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Bosön, Sweden, has successfully hosted the first course for Classification Certification for Para triathlon organized by World Triathlon in cooperation with the Swedish Triathlon Federation and the Finnish Triathlon Federation. With a totally revamped and renewed educational material, participants from seven countries have completed the course. “We have been waiting…

Unionist lawmakers on Monday sent a Lunar New Year greeting and an array of budget demands to Financial Secretary Paul Chan, with more spending vouchers and a boost to Hongkongers' retirement savings among their suggestions. Chan delivers his budget next month, with many parties urging the minister to offer measures…

The chairwoman of the Travel Industry Council Gianna Hsu on Monday said the sector needs to innovate and change to reflect new trends among tourists as the hard-hit sector struggles to recover from the pandemic. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, Hsu said people are now more likely to travel…

Sunday 22 January 2023 10:37 pm The report argues that “maintaining key Covid-19 support measures beyond the pandemic would be viable for banks and helpful for customers.” British banks are being called on to extend support offered to customers during the pandemic as the cost of living crisis increasingly affects…

The demand for citizenship by investment and UAE Golden Visas is booming as residents and companies seek greener pastures amid rising global inflation rates and an uncertain economic landscape. Though many European, Caribbean and North American countries offer robust citizenship by investment programmes to high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals,…

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Photo Credit: The Pancake of Heaven! / CC by 4.0 Google’s parent company Alphabet becomes the latest tech giant to downsize, cutting around 12,000 jobs as it faces “a different economic reality” post-pandemic. Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company since 2015, announced in a staff memo that it would be cutting around 12,000…

Dive Brief: Both overall and nonresidential construction input prices tumbled 2.7% in December from the previous month, the largest monthly drop since April 2020, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis. Despite that monthly drop, overall construction prices remain 7.9% higher than a year ago, while nonresidential construction input…

The use of telehealth soared during the pandemic and demonstrated its value in improving the delivery of and access to health care. But that increase in usage was made possible by the relaxation of federal and state waivers. To capitalize on what was learned during the pandemic, federal and state…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Friday, January 20, 2023, 1:17 Jaipur, Jan 19: Amid the power tussle between Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan, a video has surfaced online in which the chief minister is purportedly saying…