Global News
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The Maldives lured tourists back. Now it needs nurses
Though 59% of the population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, the recent surge took a heavy toll with nearly half of the country's 200 Covid-19 deaths being reported in May
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He warned Apple about the risks in China. Then they became reality
In recent years, China shut down Marriott's website after it listed Tibet and Taiwan as separate countries in a customer survey while it also suspended sign-ups to LinkedIn after the site failed to censor enough political content
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Victoria's Secret swaps angels for female empowerment. Will women buy it?
With Megan Rapinoe, Eileen Gu, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas among others, Victoria's Secret is spearheading what may be the most extreme and unabashed attempt at a brand turnaround in recent memory with seven women famous for their achievements and not their proportions
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Ferrari is racing into fashion
Exor, Ferrari's parent company, has shown an increasing interest in fashion brands, buying a majority stake last December in Shang Xia, a brand founded by Hermès, followed by a purchase of 24% of Christian Louboutin in March
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US and EU end aviation trade spat and turn to China's rise
The US and Europe have agreed to put aside a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies for Boeing and Airbus and work together to counter China's global ambitions to dominate key industries
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Why Asia, the pandemic champion, remains miles away from the finish line
While the US, which has suffered far more grievous outbreaks, is now filling stadiums with vaccinated fans and cramming airplanes with summer vacationers, the pandemic champions of the East are still stuck in a cycle of uncertainty, restrictions and isolation
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England postpones 'Freedom Day,' extending Covid-19 restrictions a month
Hospital admissions have begun rising and the impact of the Delta variant across the country has already incited alarm in other European countries including Germany, which has introduced a travel ban
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A top virologist in China, at center of a pandemic storm, speaks out
The idea that the virus may have escaped from a lab had long been widely dismissed by scientists as implausible and shunned by others, but fresh scrutiny from the Biden administration and calls for greater candour from prominent scientists have brought the theory back to the fore
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In a crisis, Narendra Modi could always change the narrative. Then came Covid-19
Modi's approval rating is still above 60%, but the growing dissatisfaction suggests the prime minister may not so easily be able to change public sentiment by pushing emotional nationalist causes or shifting his image as he has done in the past
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Bitcoin and Encryption: A race between criminals and the FBI
The qualities that make cryptocurrencies attractive—decentralisation and anonymity—make them great for theft, ransom and selling drugs
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How Microsoft is ditching the video game console wars
Microsoft is betting that the future of gaming will be a post-hardware world where people may not want to spend hundreds of dollars for a console