Coronavirus

Gates Foundation commits another $250M in coronavirus fight

The Gates Foundation's additional $250 million in funding will go toward making sure that the "lifesaving tools" being developed to fight the virus, such as a vaccine, will be made "available in 2021 to everyone who needs them."

European Central Bank injects stimulus into economy

The European Central Bank has added another half-trillion euro ($600 billion) dose of stimulus as a winter wave of rising COVID-19 infections shuts down large swathes of the economy ahead of Christmas, the region's most important holiday.

How China stands to profit from the coronavirus pandemic

It has been almost a year since global health officials heard word that a new coronavirus, officially termed COVID-19, had emanated from the Chinese city of Wuhan. And while much of the world is grappling with crippled economies and the second wave of infections and deaths, analysts and economists project that Beijing is already standing to gain from the devastation long before the dust has settled.