Bonds, Stocks, Economy: How China’s Property Woes Are Spilling Overseas
Marco Metzler of Switzerland gets 2,000 new followers a day on LinkedIn, all watching to see what will happen to his money. Metzler invested $50,000 last month in the offshore bonds of real estate developer China Evergrande Group to see if he would get…
Pfizer: COVID-19 Pill Cuts Risk of Severe Disease by 89%
U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Friday its new COVID-19 pill showed an 89% reduction in risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization or death in clinical trials and they plan to submit the drug to U.S. regulators for emergency use approval.In …
Scabies Outbreak Affects 300 in Malawi’s Blantyre
In Malawi, health authorities say an outbreak of scabies around the commercial capital of Blantyre has affected more than 300 people. Scabies is a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition caused by tiny mites that burrow into the skin.“We started see…
Families ruptured by Myanmar’s junta observe Harvest Moon Festival with heavy hearts
Families across Myanmar marked the October Harvest Moon Festival on Wednesday with heavier hearts this year amid the brutal crackdowns, arrests and detentions that have followed the military’s February coup.In accordance with Buddhist tradition, the Th…
Amazon’s Twitch Hit by Data Breach
Amazon.com Inc.’s livestreaming e-sports platform Twitch said Wednesday that it had been hit by a data breach. It gave no details.An anonymous hacker claimed to have leaked Twitch data, including information related to the company’s source code, client…
From food insecurity to the UN’s future: What we’re watching at the UNGA
The world’s biggest diplomatic event is back – well, kind of. The 76th session of the UN General Assembly kicked off at UN headquarters in New York on 14 September, and the headline-grabbing General Debate – featuring high-profile speeches from heads-o…
Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Myanmar’s ‘Neck-Coil’ Women Home From Thailand
Hundreds of ethnic Kayan women who used to sell textiles and crafts in Thailand have returned to Myanmar in recent months, forced to leave when the coronavirus pandemic triggered the collapse of the Thai tourism sector, with only grueling farmwork available back home. The returnees, famous for wearing stacked […]