Pandemic

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Around 35,000 people took to the streets in Brussels on Sunday to protest against restrictions imposed by the government in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, police said. There were some confrontations between demonstrators and police, with protesters throwing smoke bombs and fireworks, the newspaper Le Soir…

A team of mainland experts on epidemics arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday for a four-day visit to study the SAR's measures to tackle the pandemic. The visit was organised by the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the National Health Commission. The group attended…

Benedict Cumberbatch insisted upon his parents staying with him in New Zealand when the Covid-19 pandemic hit as it seemed too risky to send them home. The Sherlock actor began filming Jane Campion's film The Power of the Dog in the southern region of Otago in January 2020 but production…

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Ahead of Christmas, a towering wooden screen — once blackened with soot from millions of worshippers’ candles — is being restored to its gilded glory in the Church of the Nativity, built at the site where many believe Jesus was born. But few visitors are…

Is a new dawn breaking in the fight against the global pandemic? Now that two major pharmaceutical firms have filed for emergency use authorization for new antiviral pills, we may soon have some valuable arrows in our quiver to fight Covid-19. Per company reports, a short course of Merck’s molnupiravir…

Gaming fans are gathering in the southeastern port city of Busan for Korea's largest game convention, which kicked off at BEXCO on Thursday. Making its return as a regular face-to-face event after it was held online due to the coronavirus pandemic last year, the 17th G-Star global game exhibition features 672…

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool A woman wearing a face mask walks past a street mural in Hong Kong ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 12pm on 18 November…

Fears of infection. Loneliness. Worries about physical health. As the coronavirus spread across borders early in the pandemic, calls to global helplines showed a striking similarity in the toll on mental health — from China to Lebanon, Finland to Slovenia. An analysis of 8 million calls to helplines in 19…

The huge, decked-out corner office for executives was already dying. The pandemic may have delivered a final blow. The big picture: As hybrid and remote work become more common, the office is transforming from a place for focused work to a destination for collaboration. Meeting rooms and open plan café-like…

1/2 Photo by StockSnap/Pixabay Nov. 16 (UPI) -- COVID-19 causes sleep problems and fatigue, but other factors may be behind a rise in depression and anxiety seen during pandemic, a study published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open found. Adults who test positive for the virus are six times as likely…