Child poverty likely to increase in EU amid virus pandemic

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s external auditor says child poverty has reached worrying levels across the world’s largest economy and is likely to get worse during the coronavirus pandemic. In a report published Tuesday, the European Court of Auditors said member states should urgently coordinate their efforts in the face of COVID-19 as the euro area unemployment rate is expected to increase from 7.5 % in 2019 to about 9.5 % this year, with devastating consequences on peo