COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: is China prepared to handle an unemployment crisis?
This is the second in a series of six stories exploring the causes and consequences of the domestic unemployment crisis China may face following the coronavirus pandemic. This story examines…
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Cyber resilience in the time of Covid-19 and beyond
The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is not only a global health challenge. It has had cascading impacts across many sectors of society, including the economy, education, governance, and cultural sectors.…
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Indonesia ramps up coronavirus testing as thousands of migrant workers return home
Indonesia’s foreign minister on Monday said the country faces a fresh wave of coronavirus cases with the return of migrant workers and cruise ship workers, as the country’s infections rose…
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Coronavirus: wear masks inside White House, Donald Trump’s West Wing staff told
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nancy Cook on politico.com on May 11, 2020.The White House is dramatically escalating its measures…
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Coronavirus latest: WHO warns countries are ‘driving blind’, as US deaths top 80,000
A top world health official warned on Monday that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening their economies without setting up strong contact tracing to beat back flare-ups of the…
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Clubbing after coronavirus: body suit that lets you dance, drink and even vape in safety
Partying might look different in a post-coronavirus world. Design studio Production Club has created Micrashell, a full body suit that “allows you to safely socialise in times of a pandemic”.In…
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Saudi Arabia to cut oil output by another 1 million barrels a day
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that it had asked oil giant Aramco to cut its output by an additional 1 million barrels per day (bpd) starting in June to support…
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Working from home is here to stay, even when the economy reopens
FIS Chief Risk Officer Greg Montana FIS We asked experts in various fields for their best predictions on what the world will look like when the coronavirus pandemic finally…
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Here’s how you’ll be safely shopping for clothes as stores begin to reopen
Jake Sanders works at the Tommy Bahamas store, as the state of Florida enters phase one of the plan to reopen the state on May 04, 2020 in Stuart, Florida.…
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Saudi Arabia’s austerity drive ‘decisive and necessary,’ but could delay a consumer recovery
A picture taken on March 26, 2020, shows a car driving on a road next to the King Abdullah Financial City in the Saudi capital Riyadh, after the Kingdom began…