Healthcare workers conduct free Covid-19 tests for people in their cars in the parking lot of the Columbus West Family Health and Wellness Center in Columbus, Ohio on November 19, 2020. Stephen Zenner | AFP | Getty Images Researchers in Ohio said Wednesday that they discovered two new variants of the coronavirus that likely originated…

Like-for-like sales rose 17.2% on Wednesday in November and December, according to Target, as customers bought matching pajamas and gingerbread house kits to celebrate a cozy vacation at home during the pandemic. While online sales remained robust, shoppers also visited Target’s stores, spending more money per purchase than they did last Christmas. The combined transactions…

Customers watch a BYD Han electric vehicle in a mall on July 12, 2020 in Hangzhou, China. Long Wei | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING – As China’s electric car market warms up, Tesla and BYD are among the winners, data for 2020 sales shows. Less than six months after Chinese automaker BYD…

A nurse prepares the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on January 10, 2021 at a vaccination center in Sarcelles near Paris. ALAIN JOCARD | AFP | Getty Images France is considered one of the most vaccine-skeptical nations in the world. Public distrust of vaccination programs was confirmed in opinion polls before the coronavirus pandemic. In France,…

Passengers arrive on a flight from London under new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York on December 21, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The U.S. will soon require passengers to show they recently tested negative for Covid-19 before flying into the country, the Centers for…

An Indiana-based auction house emerges as a technology company amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the disruption caused by the global health crisis has turned a three-year process into an overnight success. KAR Auction Services, based near Indianapolis, has made a name for itself in the used car auction business. As pandemic lockdown made more businesses…

Shoppers wear masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania on July 20, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Janey Whiteside, Walmart’s chief customer officer, said Tuesday that many of its customers are not expecting the economy to recover quickly from the pandemic. Nearly half of customers surveyed in November said Walmart were concerned…

The Trump administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines extending coronavirus vaccine eligibility to anyone aged 65 and over, as well as those with comorbid conditions such as diabetes. States’ focus on vaccinating health care workers and nursing homes has created a bottleneck, a senior administrative official told CNBC, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of…

Starbucks is launching a $ 100 million fund that aims to invest in community development projects and small businesses in areas populated by blacks, indigenous peoples and colored people. The company’s Community Resilience Fund is part of a broader plan to strengthen its commitment to racial and social justice, particularly in the communities where it…

Women sunbathers sit on a beach in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on July 24, 2020, while the Burj al-Arab Hotel can be seen behind it. After a painful four-month hiatus in tourism that ended in early July, Dubai is paying off as a safe travel destination with the resources to ward off coronaviruses. KARIM…