Brazilian president criticised for rubbing elbows with crowds while awaiting second virus test results

Brazil and Mexico leaders ignore medical advice while Latin America begins crackdown

Organised crime steps in as President Bolsonaro dismisses pandemic as ‘sniffles’

Social damage could take 2 decades to repair, warns top UN official

Lay-offs of 3,700 in latest round as lossmaking operators face ‘formidable’ challenges

How the coronavirus outbreak has accelerated the demise of US department stores

Company says 1.1m people downloaded its app in six weeks, sending shares to record high

Upscale US department store follows J Crew as latest debt-burdened chain felled by pandemic

Appointments including former PM and Nobel laureate suggest turn toward establishment

Treasury fears removing government support could trigger wave of redundancies

UK expected to take gradual approach to lifting restrictions after Monday

Government warns of ‘restructuring’ in return for rescue funding

New party leader gives clear signal he will take party in a different direction

Rules concerning Brexit preparations prioritised over tougher environmental standards

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Until the early 20th century, a mass of figures often dominated works but Modernism preferred emptiness

Yhonnie Scarce and Judy Watson talk about creating work with seductive surfaces and dark themes

Six-part series adapts Wally Lamb’s novel about family, loss and mental illness

The series follows an idiotic yet charming nerd trying to make it big as Lil Dicky

Ancient antagonists build bridges as treasure finds mount up

Foreign investor subscriptions less than 11% as data confirms scaled back ambitions

The country’s banking system is in hock to an insolvent state

State-owned oil company’s $1.7tn valuation falls short of kingdom’s ambitions

State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target

Stock climbs by maximum amount after world’s biggest IPO

Beirut hit by another sovereign bond downgrade amid political crisis

Forecast of 3.2 per cent growth in 2020 would be improvement on 2.1 per cent in 2019

Once known for its resilience, the country’s fragile financial system has triggered angry protests

The country is trapped in a full-scale emergency that could unravel social bonds

Move designed to assuage fears over army’s growing role in the economy

London-based Ashmore bet heavily on the country’s short-term debt

Finance minister says bail-in may be needed amid severe economic and financial turmoil

Bankers and investors expect rush of debt issues from the Gulf region

Countries from Jordan to Egypt will struggle to mitigate the pandemic’s economic impact

Sale of shares in state-run holding company generates income for government

Saudi Arabia’s PIF has snapped up stakes in a cruise operator, oil groups and a football club

Ignacio Galán says energy distributor’s listing highlights president’s market-friendly policies

Proposal successfully passes committee stages on the way to plenary vote

Investors are right to be sceptical of government’s plans to restore oil group’s fortunes

New York listing of XP highlights transition to a new world of lower interest rates

Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse

Alberto Fernández seeks to bolster state coffers with tax raid on country’s most powerful industry

Goldman exercises option to sell more stock, bringing total proceeds to $29bn

Wall Street banks that advised on record IPO snub oil group with tepid ratings

Fans cheer prospect of Ashley exit but obstacles remain to getting deal across line

77-year-old entrepreneur BR Shetty ‘looking to buy out Emirati partners’

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

Khalid al-Falih to lead a new government ministry for investment