(Reuters) – Global deaths from COVID-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to find a critical metric in epidemics: mortality – the percentage of people who die from a pathogen infection. Here’s a look at the issues to better understand COVID-19 mortality. How is the mortality rate …
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(Repeats to more subscribers) By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. has emerged as the most likely buyer of US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short video app that prepares US President Donald Trump for effective bans on national security grounds. A deal would be in …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. demand this week that China close its consulate in Houston is the latest in a series of disputes that have pushed the relationship between the world’s two largest economies to their lowest point in decades. FILE PHOTO: The flags of China, the United States, and the …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singaporeans are expected to return to the People’s Action Party in power in the July 10 general election, extending their uninterrupted rule since the independence of the Southeast Asian island in 1965. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the People’s Action Party arrives to deliver a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain announced on Tuesday a relaxation of social distancing rules from July 4, reducing the recommended gap from 2 meters to “1 meter more” in England as it further loosened blockade measures destined to stop the pandemic of COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: A social distancing sign is displayed …
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