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Across China: Masked smiles in lens of Nepali photographer

Amar Shrestha takes photographs of an elerly doing exercises in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin) Speaking Chinese with a Sichuan accent,

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France reports 12,612 coronavirus infection cases

France has confirmed 12,612 coronavirus infection cases, including 1,297 in intensive care, Director-General of Health Jerome Salomon said on Friday. A total of 450 people have lost their lives to t

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Why Biden?

Editor's note: Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall. The article reflects the auth

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The COVID-19 cash out

Editor's note: Juergen Braunstein is a fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Marion Laboure is a macro strategist at Deutsche Bank. Sachin Silva is a

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France's Polanski problem: Can you separate the artist from the man?

French actress Adele Haenel arrives at the Cesar award ceremony in Paris, France, February 28, 2020. /AP When actress Adele Haenel last month walked out of the Cesars ceremony, France's equiva

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Chinese experts share experience on coronavirus with European counterparts

Chinese experts and officials on Thursday shared their experiences on fighting the novel coronavirus and their latest pathological findings with their European counterparts in a video conference. "Ch

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Another seven from NBA test positive for COVID-19

The NBA just had another bad day because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven players and organization members from four teams – the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers, the

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Iranians celebrate Nowruz festival amid COVID-19 outbreak

The novel coronavirus started sweeping major Iranian cities last month and has continued shrouding all the country as the Iranian new year approaches. On Thursday, it was officially announced th

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Younger adults make large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in U.S., says CDC report

Tourists look around at Times Square in New York, the United States, March 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) A CDC report shows about 38 percent of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the United States were

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Global Update: Italy deaths surpass China, no new infections in Wuhan

ITALY TOPS COVID-19 DEATHSCOVID-19 deaths in Italy have surpassed China's.The death toll reached at least 3,405, officials announced on Thursday.According to a Johns Hopkins University

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Virtual dates and video speed dating: Dating.com Group launches a $50 million corporate venture fund 

The dating startup world is notorious for few exits, and a similarly slim number of buyers. There’s Match Group, which owns Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid, and there’s Spark

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France reports 9,134 confirmed coronavirus cases, 264 deaths

As of Wednesday, France had registered 9,134 confirmed coronavirus cases and 264 deaths, Jerome Salomon, director general for health at the Health Ministry, announced here on Wednesday. Eighty-nin

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Canada announces massive aid package amid pandemic

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday his government is deferring tax payments until August, providing a wage subsidy for small businesses and pausing s

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COVID-19 puts Utah Jazz in difficulty over Gobert and Mitchell

Rudy Gobert #27 and Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz stand together in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 26, 2019. /V

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Fox gets deeper into streaming with $440 million acquisition of Tubi

Fox Corp., the broadcast news and entertainment company holding what remains of the Murdoch Family’s television and cable sports and media assets after the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney, ha

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Pfizer and BioNTech announce joint development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine

Pharma giant Pfizer announced on Tuesday that it’s working with BioNTech, a German company working on new kinds of immunotherapy treatments, on a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The joint effort, c

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If Grandma dies, Trump is toast

Joe Biden (L) and Bernie Sanders (R) participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, D.C., March 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of