A claim that states and hospitals inflate coronavirus death counts so they’ll receive more money from the federal government has been circling for weeks on social media, with questions raised anew after Colorado’s health department recently changed how it reports…
Read MoreIndia CO2 emissions fall for first time in decades
India’s CO2 emissions have fallen for the first time in four decades – and not just as a result of the country’s coronavirus lockdown. Falling electricity use and competition from renewables had weakened the demand for fossil fuels even before…
Read MoreCoronavirus: No easy answers for Boris Johnson – just hard choices and a long road ahead
It has been more than a month since the prime minister last appeared at the daily coronavirus news conference. A lot has changed since then for him personally and for the nation he leads. A personal journey that has taken…
Read MoreHeir unapparent: If North Korea faces succession, who might replace Kim?
(Reuters) – North Korea has never announced who would follow leader Kim Jong Un in the event he is incapacitated, and with no details known about his young children, analysts say his sister and loyalists could form a regency until…
Read MoreFactbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) – Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.73 million globally and 191,470 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Friday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread,…
Read MoreLongtime professor named president of Ontario’s proposed French-language university
The dean of Concordia University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has been appointed president of Ontario’s proposed French-language university. The school’s board of directors says Andre Roy will take on his new role on Aug. 1. Roy previously worked as…
Read MoreLatest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) – The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1.38 million globally and the death toll crossed 81,400, according to a Reuters tally as of 0200 GMT. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the…
Read MoreFactbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) – The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to rise on Thursday, after the World Health Organization said the global case count would reach 1 million and the death toll 50,000 in the next few days and economic…
Read MoreFund managers freeze UK institutional property funds
LONDON (Reuters) – Investment managers BlackRock (BLK.N) and Schroders (SDR.L) have suspended trading in UK real estate funds aimed at institutional investors, citing difficulty in getting an accurate price for their assets. The suspension of the funds with quarterly or…
Read MoreFactbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
(Reuters) – Lockdowns to halt the spread of the coronavirus have brought silence to some of the world’s busiest places. Transport hubs that should be teeming with travellers such as New York’s Grand Central Terminal or Istanbul’s Eminonu ferry docks…
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