WUHAN’S LATEST PLAN TO TEST PATIENTS
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began, has announced an ambitious plan to test all of its 11 million residents for the virus in the coming days, a campaign that will be
THE FUTURE OF PERSONAL CONTACT
In a normal week, it’s hard to count how many times we come into physical contact with other human beings. For many who are isolating alone, this may be the longest period in their lives that they’ve
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS CONFUSED AI SYSTEMS
The chaos and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have claimed an unlikely victim: the machine learning systems that are programmed to make sense of our online behavior
WTO HEAD TO STEP DOWN A YEAR EARLY
The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned, at a crucial moment for the global economy
UK UNEMPLOYMENT TO DOUBLE AND ECONOMY TO SHRINK BY 14%
The Bank of England has warned the British economy could shrink by 14% this year and unemployment more than double by spring as the coronavirus causes the deepest recession in modern history
SIX NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN WUHAN, CHINA
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan plan to test all 11 million residents for the novel coronavirus by the end of next week in a massive push to extinguish any remnants of the virus from the
SRI LANKA NAMED ‘MOST GENEROUS COUNTRY’
Blogger Nas Daily posted a video naming Sri Lanka the ‘Most Generous Country’ with the quaint town of Ella being celebrated for helping its stranded tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic
THE TECH INDUSTRY’S WINNERS AND LOSERS
The coronavirus pandemic has been bad news for business. But even as some technology companies have been squeezed tight, others have actually seen a boost
INDIAN BILLIONAIRE BEHIND INDIGO CONSIDERS BID FOR VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
The biggest shareholder of Indian budget carrier IndiGo is considering a bid for Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., joining a score of suitors seeking to capitalize on Asia’s first airline casualty from
SAUDI ARABIA TRIPLES VAT
Saudi Arabia is tripling its value added tax (VAT) as part of austerity measures to support its coronavirus-hit economy
FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES TO WORKS FROM HOME
Facebook will officially open offices on July 6 for employees who need to be in the office, CNBC reported, but workers who can telework may continue to do so through the end of the year
WHAT WILL OUR OFFICES LOOK LIKE POST PANDEMIC?
With countries gradually reopening after coronavirus lockdowns, life is returning to some version of normalcy. In China, that might mean finally running errands outside your community. In Italy
COUNTRIES MAKE THEIR WAY INTO A CHANGED WORLD
Italy and the United States were among a slew of countries tentatively easing coronavirus lockdowns on Monday to revive economies as global deaths surpassed a quarter of a million
CORONAVIRUS TRACING APP NOW PUBLISHED IN UK
A test version of the NHS's coronavirus contact-tracing app has been published to Apple and Google's app stores
SPAIN HAS LOWEST NUMBER OF COVID-19 DEATH TOLL AFTER 6 WEEKS
Deaths in Spain increased by 0.7% from Saturday to Sunday, with a decrease in intensive care unit admissions and new case increase of just 0.39%, reports CNN
CORONAVIRUS CAN UNDO 30 YEARS OF UK’S INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The coronavirus pandemic threatens to undo 30 years of international development work, with a bleak picture for the world’s poorest, the international development secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, told MPs
