5 things to know for August 17: Primaries, Covid, Hearing aids, Water cuts, Ukraine
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Month: August 2022
NYC public schools easing COVID guidelines
NEW YORK - New York City education officials say COVID rules for public schools won't be as strict when students...
Tencent, the $370 billion Chinese tech giant, posts first ever revenue decline
In this article700-HKTencent posted its first ever quarterly year-on-year revenue decline as stricter regulations around gaming in China and a...
Opinion: New virus found in China is another hard-to-predict threat
Many may wonder just what is going on here. Why are so many infections appearing so quickly? Several explanations are...
Covid restrictions stymie tourism revival in Japan and much of Asia
Only a trickle of tourists are visiting Japan two months after the government announced it would reopen borders that had...
Tencent posts first ever revenue decline as tough gaming regulation, Covid lockdowns bite
In this article700-HKTencent has faced a number of headwinds in 2022 including a Covid-induced slowdown in the Chinese economy and...
Long Covid: The heart problem you could experience after initial infection has gone
In the majority of Covid cases people make a full recovery within four weeks. However, if symptoms last longer it...
Should parents delay kids’ second COVID vaccine? Here’s what the research says
Canada and the United States have approved mRNA vaccines for children as young as six months, but the shots are...
Travel’s Uneven Covid Recovery Sees Record Revenues, Lessons And Lingering Obstacles
Despite the chaos at airports, airline cancelations and staffing shortages, travel industry executives attending Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas...
Economic slowdown: China urges push to boost sluggish economy
Getty ImagesChina's premier has called on the country's richest provinces to offer economic support to boost pro-growth measures. The country...