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WASHINGTON, DC – COVID-19 has confronted the world with a horrific crisis. Because developing a vaccine will likely take at least a year, governments need to buy time to keep health-care facilities from being overwhelmed and to minimize the number of people who fall ill and die, not least by reducing the rate of new infections

25 мая 2020 5 мин. 11185

The Fable of the Chinese Whistleblower

NEW HAVEN/HONG KONG – Public opinion in the United States pins the blame for the COVID-19 pandemic squarely on China. After all, that’s where the virus started. And President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have fanned the flames by accusing China of covering up the outbreak and knowingly allowing the novel coronavirus to spread. But their supposed smoking gun, the tragic fate of the heroic whistleblower, Li Wenliang, fires only blanks

22 мая 2020 6 мин. 7379

Bogdan Terzi: Marketing as a principle of thinking and algorithm of actions for every business person

Bogdan Terzi is a creator and head of the international advertising company Amillidius, Ukrainian marketing and business expert, the author of the book “Entrepreneur’s ABC" and of many publications in the media. He also has experience in producing various projects: from national awards to viral sports Internet-shows. As a business person, he is an active philanthropist: the money he raised from selling his book was donated to the children’s funds; he is also a participant of the charitable project “Pomoghi” (Help)

21 мая 2020 5 мин. 14118

The Man Betting $1 Billion That Pfizer Can Deliver A Vaccine By This Fall

The inside story behind the pandemic, the CEO and a promising, unproven treatment

21 мая 2020 14 мин. 14551

How to act when stopped by the Kazakhstan police officers

Over the last few quarantine months many foreigners have contacted us asking as to how to act when stopped by the Kazakhstan police

20 мая 2020 2 мин. 7474

Tourists Can Travel To Italy Again In June

In a bid to revive the country’s hard-hit tourism industry before the summer holidays, Italy announced Saturday it will allow travel in and out of the country starting June 3

19 мая 2020 2 мин. 7632

Private Sector Tracker: How Asia’s Companies Are Responding To The COVID-19 Pandemic

With the global pandemic reaching more than 175 countries and territories, companies across the Asia-Pacific are responding to the crisis on several fronts

18 мая 2020 7 мин. 5937

Messages from “Fiscal Space”

NEW DELHI – Among the many inequalities revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most striking is the dramatic divergence in governments’ fiscal responses. Economic activity has collapsed worldwide as a result of lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus. But while some developed countries have been able to deploy fiscal stimulus on an unprecedented scale, most have not