Chaos reigns in first Trump-Biden debate
CLEVELAND — Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the integrity of November’s election in a chaotic first debate on Tuesday marked by personal insults, name calling and Trump’s repeated interruptions.
World’s most expensive skyscraper deal turns sour
THERE’S A SAYING in Hong Kong property circles that if the city’s richest man, Li Ka-Shing, is selling, you don’t want to be the buyer.
Cash tidal wave gives Asia best ever third-quarter share sales
With the pandemic disrupting holiday plans, many bankers and investors seem to be keeping themselves busy with deals. That, along with buoyant markets and abundant liquidity, has pushed equity sales in Asia to their best third-quarter on record.
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears safe, shows signs of working in older adults — study
CHICAGO — Results from an early safety study of Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it produced virus-neutralizing antibodies at levels similar to those seen in younger adults, with side effects roughly on par with high-dose flu shots, researchers said on Tuesday.
Giant robot moving in Japan harbor entrances millions on Twitter
TOKYO — Videos showing an 18-meter robot in the Japanese harbor city of Yokohama have entranced the Twitterverse, pulling in more than 6 million...
Disney to lay off about 28,000 parks unit employees due to coronavirus hit
LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co. said on Tuesday it will lay off roughly 28,000 employees, mostly at its US theme parks, where attendance...
True COVID-19 global death toll may be way over one million
THE WORLD officially recorded 1 million deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in one of the most sobering milestones of the pandemic, but the real tally might be almost double that.
Trump made $427M from The Apprentice
PRESIDENT Donald Trump earned $427 million from his role on the television show The Apprentice, and that program’s success also projected the false image of a successful real estate mogul, which eventually helped him win the White House, according to a new report by the New York Times.
Some of Hong Kong’s poor finally feel at home in 290 sq. ft. modules
HONG KONG — When Lau Kai Fai, his wife, and teenage son moved into a new Hong Kong flat last month, he thought the 290 square feet (27 square meters) of space in his “module home” felt like “winning the lottery.”
Why the coronavirus death rate still eludes scientists
Global deaths from COVID-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to figure out a crucial metric in the pandemic: the fatality rate—the percentage of people infected with the pathogen who die.
Poorer countries to get 120 million $5 coronavirus tests, WHO says
GENEVA/LONDON — Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 each, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Global coronavirus deaths pass ‘agonizing milestone’ of 1 million
The global death toll from COVID-19 rose past 1 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, a bleak milestone in a pandemic that...