pentwater Capital calls for boardroom change in vehicle developing Oyu Tolgoi

African nation vows to block decision it rejects as unjustified and illegal

Restrictions in nation that processes 90% of world’s stones upend global industry 

Lusaka ups ante in dispute over shuttered copper mine

Prime minister escalates dispute over Canada-listed group’s licence

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

Mourinho in Norfolk, Tyson v Fury, and mandatory drug-taking at the Olympics

In the resort where winter tourism began, warm weather forced the cancellation of the White Turf horse race

A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects

Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’

National identity matters less in an age of globalised sport

Geography is destiny in this historical meditation on the peculiarities of the English

Amity between old adversaries almost certain to crumble once first ball is bowled

Train travel in the UK now combines the worst features of capitalism and socialism

Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork

Business ease in adapting to lockdowns changes attitudes to remote set-ups

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale

An occupied home has utility no empty shop can match

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels

Office group founder files lawsuit over largest investor’s decision to pull out of $3bn tender offer

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

After reaching intraday record, stocks retreat as new president faces economic challenge

President Lenín Moreno says deal will save his country from Venezuela’s fate

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández

Creditors prepare for tough negotiations after IMF calls on them to share the pain

Analysts expect the country to make bondholders an offer they cannot accept

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

Former prime minister intervenes with warning that both Tories and Labour ‘pose a risk’ to country, Conservative manifesto in the spotlight, Lib Dems change tune with calls to avert Johnson majority, Sterling rallies as Tories extend lead.

Jeremy Corbyn unveiled 451 pages of leaked documents, which he claimed show details of trade talks between the UK and US. The Labour leader said the discussions included Washington's demand for providing access to the NHS for American healthcare companies.

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a "credible prospectus" for government in the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this morning, in a damning assessment that highlighted the gulf between different political visions for Britain.

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

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The Labour and Conservative parties are making a final push on key issues — border security and rail fares — as the election campaign nears the home stretch. Brexit concerns are also bubbling again.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.