Li Changming just purchased a new Huawei smartphone and the 70-year-old retiree is still a bit puzzled by a high-tech device that China policymakers hope will help unlock spending by millions of older Chinese. © NOEL CELIS China has plans to help its legions of pensioners keep up with a […]
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CLOSE Here’s a list of who’s open for grub and last-minute goodies Christmas Day 2020. USA TODAY Desperately hunting for last-minute stocking stuffers or a can of cranberry sauce? Your options will be limited. Christmas is the one day that Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, shutters its locations and several […]
Videogames have grown to resemble competition-based, interactive movies, and the COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the industry to make more money than movies and sports combined. Global videogame revenue is expected to surge 20% to $179.7 billion in 2020, according to IDC data, making the videogame industry a bigger moneymaker than […]
A Singapore court sentenced an Indian woman to over six years in jail for cheating people of over Rs 3.31 crore or 6 lakh Singapore dollars. Kaveena Jaya Kumar, 42, pleaded guilty for the offence on Monday. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Zhi Hao told the court that she had difficulty […]
BERLIN—The new coronavirus variant that is spreading across the U.K. could make it more difficult to reach so-called herd immunity, according to the chief executive of BioNTech SE, the German company that developed the Covid-19 vaccine with Pfizer Inc. British authorities have said the new variant of the coronavirus is […]
We can’t help but wonder… did these tips make the trip from the Sussex’s royal residence to their new California home? Long before she was the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle was a confident “hostess with the mostest,” according to some savvy Christmastime entertaining advice from an old interview that recently resurfaced — […]
The Week Putin critic Navalny reportedly tricks Russian agent into revealing how he was poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has reportedly uncovered details of his own poisoning by successfully duping a Russian agent into revealing them.Navalny, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is recovering after being poisoned […]
Here’s a market forecast: 2021 will be hard to predict. At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, investors and bank strategists put out public prognostications for what would happen in the markets, but 2020’s combination was so unusual it was missed, it seems, by everyone. Below, some of the best […]
Eric Thayer/Getty Images Text size Is Apple jealous? According to Reuters, Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is planning to make a battery-powered self-driving car. That sounds a lot like what Tesla, the world’s most valuable auto maker, does. Apple has been toying with the idea of a car since […]
Sherean Malekzadeh, who runs a marketing firm in Atlanta, hasn’t been out to eat once since the pandemic was called in March. She skipped grocery stores for much of the year as well. Ordering online takes more time, “and you have to be on standby when the shoppers are there, […]
Between volatility in infection rates and shifting guidance from federal and local agencies, it can be hard to determine how best to travel, or whether it’s safe to travel at all. Somewhere between “it’s OK to travel” and “it’s not OK to travel” lies a vast gray area of caveats, […]
This also offers insight into why, despite warnings and requests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other infectious disease experts to stay home, some people are flouting the recommendations and traveling to visit family and friends for the holidays — something Dr. Xygalatas says is itself telling. […]
People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Asian shares retreated on Tuesday, Dec. 22, extending losses on growing worries over a new, potentially more infectious strain of the coronavirus that is countering good news over U.S. economic stimulus and vaccines. […]
With just over a week left until the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, you need to act now to make sure you are prepared. The UK has left the EU and the transition period ends on 31 December, which means there will be new rules and […]
By The Editorial Board Close The Editorial Board Dec. 21, 2020 6:46 pm ET A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30. Photo: John Raoux/Associated Press We don’t have to remind readers of the ways that 2020 has […]
Martinique Lewis’ goal is to make the travel industry more diverse and inclusive. Martinique Lewis Martinique Lewis is a diversity in travel consultant, creative lead of Nomadness Travel Tribe, and president of the Black Travel Alliance, which she founded. She also self-published “The ABC Travel Green Book” earlier this summer, […]
As a new strain of COVID-19 continues to spread in southern England, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called on the federal government to take action to prevent it from reaching the United States. The governor delivered his remarks from quarantine, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Clothing stores and specialty retailers are offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coronavirus cases have kept many shoppers at home. For some, it could be their last chance at survival. And even […]
Transportation officials said an increased number of Americans traveled through U.S. airports over the weekend, despite pleas from public health experts to stay home ahead of the Christmas holiday. More than 1 million people passed through security checkpoints at U.S. airports on both Friday and Saturday, the Transportation Security Administration reported, […]
Text size Stocks were falling Monday after a new strain of Coronavirus was identified in the U.K., prompting fresh travel restrictions. The decline comes even as Congress finalizes a fiscal stimulus package. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 436 points, or 1.5%. S&P 500 futures had fallen […]
Saudi Arabia moved Monday to halt all international flights and travel in the face of a new strain of COVID-19 reported in the U.K. that experts say is spreading faster than previous mutations. The Times of India reported that a notice from the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation issued a […]
COVID-19 in Canada For more on today’s top stories and the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country, please refer to our live updates below throughout the day, as well as our COVID-19 news hub. The Ontario government has announced a province-wide shutdown, which will begin at 12:01 a.m. […]