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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…

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…

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…

China links a single infection detected through routine tests with an outbreak in KashgarThe Chinese authorities have ordered sweeping testing and travel restrictions on the city of Kashgar in the far west of the country after a single…

Europe's hospitals are filling upPoland has turned its largest stadium into an emergency hospital. The number of Covid-19 patients in Belgium and the UK has doubled in two weeks. And doctors and nurses in the Czech Republic are falling…

new video loaded: Nigerians protest against police brutalityTranscriptBackTranscriptNigerians protest against police brutalityTens of thousands of Nigerians across the country have been protesting the brutality of the police for weeks.…

Would you like to receive The Morning by email? Here is the registration.Good Morning. The University of Michigan orders students to stay home. Georgia has two close Senate races. And the Justice Department is suing Google.When two…

Britain initiates plans for human challenge trialsScientists at Imperial College London plan to deliberately infect volunteers with the coronavirus early next year. This marks the beginning of the world's first attempts to study how…