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Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders blasted President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak during a Democratic debate on Sunday, and touted their own approaches to dealing with a widening crisis that has upended the daily life of Americans.

The U.S. Federal Reserve unleashed new emergency measures on Sunday night to limit the economic harm from the coronavirus, including making it easier for banks to get money and slashing its benchmark borrowing rate to near zero.

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Brazil's economy can still grow by as much as 2.5% this year, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said in an interview published on Sunday, as long as the country does not succumb to a "psychology of failure" amid the global coronavirus crisis.

Australia's capital and the country's second most populous state declared states of emergency on Monday while large, non-essential gatherings were banned in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus after the national death toll rose to five.

The United States' biggest banks will stop buying back their own shares, and will instead use that capital to lend to individuals and businesses affected by the coronavirus, an industry trade group said on Sunday.

* RBNZ governor says not contemplating negative interest rates

Companies say EU customers have turned away from British businesses since Brexit

Companies say EU customers have turned away from British businesses since Brexit

UK security officials warn of increase in malware attacks linked to virus

The U.S. Federal Reserve and global central banks moved aggressively on Sunday to buttress a world economy unraveling rapidly amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the Fed slashing interest rates to near zero, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars in asset purchases and backstopping foreign authorities with the offer of cheap...