Colorado’s COVID outbreaks continue in jails and prisons
Colorado’s prison and jail COVID-19 outbreaks continued to grow in the second week of August, though some showed signs of slowing down. Sterling [...]
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Erick Thohir, the man to watch in Indonesian politics
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – For someone with little experience in politics and who is mostly known as a businessman, the [...]
Insurer AIG sinks to US$7.9b quarterly loss driven by deal to unload risks
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – American International Group (AIG) posted a US$7.9 billion (S$10.89 billion) second-quarter loss driven by the sale of a majority [...]
Coronavirus: Second COVID wave twice as big as the first without effective test, trace, isolating strategy, says new modelling study
Reopening schools fully in September without an effective test, trace and isolating strategy could result in a second wave of coronavirus more than [...]
Australia braces for economic hit as Melbourne put under coronavirus curfew
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the economy faces another significant hit after Victoria extended a lockdown across the whole state [...]
Coronavirus: Testing for COVID-19 in care homes delayed until September
Government plans to delay COVID-19 testing for all residents and staff at care homes until early September have been described as “an absolute [...]
How to file for unemployment benefits if you lose your job during the coronavirus pandemic
The US has seen a historic spike in people applying for unemployment benefits as the coronavirus pandemic upends the economy. This week's jobless [...]
Emergency response team dispatched to Australia coronavirus outbreak
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian officials have sent an emergency medical team, usually deployed to disaster zones, to aged care homes in the city [...]
Special task force formed in Indonesia after at least 96 journalists contract Covid-19
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Indonesian Television Journalists Association (IJTI) has established a special task force to help curb the [...]
How COVID changed the UK – part one
On the first of a two-part special edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we reflect on the first half [...]