COVID-19 Updates
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UK travel companies ‘must comply with laws on refunds or face legal action’
The government is warning more than 100 of the most complained-about UK travel companies that they must comply with consumer laws over refunds for cancelled holidays or face legal action.…
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WHO’s Covid-19 inquiry is a shrewd move in a sea of disinformation
In the world of epidemiology it’s sometimes said that pandemics are lived forwards and understood backwards. We encounter them head-on, chaotically, trying to fathom the disease in real time even…
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How bailout debt is painting governments and central banks into a corner
Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, the next leader will start his term with record government debt. The pandemic has dealt a significant blow to government finances around…
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Hong Kong third wave: anxiety at estate hit by new coronavirus cluster, with residents uncertain of next move
When barber Lam Fu-yik left home for work at 10am on Friday, he did not know that his neighbourhood would become a scene of panic after more than 10 fresh…
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China’s patent filings back on track amid Covid-19 disruptions
Patent filings in China rose slightly in the first half of this year even as the number of licences granted declined, according to the latest government data, reflecting the country’s…
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Coronavirus: Beijing’s economic recovery from June outbreak offers hope ahead of China GDP release
The sight of more than a dozen patrons sitting on stools outside a popular barbecue restaurant on Beijing’s famous Gui Jie food street waiting to be seated is not only…
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Sports are returning to America before we’ve earned them | Bryan Armen Graham
Since the first cases of coronavirus were detected in China in December, no country has been harder hit than the US, which accounts for roughly 4% of the world’s population…
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My biggest lockdown mistake? Relying on TikTok as a co-parent? | Emma Brockes
There are upsides to single parenting during a pandemic, chiefly the avoidance of another adult’s dark moods. Even at its craziest, since New York locked down in March – when…
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Coronavirus, US-China trade war see 95 per cent of American firms wanting to ditch Chinese suppliers
Jaded by two years of trade war tariffs, worried by the disruptive coronavirus pandemic and anxious about the crumbling US-China relationship, a vast majority of American buyers are looking to…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to require passengers from ‘high-risk’ countries to test negative before flying as city records 38 new Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong will require thousands of air travellers flying from high-risk countries such as India and Pakistan to produce certificates showing they have tested negative for Covid-19 before they arrive,…