Germany’s coronavirus contact tracking app Corona-Warn is shown on an iPhone in Berlin on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg via Getty Images Coronavirus contact tracking applications had an important role to play in how some countries dealt with the spread of the disease. But so far, they …
Read More »Facebook boycott is a turning point, says CEO of advertising commerce group
CEO of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) Stephan Loerke. Eric Piermont / AFP The CEO of the World Advertisers Federation, Stephan Loerke, says he believes the myriad of big brands that publicly shut down advertising on social media are unlikely to return until a real change is made. “I …
Read More »England to end mandatory quarantine for travelers from France, Germany, Spain and Italy
A worker disinfects the showers on the beach of La Muralla on May 25, 2020 in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain. Juan Carlos Toro The UK government is about to lift mandatory self-isolation for travelers from low-risk destinations to England starting next week. Most of the travelers who arrived …
Read More »Fitch downgraded the record number of sovereign ratings due to coronavirus
Fitch Ratings has downgraded a record 33 sovereign ratings in the first half of this year, and the agency is not yet done as the coronavirus pandemic affects government finances. James McCormack, global head of sovereign ratings at Fitch, said the agency has placed the credit ratings of 40 countries …
Read More »Taiwan criticizes Hong Kong’s national security law, opens office to help
Chen Ming-tong (L), Minister of the Council for Continental Affairs of Taiwan (MAC) and Katharine Chang, President of the Council for Economic and Cultural Cooperation of Taiwan-Hong Kong, unveil a poster during a launch ceremony of the Exchange Office of Taiwan-Hong Kong and Services in Taipei on July 1, 2020. …
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