Housing prices in major cities across the country could fall as a result of the pandemic. Drew Angerer / Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has many Americans heading to the hills, or the suburbs, so to speak. And city home prices could decline as a result, says Nobel Prize-winning economist …
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GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
Read More »Story edit: Hong Kong publishers self-censor under new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In the past two weeks, Hong Kong editor Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft of a book titled “To Freedom,” replacing the word “revolution” with “protests.” modifying a prohibited slogan. and cut passages that advocate for the independence of the Chinese-ruled city. The …
Read More »Canada’s Trudeau apologizes for ‘mistake’ amid charity rampage
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Monday for participating in a cabinet decision to use a charity with which he and his family have worked to administer a $ 900 million student grant program ( $ 663.4 million). FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a …
Read More »Russia May Begin Phase III Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in Mid-August: RIA
FILE PHOTO: A scientist prepares samples during the research and development of a coronavirus disease vaccine (COVID-19) in a laboratory of the biotechnology company BIOCAD in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 11, 2020. REUTERS / Anton Vaganov MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian institute developing one of the country’s possible coronavirus vaccines …
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