EssilorLuxottica Chairman Leonardo del Vecchio dies at 87, local media reports
Leonardo Del VecchioMarka/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesLeonardo Del Vecchio, the chairman of spectacles maker EssilorLuxottica and one of Italy's...
Month: June 2022
In ‘zero-Covid’ China, a daughter’s struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve
Video of the scene -- whose related hashtag has been viewed over a billion times on China's Twitter-like platform Weibo...
Devi Sridhar’s ‘Preventable’ Review: The Countries That Handled COVID-19 Best
A pedestrian passes artwork by the artist known as the Rebel Bear on a wall on Bath Street in Glasgow,...
Economic anxiety is replacing Covid fears. How to cope with recession talk and stock market drops.
We waited for vaccines, for boosters and for lockdowns to be lifted. Major life events were postponed or — worse...
Censors delete discussion of Beijing’s future COVID control
TAIPEI – Digital censors quickly deleted a hashtag “the next five years” Monday as online discussion swirled in response to...
FDA Panel Will Weigh In on Covid Boosters for This Fall. What’s at Stake.
The FDA has to decide whether Covid-19 boosters need to be updated. Scott Olson/Getty Images On Tuesday, the Food and...
Live news updates: China stocks rise as Shanghai declares victory over Covid-19 outbreak
Now would seem a good time for central bankers to get together and brainstorm some ways of getting their economies...
A New Covid Vaccine That’s Effective Against Omicron Could Hit The Market This Year
ToplineSanofi and GlaxoSmithKline are hoping to launch their latest Covid vaccine later this year after trials found it to be...
Covid in China: Xi’s fraying relationship with the middle class
For decades, China’s expanding middle class had but one option to get ahead: neijuan, or joining the rat race of...
Windfall tax on Covid profits could ease ‘catastrophic’ food crisis, says Oxfam
Windfall tax on Covid profits could ease ‘catastrophic’ food crisis, says OxfamA levy on food and fossil fuel giants could...