The Japanese authorities “privately” concluded that the Tokyo Olympics, rescheduled from 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, should be canceled altogether, The Instances reported citing sources contained in the ruling coalition. ...

People, Canadians, Britons and Dutch sitting at house beneath harsh Covid-19 lockdowns can really feel pleasure that their governments discovered money and time to assist ‘Al-Qaeda’s medical service’ in Syria make masks and robes for terrorists. ...

Whereas the largest-ever vaccination marketing campaign is now underway internationally, some firms are exploring new applied sciences that might assist preserve workers from getting too shut to one another within the office. ...

Morgan Stanley managed to considerably capitalize in 2020. The US funding financial institution beat fourth-quarter earnings forecasts to spherical off the lender’s finest yr on document. ...

The financial system of the main Chinese language and international monetary heart, Hong Kong, remains to be reeling from the pandemic, and its unemployment price might attain a brand new multi-year excessive, town’s monetary secretary mentioned. ...

When President Donald Trump’s supporters pushed their approach contained in the US Capitol, lawmakers had been whisked away to shelter in an undisclosed location. Nonetheless, they might have been uncovered to Covid-19 as they sheltered. ...

Denmark is planning to introduce a digital ‘vaccine passport’ quickly to allow residents with jabs in opposition to Covid-19 to journey to international locations the place such paperwork could also be compulsory for entry through the pandemic. ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine seems to be working in opposition to the brand new highly-contagious coronavirus variants detected in Britain and South Africa, in line with the early findings of a examine by Pfizer. ...

Premier League aspect Aston Villa have been dealt a hammer blow forward of Friday's FA Cup conflict with Liverpool after the membership revealed a "vital coronavirus outbreak." ...

Whereas economists unanimously forecast that the Covid-19 pandemic will depart the world rattled and affected by excessive starvation and impoverishment, residents of the European state of Denmark have gotten fabulously richer. ...