Beijing ready to implement harsher Covid lockdown on Hong Kong

Beijing will assistance “formulate and implement” epidemic-management policies to include Hong Kong’s biggest coronavirus outbreak but, increasing the likelihood that harsh lockdown actions routinely enforced on the mainland could shortly be…

Dow sinks 800 points as new COVID variant fans lockdown fears

U.S. stocks plunged on Friday, with global markets rattled by a new coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, which fanned concerns that new growth-crushing lockdowns could be imposed if the…