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Coronavirus pandemic: All storiesi

An outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China. It has since spread across the world and the World Health Organisation has declared a global pandemic. Seeking to distinguish the virus from the disease it causes, the virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19.

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  • Professor David Hui says surge in infections in past weeks could be considered sixth wave, stresses Covid situation in Hong Kong has already shifted to endemic stage
  • ‘It already peaked last week and the wave of infections is expected to linger for a few more weeks before it will subside,’ he adds
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Unemployment among China’s youth rose above 20 per cent for the first time, while Hainan is readying for its first durian harvest this year and the C919 completed its first commercial flight in May.

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For the women who run companies in the S&P 500, compensation increased for more than half of them but the median pay package fell 6 per cent in 2022.

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A global pandemic, the war in Europe, soaring inflation and deeper US-China tensions eroded the wealth of the world’s richest as the billionaire population declined worldwide.

Comments show China harbours no ‘illusions’ about the fallout of its rivalry with the US and has little hope of a lasting improvement in ties, analysts say.

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The Lujiazui Forum will be held on June 8 and 9, and will feature over 70 speakers from top financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.

Life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors rose by 28 times in the first quarter, as the reopening of the border unleashed a wave of pent-up demand, data from the Insurance Authority showed.

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Sam Altman whose firm OpenAI created the ChatGPT bot, said tackling the risks from AI should be ‘a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war’.

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Private equity and venture capital firms are hoping China and Asia will emerge as bright spots for the industry after a lacklustre couple of years, the China Private Equity Summit heard on Tuesday.

Entrepreneur Juliana Lam founded Innotier, whose mask she says can instantly eliminate 99 per cent of the coronavirus and last for up to 200 washes.

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Finance chief Paul Chan says more large-scale public activities under ‘Happy Hong Kong’ campaign planned to help latest round of vouchers go further.

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Some 2,661 mainland citizens were polled by the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University on the outlook for international security.

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Food, energy, other key products disrupted by pandemic and war in Ukraine; leaders want to avoid such disruptions, and help counter China’s influence.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who spoke via a live-streaming feed, said that the theme of open cooperation ‘could not be timelier’, echoing Xi’s message.

Immigration has long been a key political issue in the UK, and was one the main battlegrounds of the Brexit referendum in 2016 that saw the country leave the bloc.

Analysts and employees of flag carrier ask whether Cathay can salvage reputation, save itself from mainlanders’ ire and rebuild standing in key customer base.

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‘This is a trend that will not stop,’ manufacturing analyst warns as exporters see their hands forced in the face of geopolitical strife, demographic crisis and supply-chain upheavals.

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More than 3,000 current and former students are suing University College London for breach of contract, in a case which could be followed by similar litigation against other British universities.

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