Pandemic

Home Minister Amit Shah (centre) with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel (left), at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the country's second Biotechnology Research Centre BSL-4 bio-containment facility, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Tuesday Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a ₹362-crore state-of-the-art Bio-containment facility in…

The CBRE has released its most recent report for the fourth quarter of 2025 on Edmonton office vacancies, rounding up the year as a whole. Taken on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 in Edmonton. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia Article content As Edmonton’s office market ended the year with vacancy rates…

News Investigators/ Emmanuel Agogo, Director, Pandemic Threats, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), has called for patients safety reforms after Chimamanda Adichie’s son, Nkanu’s death. Mr Agogo made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja on Monday, while reacting to the tragic death of…

Emissions from air freight have increased by 25% since 2019, according to a 2024 analysis by environmental advocacy organization Stand.Earth. The researchers found that the expansion of cargo-only fleets to transport goods during the pandemic — as air travel halted, slower freight modes faced disruption, but demand for rapid delivery…

A military incursion into Latin America. A war to control another country’s oil. A corrupt administration engineering spectacle (“We want a show”) to keep the public distracted. A visibly declining president whose background in acting and television turns governance into pantomime. A frozen economy. A pandemic roiling under the surface…

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Macao has officially set a new tourism high. The city welcomed 40.06 million visitor arrivals in 2025, up 14.7% year-on-year and surpassing its pre-pandemic peak of 39.41 million in 2019, according to figures released by the Public Security Police Force.  The total also exceeded the government’s full-year forecast of 39…

Beyond being an intentional choice, love starts with recognising the feelings you hold for another person. As soon as they spent some time hanging out, Raphael immediately realised that Chetanna was the one for him. It all began during the COVID-19 pandemic when he drove to visit her in her…

News Newsday Reporter Saturday 10 January 2026 Education Minister Michael Dowlath. - Education Minister Dr Michael Dowlath and Health Minister Dr Lackram Bodoe have declared war on what they describe as “the silent pandemic” of childhood obesity, during the launch of new school nutrition standards policy. Speaking at the Ministry…

A former Director in the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Olawale Solomon Faleti, has been sentenced to 29 months in prison for stealing N48.9 million from Access Bank Plc by exploiting a system glitch during the COVID-19 pandemic. Faleti, who is 64 years old, was convicted by a Lagos State…