SEOUL — When South Koreans logged on to a government website this month to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments, a pop-up window told them there was “just a bit” of a delay. “There are 401,032 people waiting in front of you,” read one…
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Much of central Indiana is included among those with high and substantial transmission rates in the latest data set.
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HONG KONG, July 28 (Reuters) - Asian shares stayed stuck at seven-month lows on Wednesday, as markets continued to digest a storm in Chinese equity markets, while the dollar rested with traders reluctant to place large bets ahead of the outcome of…
Investors watch computer screens at a stock exchange hall on July 13, 2020 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China.Jiang Ning | VCG | Getty ImagesDays of heavy selling in Chinese stocks have left two major indexes in the country as the worst-performing…
Dow Jones futures were little changed Tuesday night, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Apple stock, Microsoft (MSFT) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) dominated overnight trading. The stock market rally slumped Tuesday, led by techs, as a China crackdown continued,…
Hours before federal officials on Tuesday issued new mask guidance to combat the surge of the Delta coronavirus variant across America, and even as his state’s hospitals were veering toward disaster, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly met with anti-maskers. Among the attendees…
LAS VEGAS >> Nevada is re-imposing a mask mandate for public indoor settings in places where COVID-19 is surging, including the state’s largest cities, state authorities said Tuesday. Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order, effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, follows an indoor masking recommendation…
Delta variant cases increase ten-fold in past two weeks.
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- In response to a large jump in cases and hospitalizations and new national guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant, the…