Reusable cups, bags safe to use during COVID-19, Greenpeace says
Reusable products are safe to use even during the coronavirus pandemic as long as basic hygiene practices are employed, according to Greenpeace USA Inc.
JPMorgan says investors should be more selective in second half
Investors should be more selective in the next six months as asset returns are likely to diverge because liquidity “cannot paper over specific weaknesses indefinitely,” according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Asia’s wealthiest man joins club of world’s 10 richest
Asia’s richest man has entered a new league of wealth.
Brazil records nearly 50,000 coronavirus deaths as crisis deepens
RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly 50,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Brazil, the world No. 2 hotspot, with 1,022 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Governments find it’s easier to provide virus relief than end it
WITHIN 24 hours of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement this month that his government was scaling back crisis support for childcare providers, Frances Crimmins was inundated with calls and e-mails from parents pulling their kids out of the centers she runs.
Time is money: the armchair traders of lockdown
STOCKHOLM — At 7 a.m. on Friday morning, Dean d’Arco, 31, a phone shop manager from Belfast, Northern Ireland, logged on for his last...
Singapore plans more than $14 billion to super-charge innovation
Singapore is positioning itself for a post-COVID world with massive investment in innovation, over and above the immediate support it’s giving to help the economy rebound from possibly its worst downturn on record.
Calls for cooperation as online child sex abuse soars in Europe
BARCELONA — Online child sex abuse has soared in Europe during coronavirus lockdowns, campaigners and lawyers warned, calling for greater international cooperation and better reporting tools to halt the scourge.
China’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in human trials
BEIJING/SINGAPORE — China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Tuesday its experimental coronavirus vaccine has triggered antibodies in clinical trials and the company plans...
There’s low risk of food spreading the virus, experts say after salmon panic
Food poses little risk of spreading the coronavirus, governments and industry groups from the US to Chile said, reassuring consumers after an outbreak in...
Coronavirus shocks to fuel years of unrest and hunger in poorest economies
LONDON — Economic shocks caused by the new coronavirus are set to fuel poverty, unrest and instability in heavily-indebted and politically fragile countries for years to come, found an international think-tank on Wednesday.
