Pandemic

National Writer: Charles Boehm AL RAYYAN, Qatar – A pandemic. A sweeping youth movement. An arduous qualifying journey that was somehow simultaneously compacted and winding, earning a precious ticket to a distant desert land. The shock and trauma of the 2018 cycle’s failures hanging heavy overhead, and the global turmoil…

BANGKOK: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders pledged to intensify efforts towards inclusive economic recovery, post-pandemic. In a statement, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) concluded on a high note on Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand, culminating in a much-awaited consensus on the…

Navigation for News Categories Otago's tourism hub, Queenstown, suffered while the country's borders were closed, shutting out international tourists. Photo: 123RF New data suggests Otago is bouncing back from the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. The region was one of the country's hardest hit when the border closed in…

A group of Hong Kong tourists headed to Taiwan on Friday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, after the island eased Covid restrictions for travellers from the SAR. Taiwan authorities announced earlier this month that Hong Kong people could visit in group tours and stay for…

(Reuters) - As U.S. law firms continue to navigate the pandemic-era shift to remote and hybrid work, Davis Wright Tremaine has moved to a new space in San Francisco that cuts its footprint in the city by 40%, the firm said on Thursday. Davis Wright said the new office will…

Health-care workers in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Jan. 25.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press The pandemic has changed how nurses work in Canada, with fewer willing to take jobs in long-term care homes and more decamping for private staffing agencies, according to a new…

Micron Technology is making deeper production cuts for 2023 over concerns that the economy is getting worse, continuing a significant reversal from the high demand that made chip shortages the norm during the first two years of the COVID pandemic. The American chip manufacturer said on Wednesday that it's reducing…

NHS England also intends to eliminate waits of more than a year and return to pre-pandemic levels of patients who have to wait more than 62 days for an urgent cancer referral NHS England intends to eliminate waits of more than a year (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) Tory plans to…

MONTREAL — The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal's public health director said Tuesday.  Mylène Drouin presented a report on the city's COVID-19 management that includes 11 recommendations to help it respond to future…

The wide range in socio-economic profiles meant that many neighbourhoods and citizens were more adversely affected by COVID-19. Montreal’s public health director, Mylène Drouin, has been at odds with some of the mandates coming from Quebec’s public health department, in particular when the province decided it would impose a second…