A property analyst warns the worst-case scenario could see falls of up to 30 per cent, mainly in Sydney and Melbourne, while the end of the bank's mortgage repayment holidays will bring the real test for the housing market.
The president is insisting he just wanted to "see what would happen" if he made the suggestion about how to treat coronavirus.
Since the Easter long weekend, national testing figures have surged in all but one jurisdiction.
the Guardian
Economists predict bigger fall in April after panic-buying prevents larger March slump
Pew Research Center
Many single-and-looking people wouldn’t want to date someone who voted for the opposing party's candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
The vaccine has entered early clinical trials in human volunteers.
Global health actors, private sector partners and other stakeholders are launching a landmark collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable global access to new COVID-19 essential health technologies.This event will be broadcast in English, with interpretation available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Russian.Watch the event live here from 15:00 (Central European Summer Time) The launch of the new collaboration is being co-hosted
U.S. COVID-19 deaths now top 50,000, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
the Guardian
Looser regime means Sweden is better placed to face second wave, says chief epidemiologist
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from coronavirus rose past 50,000, salons, spas and barbershops reopened Friday in Georgia and Oklahoma with a green light from their...
Sergio Moro is one of the stars of Bolsonaro's government due to his record of fighting corruption.
Advertisers are cancelling contracts with influencers who can’t travel to create content in lockdown.
Beijing's deputy ambassador to the UK tells the BBC the demands are politically motivated.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Drugs needed to keep people on ventilators comfortable are running low in hospital pharmacies in many countries, including the US
www.nature.com
With politicians touting the potential benefits of malaria drugs to fight COVID-19, some people are turning away from clinical trials of other therapies. With politicians touting the potential benefits of malaria drugs to fight COVID-19, some people are turning away from clinical trials of other therapies.
The Christian Science Monitor
With stay-at-home orders emptying city streets, residents of Boston are getting a glimpse of a possible future in which the car is no longer king.
The Straits Times
BEIJING - To take a bus in Wuhan, administrator Jocelyn Zhang has to scan a QR code next to the door, which reflects a green code on her phone, to show she is healthy. A man alights from the bus to take her temperature before she is allowed to board.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Doctors warn Trump's suggestion that disinfectant could be a treatment for coronavirus endangers public's health.
More than 100 people called the state's Emergency Management Agency after President Donald Trump asked if disinfectant could treat COVID-19.
As Scott Morrison works to sell Australia's coronavirus app to the public, people in Poland are sending their Government multiple selfies a day to prove they're in quarantine between visits from the police.
The ban will not apply to cargo transportation or to vehicles serving special purposes, such as ambulances and fire trucks.
the Guardian
Findings fuel fears of more intense betting among problem gamblers, or migration to riskier products, such as online casino games
The Straits Times
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to distribute two reusable face masks to every household in the country was already unpopular, and has now been hit by a recall by the producers after some were found to be defective.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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From Bangladesh to Somalia, researchers and aid workers are taking different steps to protect people among the most vulnerable to the pandemic. From Bangladesh to Somalia, researchers and aid workers are taking different steps to protect people among the most vulnerable to the pandemic.
HSBC expects a weak economic recovery in Asia later in 2020, but the US economy remains badly affected by coronavirus.
