Pandemic

Tourism Board chief Dane Cheng on Saturday said Hong Kong is making good progress on its recovery path and he expected more tourists to come during the Golden Week national holidays. Speaking on a radio programme, he said the tourism industry was recovering, with the number of mainland tourists and…

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Newly-revealed coronavirus data has reignited a debate over the virus’s origins This week, we’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of…

This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. This week, coronavirus has been back in the news in a big way. We’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk. AFP News Twitter CEO Elon Musk has often been involved in Twitter spats, and the latest to join the list is the World Health Organisation (WHO). Musk took to Twitter on Thursday and asked member countries not to "cede authority" to the health agency. He made…

Data: The Lancet; Map: Alice Feng/Axios The pandemic experience varied sharply from state to state, with some of the highest adjusted death rates reported in Arizona, the District of Columbia and New Mexico, according to an analysis published in The Lancet. Why it matters: It's among the first deep dives…

The number of vacancies in schools is “substantially higher” than before the pandemic which suggests more teachers are leaving the profession, a report has found. Limited opportunities for teachers to work from home may have made teaching less attractive amid a rise of remote working in other professions, the National…

Assets held by money-market mutual funds swelled to a record high $5.4 trillion last week as inflows hit the fastest pace since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. This latest milestone marks the culmination of what has been a banner year for money…

The Competition Commission on Wednesday announced that it's taking action against four companies and three people it believes rigged bids for government-funded IT contracts worth around HK$13 million. The case centres on 189 contracts issued under the Distance Business Programme, a scheme to help small and medium-sized enterprises during the…

U.S. adults were still taking around 700 fewer steps per day as of December 2021, compared to their pre-pandemic norm, new research shows. Photo by Daniel Reche/Pixabay If you feel like the pandemic made you a permanent couch potato, a new study shows you're not alone: Well after lockdown measures…

The extended stay segment has shown great resiliency through the pandemic and in challenging economic times as a strong performer, outpacing many transient hotels and garnering great interest from franchisors and investors. The demand and emergence of new mid-price and economy hotels in the U.S. extended stay hotel segment signals…