WORLD
A cautious New York begins creaking back to economic life
The smaller cities and rural regions of upstate New York have been spared the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing many of those areas to gradually reopen first, industry by industry.
BUSINESS
Companies begin to navigate a world that is vastly changed
TESTING THE WATERS: With countries and U.S. states beginning to relax shelter-in-place restrictions despite caution from the medical community, companies must navigate a work environment that is vastly different. Automakers will be among the first major manufacturing sectors to reopen factory floors.
BUSINESS
Dining with dummies? Three-star restaurant in US adds mannequins to help with social distancing
Mannequins dressed in fine 1940’s-style attire were already theatrically staged Thursday at The Inn at Little Washington, tucked in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains about 90 minutes west of Washington, D.C.
WORLD
Coronavirus Diary: Lockdown, loneliness and a difficult goodbye
In India, where holidays and festivals are marked by an excess of color and light and sound, more is always better. So it was a fitting last home for a pet that lived in nine cities, in five countries on three continents.
WORLD
Social distancing is no reason to stop service learning – just do it online
Service learning is not meant only to help community organizations, governmental agencies and businesses. It’s also meant to advance the student’s individual academic goals.
BUSINESS
Stocks open lower on Wall Street as job picture dims further
Investors were also braced for more jobless claims data out of the U.S., which are expected to show another 2 to 3 million people applied for benefits in the last week, further straining the labor market in the world's largest economy.
BUSINESS
36 million have sought US unemployment aid since coronavirus hit
Jobless workers in some states are still reporting difficulty applying for or receiving benefits. These include freelance, gig and self-employed workers, who became newly eligible for jobless aid this year.
WORLD
‘This virus may never go away’: WHO warns as new clusters emerge
Without a vaccine, it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient levels of immunity, A top World Health Organization official said.
WORLD
Angela Merkel: Evidence of Russian role in German parliament hack
Prosecutors haven't confirmed those reports, but Merkel was asked about the theft of data from her office in a question-and-answer session with lawmakers in parliament Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Built for a global economy, Dubai now threatened by coronavirus
Dubai's dedication to global trade is memorialized in the first sentence of the first article of its 50-Year Charter, something created last year by its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who has overseen much of the city's growth.
BUSINESS
Restart or re-stop? Economies reopen but chaos abounds
Social distancing was the order of the day but just how to do that on public transit and in schools was the big question.
BUSINESS
A tale of two outbreaks: Singapore tackles a costly setback
Infections in Singapore, an affluent Southeast Asian city-state of fewer than 6 million people, have jumped more than a hundredfold in two months — from 226 in mid-March to more than 23,000, the most in Asia after China, India and Pakistan. Only 20 of the infections have resulted in deaths.
BUSINESS
Here come COVID-19 tracing apps - and privacy trade-offs
But their decisions on which technologies to use — and how far those allow authorities to peer into private lives — are highlighting some uncomfortable trade-offs between protecting privacy and public health.
WORLD
America's business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic
As the COVID-19 virus cripples the economy, leaving millions unemployed and many companies on life support, big businesses that have become synonymous with the world’s largest prison system are still making money.
WORLD
Meet 8 people around the world hustling to survive pandemic
The toll for families is hunger and poverty that are either newfound or even more grinding than before.
BUSINESS
Uber loses $2.9 billion, offloads bike and scooter business
The ride-hailing giant said Thursday it is offloading Jump, its bike and scooter business, to Lime, a company in which it is investing $85 million. Jump had been losing about $60 million a quarter.
BUSINESS
The puzzling questions of the coronavirus: A doctor addresses 6 questions that are stumping physicians
As researchers try to find treatments and create a vaccine for COVID-19, doctors and others on the front lines continue to find perplexing symptoms. And the disease itself has unpredictable effects on various people. Dr. William Petri, a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia Medical School, answers questions about these confusing findings.
BUSINESS
US couple’s nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter
Five surveillance cameras recorded his movements, and two guards kept constant, silent watch. They followed Hsu to the shower and stood beside him at the toilet.
WORLD
No time like the present: End-of-life plans and the pandemic
Consider writing a will to let people know what to do with your assets after you die and who you choose to be guardian of any children. Without a will, it won’t be up to you who raises your kids and your estate could end up in probate, potentially causing more headaches and costs for those you leave behind.
WORLD
The second virus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?
A century ago, the Spanish flu epidemic’s second wave was far deadlier than its first, in part because authorities allowed mass gatherings from Philadelphia to San Francisco.
WORLD
Israeli billionaire hopes to bring water to parched Gaza
Most of Gaza’s households buy water from private vendors who desalinate water at small-scale stations. But experts warn this water is impure. UNICEF estimates two-thirds of this water is already contaminated by the time it is delivered.
INDIA
Coronavirus pandemic | 1 billion people with disabilities hit hard by COVID-19: UN chief
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's video message was released alongside a UN report that said people with disabilities are estimated to be 15% of the world's population and 46% of the world's people who are older than 60.
WORLD
Zoos turn to social media to delight, raise money amid coronavirus
The association’s 220 U.S. zoos and aquariums, which typically host a combined 200 million people annually, all closed, Ashe said. A recent survey showed more than 60 percent have laid off or furloughed employees.
BUSINESS
Dubai Expo 2020 world’s fair postponed to October 1, 2021
The announcement by the Bureau International des Expositions came just hours after police in Kuwait dispersed what they described as a riot by stranded Egyptians unable to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
