Treasury also licenses Chevron to operate in crisis-hit nation for a further 3 months

Brazilian prosecutors also accuse miner and safety group of environmental crimes

Investor group led by the CofE launches database to track tailings dams after Brazil disaster

Case linked to 2012 nationalisation of oil company proves tricky for litigation funder

One of Latin America’s top real estate developers puts some of his triumphs down to luck

The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation

Activist investor has almost quadrupled his stake in battered US oil producer

Chief expects weak demand from mills outside China to offset supply disruptions elsewhere

Brazilian jet maker to seek damages from US group, which counters it is within its rights to terminate deal

Pledges to donate Covid-19 test kits pour in from groups including Vale and Petrobras

SoftBank-funded fintech challenger Ualá expands rapidly amid the pandemic

New rules require banks to stick with a single rate after introductory deals

In our increasingly cashless society, parents are turning to apps and payment cards designed for youngsters

New rules allow savings to go straight into an Isa without affecting the annual allowance

Finding a good credit card deal when you’re older is more difficult

Bank blames low-interest environment and impact of banking regulation

Young people may face many challenges, but they also have many wealth creation opportunities

Bond market movements blamed for removal of nearly 175,000 cash prizes from monthly draw

As interest rates fall, more savings banks rely on the lure of cash prizes

Over 400,000 teenagers will be eligible to claim funds from later this year

Surprise measures on pensions and investing for children lay in the chancellor’s red box

Take advantage of tax allowances available despite the turmoil

Take steps to improve your relationship with money and the role it plays in your life

Lockdown presents a golden educational opportunity, particularly if you work in investment

NS&I scraps planned cuts to prize fund rate 

Treasury reduces charge for removing cash from tax-free accounts for under-40s

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Italy to lay out strategy this week on its plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions. Global stocks under pressure as oil tumbles again. England and Wales record 75 per cent more weekly overall deaths than normal.

Number of global cases of Covid-19 nears 2.5m, international oil prices tumble to lowest levels since the 1990s, Heineken hit as pandemic cuts into beer drinking globally.

US job gains since financial crisis wiped out. Switzerland faces sharpest economic contraction since 1974. UK and eurozone business activity hit by historic collapse this month as lockdowns choked Europe’s biggest economies.

The number of US deaths attributed to Covid-19 surpassed 45,000 on Friday, while the rate of new cases remained flat

British fatalities rise by 813 with almost 150,000 infected; Spain prepares to ease restrictions slightly as daily deaths remain below 400

In today’s news: UK warns it would be ‘irresponsible’ to discuss easing lockdown. Spain sets out plan to lift its own tough measures. Donald Trump signals a halt to his daily media briefings as US death toll accelerates.

New daily cases of Covid-19 around the globe rose by the lowest amount in 12 days as 73,858 diagnoses were confirmed on Sunday, bringing the total to 2.93m

Deaths in England and Wales are highest on record in mid-April while cases in the US surpass 1m

The worldwide Covid-19 death toll rose by 6,365 on Tuesday, pushing the total through 200,000

Eurozone GDP in historic fall, millions more Americans file for unemployment, Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war and UK's AstraZeneca combines with Oxford on a potential vaccine

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Spain allows outside exercise for the first time in weeks while Russia’s daily case count rises by a fifth

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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

The US private sector shed a record 20m jobs in April as coronavirus lockdowns and the resulting closure of non-essential businesses led to historic joblessness

BT halts dividend for first time since dot com bubble two decades ago, BA parent IAG warns of further cuts as recovery set to take three years and shoemaker Puma warns worse to come as profits halve in first quarter

Germany's dominant export sector in record decline, South Korea may be forced to close bars and nightclubs after partygoer is found to have infected at least 14 people

Thousands attend military parade in Belarus even as virus spreads rapidly in neighbouring Russia, UK airline industry warns of huge blow if travel quarantine is launched and Seoul closes down bars and clubs in wake of new cluster

Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

Concerns over climate change led the chemicals veteran to dramatically transform Syngenta

Pharma and chemicals group says it will ‘defend itself vigorously’ amid mounting cases

The Nobel laureate talks to Anjana Ahuja