Pandemic

The end of pandemic lockdowns helped drive Champagne sales to a new record - Copyright AFP Fabrice COFFRINI The waning Covid pandemic in many parts of the world helped put people in a celebratory mood, industry leaders said Wednesday, driving 2022 Champagne sales to an all-time high above six billion…

Navigation for News Categories The layoffs will affect 5 percent of Microsoft's workforce. Photo: 123rf Microsoft Corp says it will cut 10,000 jobs and take a $US1.2-billion ($NZ1.8b) charge, as its cloud-computing customers reassess their spending and the company braces for potential recession. The layoff, far larger than cuts by…

Singapore is welcoming them back, but a full return of Chinese tourists isn't likely in 2023, Singapore Tourism Board executives said at a press conference Tuesday. Singapore Tourism Board's CEO Keith Tan cited limited flight capacity and the speed of China's border reopening as some of the reasons a full…

Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Read More

A new report by Oxfam, an international humanitarian organisation, has shed light on the staggering wealth gap in Australia.  The study reveals that over the past decade, the wealthiest 1 per cent of Australians have accumulated ten times more wealth than the bottom 50 per cent of the population. This…

Amr Almaddah, Deputy Minister for Hajj and Umrah Services Saudi Arabia aims to host nearly two million pilgrims during Hajj this year, with 90% foreigners, Al-Madina newspaper reported, citing Amr Almaddah, Deputy Minister for Hajj and Umrah Services. As the country allows the number of Hajj pilgrims to return to…

Guyana President Irfaan Ali has lauded India for its "leadership" amid the covid pandemic, as the nation provided vaccines to the world.  Under India's Vaccine Maitri initiative, Covid vaccines were sent to more than 100 countries including Guyana. Speaking to WION's diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, President Ali said, "During the…

Ottawa has hit a grim milestone on deaths from the pandemic. But it's not like we had no warning this could happen. Crosses of remembrance for loved ones lost to the COVID- 19 pandemic are shown at Camilla Care Community Mississauga Long-Term Care home, Tuesday March 9, 2021. Photo by…

A highly contagious and lethal strain of bird flu has killed millions of wild and farmed birdlife in the past year. As global infections show little sign of slowing down, scientists, wildlife protectors and legislators are looking for new solutions to a global pandemic.  A lethal bird flu outbreak that…

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 13, 2023 / The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth Originally published by Financial Times on ft.com CARE's Ignite Program is one such gender-focussed programme, and it proved to be a salvation for Vietnam-based Thao when the storefront floristry business she opened in 2018 was…