Lunar New Year: COVID-19 pushes Chinatown businesses to the brink
A year since the coronavirus spread globally, many small business owners in Chinatowns around the world are shutting up shop. But there is hope for recovery
OPINION: How many pandemic retail job losses will it take for Britain to act?
We must also look beyond the impact on business and consider the heavy toll the pandemic is having on retail workers, particularly women workers
Tripoli, Lebanon's poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests
With many falling further into poverty amid strict coronavirus curfews, protesters are urging the government to do more to help those struggling
Nation of small-business owners adapts to England lockdown No 3
There are 5.9 million small businesses in Britain which together employ 13 million people, according to government estimates
WIDER IMAGE-Scarred by 2020, Gen Z looks to a COVID-free future
While a lot was heard about older people at risk from COVID-19, this younger generation also saw their worlds turned upside down in 2020
Postcards from Wuhan: One year on, residents share lockdown memories, hopes for 2021
It's been almost seven months since the original epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak recorded a locally transmitted case
INSIGHT-Saving the City: London's finance district plots reboot as COVID compounds Brexit
COVID-19 is draining life and prosperity from most global cities, but London faces a second reckoning when Britain parts ways with the EU on Jan 1
Spain's recovering rural rentals a sign of hope for Airbnb
With people keen to avoid crowded city centres, data suggests guests will now pay more to stay in rural or coastal areas
U.S. mayors 'bleak' about recovery from pandemic's effects
National survey finds particular concern over schools and downtown businesses
'We need support' - Portuguese restaurant owners stage lockdown hunger strike
Hospitality business owners say they will not eat until they get a meeting with the prime minister