While China's new proposed security law for Hong Kong is terrible news for pro-democracy activists, it's unlikely to have a significant impact on foreign companies and investors, according to an U.S.-based risk consultancy.
The regulatory pushback has contributed to weeks of delays in Cathay's plans to meet with its pilot's union to discuss structural changes it first flagged to them in a letter on April 22, the sources said.
In Hangzhou, the government's proposals involve giving a person a health score via a smartphone app. This will be based on various factors including electronic medical records, results of physical examinations and lifestyle choices.
Some countries in Europe are toying with the idea of establishing special "travel bubbles" that would allow people from countries with low levels of infection to travel freely, with no requirement to endure a 14-day quarantine at their destination.
Atlas VPN said installations of the tool that helps people bypass web restrictions surged again on Friday, up more than three-fold from the previous day, while search interest in the keyword term "VPN" rocketed 1,680% on May 21 from a day earlier.
Novavax said on Monday it has started the Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate and has enrolled the trial's first participants, with preliminary results slated for July.
"Finished, just finished," the president said of the unproven treatment he'd said he was taking to protect himself from the coronavirus. "And by the way, I'm still here."
Hydroxychloroquine, which Trump has repeatedly touted as a potential game changer in fighting the coronavirus, is an anti-malarial drug that's also used by doctors to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
The German government and Lufthansa, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, have reached a preliminary deal on a 9 billion euro ($9.8 billion) bailout.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's closest adviser Dominic Cummings said on Monday that he didn't regret his decision to drive 250 miles from London to northern England, saying he had not flouted lockdown rules by staying on his family's farm.
With the Major League Baseball season unlikely to start until July due to COVID-19 fears, ESPN is airing live games from the KBO, South Korea's professional baseball league. Three former MLB players in Korea weigh in on what you need to know about the KBO.
Dating is hard enough in the best of times. Throw in nationwide social distancing mandates, and a highly contagious virus for which there's no cure or vaccine, and you would expect the search for love to be the last thing on everyone's mind. But dating is thriving as singles turn to dating apps in record numbers.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Sunday evening that the self-ruled democratic island "stands with the people of Hong Kong" as she pledged "necessary assistance" to Hong Kongers who need help.
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