Pandemic

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…

Updated 3 hours ago · Published on 16 Nov 2021 10:10PM · Job vacancies in Britain in the three months to the end of October hit a new record high at 1.17 million. – EPA pic, November 16, 2021. BRITAIN’S unemployment rate has fallen further with the economy reopen following…

Eritrea, between Sudan and Ethiopia on the Red Sea, gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 but remains riven with conflict and one of the poorest countries in the world. It is home to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and recently made the news because it remains one of only…

Korean Air is enjoying an unexpected bonanza despite the coronavirus pandemic thanks to increased cargo business. The flag carrier on Sunday said it posted W2.23 trillion in sales and W438.6 billion in operating profit in the third quarter of the year (US$1=W1,179). Operating profit jumped 60 times on-year to return…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse in a supermarket while wearing masks to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in north St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic adviser Brian Deese said on Sunday that rising prices are a global…

Greek runner Costas Gelaouzos won the 38th Athens Marathon in 2 hours 16 minutes 49 seconds on Sunday leading a sweep of the podium places by home competitors. The runner up, Panagiotis Bourikas, was more than five minutes behind, in 2:22:33, followed by Haralambos Pitsolis in 2:24:05 Greece’s Gloria-Tziovana Privilegio…

The Welsh NHS is currently dealing with a bed shortage crisis more severe than at any other point in the pandemic, it has been revealed. Latest figures from the Welsh Government show that out of the 9,421 beds available in general and acute settings on November 11, just 925 (9.8%)…

Karim Sahib | AFP | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's last international air show, in November of 2019, feels like another era. Just a few months before the Covid-19 pandemic turned travel upside down, the highly-attended biennial aviation event celebrated an industry that looks very different today. …

An explosion in workplace monitoring during the pandemic – in part supported by common software tools from global vendors – threatens to erode trust in employers and employees' commitment to work, according to a European Commission research paper. The study from the Joint Research Councils warns that excessive monitoring has…