THE rush that comes with a first-time appearance at the Masters remains sweet, despite the COVID-19 pandemic altering just about everything about the major championship this year, players said on Monday. Amateur Andy Ogletree said he would savor the experience even in the absence of fans
The UK’s unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in the three months to September, up from 4.5% as coronavirus continued to hit the jobs market. Redundancies rose by a record 181,000 in the period to reach a record high of 314,000, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Britain should be heading back to normal by the spring, scientists said yesterday, after the announcement of a vaccine that is 90 per cent effective in stopping the coronavirus. Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer for England, said that the “huge milestone” meant this wave
Wales’ first minister has said there are “tentative early positive signs” that the spread of coronavirus has slowed, as people visited non-essential shops and cafes for the first time after the country’s firebreak lockdown. Queues were seen outside shops including Primark and Matalan in Cardiff as
Opinion polls carried out before and during the COVID-19 pandemic across many countries show that confidence in vaccines is volatile, and that political polarization and online misinformation are likely to affect rates of uptake. LONDON — An 80% uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine may be needed
A million people in the UK are planning to give up being self-employed after seeing their earnings decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ahead of official figures on Tuesday that are likely to show a further jump in unemployment, a report from the London School of Economics
Airbnb is set to file the necessary IPO documents later this week ahead of its anticipated stock market debut in December, as it seeks to raise $3 billion. The move would set the company a valuation of around $30 billion, according to Reuters. Next month, it is
The Sinovac vaccine has been criticized by Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has dismissed it as lacking credibility. Mr. Bolsonaro, who
Online shopping is now forecast to hit $172 billion by 2025 versus a previous $153 billion estimate, the research showed.
Every year, nearly 25,000 women in the Philippines are reported to be diagnosed with breast cancer, with over 8000 of these cases ending in death. Based on the GLOBOCAN 2018 report, cancer of the breast ranks as the third deadliest in the country. But not all
The Philippine economy shrank in the third quarter, albeit at a slower rate compared with the second quarter, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority this morning showed. The Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 11.5% in the third quarter. The third-quarter decline was slower than
