Restaurants, bars scramble for propane amid pandemic winter
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With coronavirus restrictions forcing bars and restaurants to seat customers outside in the dead of winter,…
Fleeing New Yorkers squeeze surrounding housing markets
Angel Garcia, a single father approved for a mortgage loan of $300,000, had high hopes in early 2020 of finding…
Bowl games look to future after weathering challenging year
LOS ANGELES — Even after canceling the Tournament of Roses parade during the summer and scaling back the pregame festivities…
WHO cites human behavior more than variants responsible for virus spread
The World Health Organisation”s emergencies chief has said that the impact of new variants of COVID-19 in places like Britain,…
‘Vaccinationalism’ is self-defeating, says UN chief as global COVID deaths cross 2 million
As the world crossed a “heart-wrenching milestone” of two million deaths from COVID-19, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lamented that…
COVID-19: Dr Reddy’s gets DCGI nod for Phase 3 clinical trials for Sputnik V vaccine
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories on Friday said it had received approval from the Drugs Control General of India (DCGI) to conduct…
Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts
Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the leadup to the…
How major US stock indexes fared Friday
Wall Street closed out its first losing week in three with another drop after reports showed the pandemic is deepening…
Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine
U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades…
Optimistic banks start moving ‘bad’ loans back to ‘good’
The financial performance of the big U.S. banks has improved from earlier in 2020, when the virus pandemic walloped the…