Pandemic

PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year’s Eve, set afire by young revelers, a much lamented tradition that appeared in decline this year, which saw only 874 vehicles burned. The number of cars burned overnight has declined compared to New…

NEW YORK — New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, rode the subway to City Hall for his first day on the job, hours after being sworn into office Saturday in a Times Square ceremony as the nation’s largest city rang in the new year. During his New Year’s Day…

Ravin Palanisamy Updated 1 hour ago · Published on 1 Jan 2022 3:25PM · 0 Comments At least 2.76 million people in Malaysia have been infected with Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the Ministry of Health. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 1, 2022. THE…

Coups, conflicts and the coronavirus pandemic put Africa's democratic institutions to the test in 2021. But there are signs of hope. Sub-Saharan Africa experienced a spate of military takeovers in 2021, highlighting the precarious state of democracy on the continent. Upon the death of Chad's President Idriss Deby in April,…

DUBAI: From the second year of the global pandemic to the overthrow of governments, from glimmers of hope for environmental justice to the world’s biggest sporting and cultural events, the past 12 months have been a roller-coaster ride for the Middle East and North Africa region. JANUARY AlUla Declaration The…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, also known as Ithra, presented more than 7,000 programs and initiatives in art, knowledge, culture, creativity and society this year, and welcomed more than 500,000 local and international visitors, the organization said. In addition, about 4,000 male and female volunteers participated…

The Actors Fund Home in New Jersey, which saw the death of 10 residents during the horrific early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now free of the coronavirus. That’s despite the omicron variant spike that’s now sweeping the country. As a precaution, all visitations to the retirement home in…

DEAR TOP TABLE, We have discussed many of the risks that threaten us in the coming year: the pandemic, our supply-chain troubles and staff retention. But I want to raise a more personal concern: the possibility that I will have to make a public apology. Everywhere I looked over the…

It was another strange year of foodservice amid a pandemic, albeit one with fewer lockdowns and slightly more good news stories than 2020. Dining still hasn’t returned to “normal” and those in the industry continue to find ways to make the most of an ever-shifting situation — one again made…

Like so many of us, particularly those fortunate to be able to work from home, my pandemic year revolved around where I live. In August 2019, I moved from the upper half of a West Broadway duplex into my partner’s century-plus-old West End home, and initially things were great —…