Pandemic

The Lan Kwai Fong nightlife district is pulling out all the stops to attract customers this New Year's Eve, with restaurants and bars offering deeper discounts, reducing prices to levels seen before the pandemic. Anthea Cheung, director of the Lan Kwai Fong Association, said operators were being liberal with discounts…

People stand on the the pier with offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance on January 5, 2025 in Seal Beach, California. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Article content Oil headed for its steepest annual loss since the start of the pandemic in 2020, in a year that…

Oro Valley, AZ, US – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, December 30, 2025 March Rains, the latest novel by acclaimed author Mirabai Bekowies, is a powerful work of literary and contemporary fiction that delves deeply into human connection, emotional survival, and personal transformation during the isolating and uncertain days of the COVID-19…

A man who fraudulently claimed over €12,000 in pandemic unemployment payments (PUP) while in the State illegally “highlighted the holes in the asylum system”, according to a Circuit Court judge. Raphael Bame (43), of The Cabins, Lower Abbey Street, Sligo, appeared before Circuit Court judge Keenan Johnson for sentencing on…

Outer Banks star Chase Stokes said he and his fellow co-stars are looking forward to ending the breakout YA Netflix action-adventure series on a high note. The treasure-hunting show, which debuted in the wee days of the pandemic and quickly exploded on the streamer, will return for a fifth and…

On the United Nations’ International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (27th December), an international body representing over 1 million pharmacists across the globe has published a report on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, calling on healthcare leaders and policymakers to urgently expand pharmacists’ roles in emergency preparedness and response strategies. The report…

Sunday 28 December 2025 10:52 am The workplace is bifurcating into roles that AI can do better and faster Britain’s labour market has probably never felt more precarious than it does now, as the struggling economy and the rapid rise of AI take effect. Redundancies are at their highest since…

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The last 10 global climate summits have played out on vastly different stages: from the hopeful consensus of the Paris Agreement through a subsequent pandemic shock, petrostate spectacles and a hoped-for reckoning with environmental justice in the Amazon. But the new scripts often seem like reruns, with minor plot twists;…

“One-armed beggars selling pencils, but we cannot spare a dime,” goes Bobby Goldboro’s song, “Does anyone know it’s Christmas?” “Save it for the parking meter or we’ll have to pay a fine.” That classic came to mind as I scanned the current global landscape and observed an alarming shortage of…