The first human has died of H3N8 bird flu in China – here’s what you need to know
Bird flu is very rare in humans.
Pandemic
From a global plane shortage to the pickleball craze – Here's your December 29 news briefing
When the pandemic swept the globe in 2020, it goes without saying that air travel took a dive.
What to know about this year’s G20 summit
The Group of Twenty, aka the G20, is a coalition of leaders of the world's largest economies.
China doubles down on zero-COVID approach
Earlier this year, the Chinese government adopted a new strategy for controlling the spread of COVID: regular mass PCR testing. Every citizen was tested a few times a week to isolate cases and cut the need for widespread lockdowns. The government had high hopes for this plan, which continues to
Are business travelers a dying breed?
During the pandemic, airline tickets were super cheap. One reason was that everyone wasn’t taking their tour-de-COVID to different parts of the world, opting to stay home instead. (Good job, by the way.) Another is that gas prices got super cheap, meaning jet fuel was super cheap, and airlines
How did editing software Grammarly become one of the world’s biggest unicorns?
Remember when everyone worked in offices and what often could have been an email was easier to flesh out in person? Fast forward three years into the pandemic, with millions working from home and Zooming in their PJs, those “could have been an email" conversations are now, in fact,
Hong Kong food guru Simran Savlani’s journey to A Spark of Madness
The pandemic pushed many of us to a standstill in our lives. But, whether in terms of careers or our personal lives, we often must choose between fight or flight in tackling our problems. A Spark of Madness founder Simran Savlani chose the latter.
Her career unknowingly and unexpectedly took