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As the lockdown eases, sales at department stores and other offline retailers are up as well. Lotte Department Store's sales increase four percent on-year from June 1 to 28, while sales at its discount retail outlets increased 14 percent after plunging 12 percent and four percent in April and May. … [Read more...] about Domestic Tourism, Retail Rebound

During the past year, the violent protests in the HKSAR were inundated with subversive activities and collusion between internal and external forces which were not strictly supervised because of the absence of a law to safeguard national security, Mushahid Hussain Syed, who is also chairman of the Pakistani Senate's standing committee on foreign affairs, told Xinhua in a recent interview. … [Read more...] about Interview: National security law to lead to stability, prosperity in Hong Kong, says Pakistani senator

Although he has to work more for the moment, he said, lifeguards are playing a leading role during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period in Cuba because they focus on not only performing rescue operations and ensuring the safety of swimmers in the traditional way but providing visitors with a sodium hypochlorite solution to help them keep sanitized. … [Read more...] about Feature: Cubans flock to beaches after easing of three-month restrictions

Secondly, reopening leads to soaring demands. Labs are running out of capacity to analyze the piling-up samples, as a result of a recent push to test people in prisons and nursing homes, businesses testing their workers, hospitals testing patients accepting elective surgeries etc. … [Read more...] about Factors behind US incapability to solve COVID-19 testing crisis: Politico

It aims to deflect the negative bias coming from Canberra and fanned by local media against China. The campaign brings together the Chinese Australian Forum, or CAF, the Australia China Business Council, or ACBC, several universities, businesses and hotel groups. … [Read more...] about Australian campaign aiming to deflect bias