Europe’s pandemic-stricken economy could return to pre-crisis levels next year, IMF says
LONDON — Europe’s economy is on track to return to its pre-crisis levels in 2022, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, though this projection […]
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EU medicines regulator says benefits of J&J vaccine outweigh risks as it reviews rare blood clots
Athens City-County Health Department Director of Nursing, Crystal Jones, 52, loads syringes with the vaccine on the first day of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. […]
International travel is getting easier — except for the unvaccinated
Traveling abroad is getting less complicated for vaccinated travelers. A growing list of countries is reducing or eliminating quarantine and Covid-19 testing requirements for […]
The race to succeed Germany’s Angela Merkel just got more exciting
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she sits down for the weekly cabinet meeting on April 13, 2021 at the Chancellery in Berlin. JOHN MACDOUGALL […]
Pandemic has delayed sustainable development goals by decades, says former Unilever CEO
LONDON — Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has pushed back sustainable development goals 20-30 years, in terms of exacerbating […]
IMF hikes growth forecast for the Middle East, says recovery will be ‘divergent’
Shoppers wearing protective masks walk near the Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Christopher […]
With that $1,400 stimulus check, people weigh ‘revenge spending’ to saving and investing
A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past the Macy’s Inc. flagship store in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. […]
Germany edges toward national lockdown; considers Russia’s Sputnik vaccine
A healthcare worker cares for a Covid-19 patient in the ICU ward at the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. […]
Greta Thunberg says she won’t attend COP26 summit if ‘vaccine nationalism’ continues
Greta Thunberg, climate activist, pauses during a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. […]