Новости за 19.11.2020

Handsome gifts that lovers of design, decorating and entertaining will want to start using before the wrapping paper hits the floor.

Also: answering a reader’s question about required minimum distributions.

Chinese authorities have inoculated nearly one million Chinese people with a Covid-19 vaccine from Sinopharm, though the state firm has yet to provide solid clinical evidence of efficacy.

In one of its sharpest warnings to date, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving, with an official saying the agency is alarmed by the exponential growth in Covid-19 cases, as well as rising hospitalizations and deaths.

The automaker is raising its bet on electric cars by more than a third, as it hustles to convince a skeptical Wall Street that it too can be successful in the nascent market.

BuzzFeed is acquiring Verizon Media’s HuffPo, the companies said, uniting two large digital media players in a sector looking to jump-start growth.

Cities across Uganda erupted into deadly violence after the government arrested the main opposition candidate ahead of January elections.

U.S. hospitals say they are facing the pandemic’s largest surge armed with treatment improvements that allow them to save lives, care for more patients and accelerate the recovery of coronavirus sufferers.

Travelers are calling off holiday trips as Covid-19 case counts surge around the country, threatening airlines’ hopes for bringing in more revenue this year.

There’s ample evidence they aren’t accurate, yet politicians rely on issue polling for policy making.

Immunity would overcome resistance to reopening schools, which is vital.

The retailer hopes to keep stores open during the critical holiday period even as coronavirus cases spike, renewing debate over “essential or nonessential” businesses.

Vacations are far from ordinary this holiday season, but most people still crave an escape. Here, gifts for roadtrippers, campers, cautious fliers and armchair travelers with a thing for Wes Anderson.

The announcement comes as the U.K. approaches a year-end deadline for a deal on future relations with the European Union and prepares for a new U.S. administration under President-elect Joe Biden.

Iran is preparing for a wide-ranging lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19, listing more than 300 cities and towns for the strict new restrictions and potentially inflicting more pain on its sanctions-battered economy.

A trade spat over airplanes has Washington slapping extra tariffs on some countries’ wines with alcohol content 14% and under. So Americans are drinking the stronger stuff.

The Verafin acquisition would be New York-based Nasdaq’s largest deal in more than a decade and its latest effort to diversify away from its core exchange business into technology.

After discouraging working from home at Yahoo in the spirit of collaboration and productivity, Marissa Mayer is back with some more help on time management.

Oil is the commodity with a cartel, but in the U.S., natural-gas producers are the ones showing cartel-like discipline this year. That firmness will be key as the country enters the winter with high levels of natural gas in storage.

Natural-gas prices fell Thursday, extending a recent November slide with moderate temperatures limiting demand for the power-generation fuel.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited a West Bank Israeli settlement, a capstone to the Trump administration’s support for Israeli settlements in Palestinian-populated territory that President-elect Joe Biden views as an obstacle to peace.

As Covid-19 cases surge and what is normally the year’s most-traveled holiday approaches, many employers are inquiring about workers’ Thanksgiving plans and urging them to celebrate with caution.

Sales of previously owned homes climbed 4.3% in October from September, the highest level since February 2006, while median home prices again hit new highs.

Jobless claims rose to 742,000 last week, the first increase since early October as a surge in virus cases keeps a check on the U.S. economic recovery.

Taliban gloat, government loses grip amid wave of violence; “if the Americans leave, a big tragedy will happen.”