Briefing

In the US, cases are acceleratingToday may be a crucial day in the United States and we are not talking about the elections.For the first time since the pandemic began, the country has surpassed nearly 100,000 cases in a single day.…

China stops Ant Group's major IPOThe Shanghai and Hong Kong double listing - the biggest equity debut in history - was postponed a day after Chinese regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives from the financial technology giant.The…

How the WHO bowed to ChinaOn a weekend in February when the world was still hoping the virus could be contained, a World Health Organization team arrived in Beijing to investigate a critical question: how did the coronavirus jump from…

Worst week yetThe United States is just having its worst week for the virus.In the past seven days, the country recorded more than 500,000 new cases, counting the nine millionth case since the pandemic began. At least 90,000 new cases were…

Singapore is making migrants' virus screening easierHundreds of thousands of migrant workers, who have been largely housed in dormitories since last spring, are allowed to visit designated leisure centers on their days off from Saturday if…

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France and Germany are re-entering the lockdownEurope has spent weeks trying to slow the spread of the virus with targeted restrictions, rather than the unpopular nationwide bans imposed in the spring. But as an angry second wave pushes…

France and Germany impose strict restrictionsPresident Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that France would carry out a second national lockdown starting Friday and lasting a month. Most schools remain open and visits to retirement…

The Russians have to wear masksThe Russian government took its boldest step yet to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, mandating masks in public places across the country.The federal health surveillance agency also…

The Ant Group share offering would be the largest everThe Chinese financial technology titan is expected to raise around $ 34 billion if its shares start trading in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the coming weeks. This would make the IPO the…