(Bloomberg) — China is doing a better job and the world community is more prepared in dealing with the new coronavirus than they were during the 2002 to 2003 SARS episode, Germany’s health minister said in an interview. “There’s a big difference to SARS. We have a much more transparent China,” Jens Spahn told Bloomberg […]
Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race with one key takeaway every weekday and a wrap-up each weekend. Reminder: There are 11 days until the Iowa caucuses and 285 days until the 2020 election. Mike Bloomberg probably isn’t going to win the Democratic nomination for president. But he might beat Donald […]
Dear Moneyist, My youngest sister persuaded my father to sell his home and buy her a property with two residences: a small town house for him and a nice four-bedroom house for her and her family. My father recently passed away. We discovered that our sister’s mother-in-law is an attorney. She talked my father into […]
Tesla shares — unsafe at any speed? Apparently so, according to consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who issued a stark warning this week, not only on the electric-car maker’s pricey stock, but on the stock market as a whole. ‘When the stock market bubble implodes, it will have been started by the […]
You’re not alone if you’re feeling lonely. More than six in 10 of adults (61%) report they are lonely, a seven percentage-point increase from 2018, according to a survey released Thursday of more than 10,000 people across America by Cigna, which used the well-regarded UCLA Loneliness Scale to measure responses. And that finding is mirrored […]
For the first time, Uber UBER, +0.84% is allowing drivers to have control over the fares they charge riders. But given the fierce competition across ride-hailing apps, industry experts say this could lead to a price-cutting battle between drivers vying for riders. Uber said on Tuesday it is testing the feature at three California […]
While the Republican-run Senate is almost certain to vote for keeping President Donald Trump in office, that hasn’t stopped his critics from talking about the potential for a “President Pence” or a “President Pelosi.” So as Trump’s impeachment trial proceeds, here’s a look at how the presidential line of succession is currently set in U.S. […]
greta thunberg Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Greta Thunberg isn’t qualified to lecture the US on climate change, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at the World Economic Forum on Thursday. “Is she the chief economist or who is she? I’m confused,” Mnuchin jokingly replied to a question about the Swedish teenager’s call for America to […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden at a Democratic primary campaign event in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Tuesday. (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP) Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race with one key takeaway every weekday and a wrap-up each weekend. Reminder: There are 12 days until the Iowa caucuses and 286 days until […]
Three alleged members of a white supremacist group were plotting to murder demonstrators at Monday’s gun rights rally at the Virginia Capitol before they were arrested by the FBI last week, according to court documents. The men were caught discussing their plans on a hidden camera set up in their Delaware apartment by FBI agents. “We […]