China is expected to post positive growth this year even as the global economy contracts 4.9 per cent in a coronavirus-driven plunge in output, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.The IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update estimated China’s economy will grow 1 per cent in 2020, a downgrade of its April forecast, but better than other major e […]
Workers in Myanmar say management targeted union supporters under pretense layoffs were related to coronavirus Hundreds of workers at two factories in Myanmar that produce clothing for Zara and Primark were fired days after forming a union in a move workers say targeted union supporters under the pretense that layoffs were related to the coronavirus. Zara is […]
CDC Director Robert R. Redfield says the coronavirus has “brought this nation to its knees” as the U.S. sees a surge in cases; luxury stores on Fifth Avenue reopen; a Brazilian court rules President Jair Bolsonaro must wear a mask in public. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday has the latest. Photo: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters
Viruses are not as smart as humans, but they are much more patient. And the coronavirus’ track record suggests it won’t simply burn itself out.
Throughout the pandemic, Lee Duk-hoon has coped the only way she knows how — bringing order to a chaotic world one head of hair at a time.
Kathy is one of about 300 people who will be immunised to help find a vaccine for Covid-19.
“The E.U. average new cases for 14 days per 100 000 people is 16. For the U.S., it is 107,” one diplomat said.
A married pair of virologists in Moscow tested a vaccine on their own children in the 1950s. Now, a side effect they found is sparking new hope for a defense against the coronavirus.
Mass screenings and quarantines have helped contain the coronavirus in Dharavi, home to 1 million people.
Impact of the coronavirus crisis ‘will be with families for many years to come’, warns economist
A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people.
Bailiffs are still banned from knocking on doors to collect unpaid parking fines or council tax.
President Vucic’s party wins landslide victory in Serbian poll
New COVID-19 cases are on the rise in almost half the states, including spikes in Florida, Texas and Arizona, where the president is headed Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic’s charity tennis exhibition series combined with an overall softening of coronavirus restrictions in Serbia and Croatia has been followed by an increase in the number of positive cases among professional athletes
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