Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaksDespite recent hantavirus and norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships, industry experts anticipate a record number of passengers this year. Man...
17 May, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
U.S. Treasury to borrow $2 trillion in 2026 as national debt nears $39 trillion — is America quietly entering a dangerous fiscal crisis beyond Washington’s control?U.S. Treasury is set to borrow over $2 trillion in fiscal year 2026, a federal deficit exceeding 6% of GDP. The Office of Management and Bu...
08 May, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Why travellers are turning to the zodiac for vacation planningPeople are increasingly using astrocartography to guide major life choices. This practice, which maps planetary influences on locations, he...
08 May, 2026, 09.02 AM IST
Who is Xu Zewei, alleged Chinese hacker extradited by the FBI from Italy?The FBI has brought alleged China-linked hacker Xu Zewei to the United States. FBI Director Kash Patel stated his recent Italy trip was vit...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s 15-year legacy by the numbersTim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO after fifteen years. Hardware expert John Ternus will take over. Cook's tenure saw Apple's market va...
21 Apr, 2026, 07.07 PM IST
China Covid-19 curbs, limited consumer spending to impact Apple's revenue figuresInvestors will look for details on how chief executive Tim Cook is trying to bolster demand in a weak economy that has prompted mass layoff...
02 Feb, 2023, 09.42 AM IST
China says Covid deaths down by nearly 80 percentBeijing's figures are believed to only represent a fraction of the true toll, given China's narrow definition of a Covid death and official...
26 Jan, 2023, 08.21 AM IST
China says COVID outbreak has infected 80% of populationThe possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a promi...
21 Jan, 2023, 03.31 PM IST
China's exports seen cooling further in December on weak global demand, COVID woesThe "closed loop" system that many plants had come to rely on over the past three years started to fall apart as infection numbers crept up...
12 Jan, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
Spike in covid cases in China's Zhejiang renews concern of impact on supply chainsZhejiang, located near Shanghai, has a population of about 65 million people. It is home to Japanese automaker Nidec and a slew of other fo...
27 Dec, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
China's Zhejiang has 1 million daily COVID cases, expected to doubleCitizens and experts have called for more accurate data as infections surged after Beijing made sweeping changes to a zero-COVID policy tha...
26 Dec, 2022, 07.15 AM IST
China to stop publishing daily Covid figures: NHCWhile state media has largely refrained from reporting the grimmer side of the exit plan, they have, to some extent, said hospitals are und...
25 Dec, 2022, 09.21 PM IST
China health commission stops publishing daily COVID figures"Relevant COVID information will be published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for reference and research," the com...
25 Dec, 2022, 10.14 AM IST
Video gaming market slowing down, says Nvidia; shares fall by 7%Nvidia's gaming company benefits would decrease by a percentage point in the current quarter, according to CEO Jensen Huang, if we compare ...
26 May, 2022, 09.50 PM IST
China lockdowns, war risk derailing global jobs recovery: ILOThe U.N. agency estimated that there was the equivalent of 112 million fewer full-time jobs in the first quarter of 2022 compared with pre-...
23 May, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
Downing Street removes China from briefings over erroneous Covid figuresA study by experts at Hong Kong University, published in The Lancet, suggested more than 232,000 people may have tested positive - four tim...
26 Apr, 2020, 09.56 PM IST
COVID-19: China's imported cases rise to 1,566; revised death toll 4,632The country's National Health Commission (NHC) announced the revised national figures of coronavirus, taking note of Wuhan's new data. As p...
18 Apr, 2020, 10.50 AM IST