What to Know About the XE Variant

A new strain of Omicron, called XE, is spreading in the U.K., and a few cases have been identified elsewhere in the world. Here’s what we do—and don’t—know about the… Read more

How School Closures Damaged U.S. Children’s Mental Health

Nobody ever believed the pandemic would go easy on children. The virus might target them less directly than it targets older people, but other challenges—the loss of school, the loss… Read more

Coronavirus is Surging in Asia Again. What Went Wrong-

As much of the rest of the world struggled with the coronavirus pandemic, it looked like many places across Asia and the Pacific were successfully suppressing the virus. Australia’s response… Read more

Intu to spend £1.4bn in improvements over the next ten years

The owner of shopping centres in the UK and Spain generated approximately 130,000 retail jobs and an estimated 1,500 construction-related jobs nationally last year, according to a study produced by… Read more

Amazon suffers customer data breach in run-up to crucial shopping weekend

 In a short statement made on Wednesday, the company assured, “We have fixed the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted.”Affected Amazon users received an e-mail from the… Read more

Gap rushes in more robots to warehouses to solve virus disruption

Gap reached a deal early this year to more than triple the number of item-picking robots it uses to 106 by the fall. Then the pandemic struck North America, forcing… Read more

Hermes wins permanent ban on ‘MetaBirkin’ NFT sales in US lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said the permanent injunction was justified because Rothschild’s continued marketing of the NFTs would likely confuse consumers and irreparably harm the company.Rakoff denied Rothschild’s requests… Read more

Gap Inc. to source all cotton from sustainable sources by 2025

By 2021, Gap brand plans to source 100 percent of its cotton from more sustainable sources. Old Navy will also increase its sourcing of sustainable cotton to 100 percent by… Read more

Americans to spend $632 billion online in 2020

The study also found that in 2015 and 2016 alone, the number of online shoppers has grown by 20 million people, bringing the number of online shoppers to over 224… Read more