Being black in America may be hazardous to your health, it has been said.In the age of COVID-19, that much seems to be true, judging from early data showing that the disease is hitting African Ame
The devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on economies demand the type of a coordinated global response that has so far not been forthcoming.Monday's virtual meeting of G20 finance minis
Montserrat, one of the world's smallest self-governing territories, is among the latest countries to report its first case of COVID-19, highlighting the growing spread of the disease in Latin Amer
First, COVID-19 triggered fear and panic among consumers in some countries. Now the financial markets seem just as rattled.As a result, experts say chances of a global recession in 2020 are increa
VCG A lot of hand-wringing is taking place in America over the shocking absence of a federal law that guarantees paid family or sick leave.In interim guidelines issued to businesses in the adv
The past month or so has been mostly wretched for tourism in Asia.The novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but has since spread both within and outside the continent, has severely curt
Fact: 99 percent of all novel coronavirus cases are in China.Fact: Two percent have been fatal.Fact: 80 percent of cases display mild symptoms.Those figures were extracted from a story on Monday o
The United States may have the most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet it is difficult to find anyone outside the country who'd recommend it as a global model.Even inside the country, m
The recent announcement that the birth rate of the Chinese mainland fell last year to its lowest for seven decades has led to renewed debate about what the country should do about this trend.Falli
Texas has been regarded for some time as a leader in resettling refugees in the United States. No longer.The governor of the state, Greg Abbott, has become the first to announce he is opting out o
While the ratcheting up of United States-Iran tensions has added to the gloom surrounding the global economy, at least one industry is unlikely to share the despondency: defense, one of the few th
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