Pandemic

Zikhovane is a small village in the Eastern Cape. It starts on a mountain, above a tar road that links Komani (Queenstown) and Ngcobo, and then stretches on flat land in a thin line until it reaches another mountain, where the chief lives. Two years ago — and for generations…

The Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) on Monday called on the government to prioritise access for grassroots families to child care services, saying the lack of support during the Covid-19 pandemic forced some mothers to stop working and stay home. Since July last year, the organisation conducted three rounds of…

HYDERABAD: After a gap of two years, Hyderabad is all set to celebrate Id-ul-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramzan, Muslims’ holy month of fasting on Tuesday. For the past two years, Hyderabadis could not celebrate Id-ul-Fitr on a grand note due to pandemic-induced restrictions in place. A lot…

Oprah Winfrey criticized a court ruling earlier this month that lifted mask mandates for public transportation, saying 'it's too soon' to remove certain COVID-19 restrictions and that she will continue to wear a mask inside planes.  Discussing her new documentary 'The Color of Care' with the Los Angeles Times, the veteran talk…

SINGAPORE - Ms Trixie Khong, 33, is the founder and chief executive of home-grown brand By Invite Only Jewellery. I remember feeling very excited when I opened my first physical store in Wisma Atria back in 2017, eight years after I started my online business. It was the culmination of everything…

Image: HoYoverse Yesterday, Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse announced that the latest update for their open world RPG would be delayed, a first for a live service game that’s been reliably consistent for the past two years. The official Twitter account said that version 2.7 would be postponed because of “project…

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Climate change will increase pressure on species to migrate and bring thousands of new chances for viruses to jump from one species to another in the coming decades, a new study reports. Why it matters: These events could increase the chance of a pandemic in humans. Ebola, HIV, bird flu,…

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Matt Hambly, Carissa Wong, Alex Wilkins and Alexandra Thompson A person receives their covid-19 vaccine in Frederikshavn in Jutland, Denmark, on 12 April 2021 HENNING BAGGER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news…

SINGAPORE—A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison after finding her guilty of corruption, the third verdict in a raft of cases brought against her by the country’s military junta since it seized power in a coup. The Nobel Peace Prize winner…