Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank with over 4 million account holders, is taking a number of precautionary steps to help see it through the current coronavirus downturn, including voluntary furloughs an
Hong Kong's hotels and restaurants suffered the most last year as the economy reeled from months of violent protests and even riots, official data showed. Net output i
01:25 The "Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019", expressing Washington's support for Taiwan in strengthening relationships with count
Microsoft is pulling out of an investment in an Israeli facial recognition technology developer as part of a broader policy shift to halt any minority investments in facial recognition startups, the
Death rates from COVID-19 should allow for how many people are tested, the age of an infected population as well as such factors as whether the health care system is o
01:15 China and the United States should "unite to fight" the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said in a call with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Friday. Xi pointed
As an early front line of the COVID-19 epidemic, China has issued seven evidence-based guidelines on coronavirus diagnosis and treatment, which have proven to be effect
On Thursday, the United States crossed an unfortunate milestone in the global fight against the novel coronavirus: leading the world in confirmed cases.By Thursday afternoon around 3 p.m. PT, the U.S.
Almost a month after Israel's third consecutive election within a year, the political deadlock is still not close to being solved. Israeli parliament speaker Yuli Edelstein, a member of Prime Mi
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 7,503 lives in Italy, while the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 74,386, Italian authorities said on Wednesday. In detail, active infections grew by 3
There are already a number of resources available for mapping the spread of confirmed COVID-19 cases both in the U.S. and globally, but IBM and its subsidiary The Weather Company have launched new t
A homeless man wearing a mask sleeps in the doorway of a building in Barcelona, Spain, March 15, 2020. /AP While authorities in Europe struggle to convince people to stay at home to prevent a
Most of Hong Kong's service industries reported year-on-year drops in business receipts in the fourth quarter of 2019 as violent incidents disrupted economic activities, with that of tourism and conv
Amid the global gloom of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shanghai Fashion Week (SHFW) has gone virtual, putting its fancy roster of over 150 catwalk shows online and engaging hundreds of thousands of v
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee said on Monday that "the path toward postponement" of the Tokyo Games is "most promising" after surveying about 2,00
The U.S. materials science giant Dow intends to invest another 300 million U.S. dollars in the next five years in Zhangjiagang, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, the company said on Monday. Dow
Uber and Ola have suspended all ride options in New Delhi till March 31 and the Indian ride-hailing firm is restricting ride options across the country in a bid to slow the coronavirus pandemic.The f
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