Japan poised to declare state of emergency over coronavirus – The Guardian
Japan poised to declare state of emergency over coronavirus The Guardian UN chief warns of violence at home, Japan nears emergency The Boston Globe Coronavirus rise in...
Greece suggests EU buy patent rights for vaccines and coronavirus tests: FAZ
Greece has suggested EU member states jointly buy patent rights for vaccines against COVID-19 and rapid tests under development to help ensure that if they...
China sees rise in asymptomatic coronavirus cases, to tighten controls at land borders
Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged as...
Uber connects out-of-work U.S. ride-hail drivers to delivery, production jobs
Uber Technologies Inc said on Monday its app will list job openings in the delivery, food production and grocery industry that can be accessed by...
Rockets land near oil district in southern Iraq; no casualties
Rockets landed near a district in Iraq that houses workers for foreign oil companies on Monday, including U.S. oil service company Halliburton, but caused no...
Boris Johnson in hospital with persistent COVID-19 symptoms but still working
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was undergoing hospital tests on Monday after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms for more than 10 days, but the government said...
World’s fastest blind man adjusts training in coronavirus crisis
David Brown, the world’s fastest totally blind sprinter, has been accompanied every step of the way by his guide Jerome Avery but the coronavirus outbreak...
ILO annual gathering of labour ministers postponed for a year
An annual gathering of the world’s labour ministers will not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but will convene in June 2021,...
Czechs may relax lockdown as coronavirus infections slow
The Czech government is considering relaxing lockdown measures that have stifled the economy if an apparent levelling off in the growth of new coronavirus infections...
Allstate to return $600 million in auto premiums to customers as pandemic cuts driving
U.S. insurer Allstate Corp said on Monday that it would return more than $600 million in auto insurance premiums to customers as many Americans stay...
