Pandemic

© 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…

'Atrangi Re' actors Sara Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Dhanush wrapped their shoot for the film earlier this year. The first look of Sara Ali Khan and Dhanush from the film was revealed where the actors can be seen looking at each other with mixed emotions. Recently the ‘Kedarnath’ actor…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic low 267,000 last week as the job market recovers from last year’s sharp coronavirus downturn. Jobless claims fell by 4,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths…

Topline New jobless claims fell to their lowest level during the pandemic last week, adding to a slew of promising developments for the long-struggling labor market, which is staging an encouraging comeback as the recent wave of Covid-19 infections eases. Economists were expecting about 260,000 new jobless claims last week.…

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. People walk past shopping carts in New York, the United States, Jan. 9, 2021. XINHUA PHOTO WELLINGTON: Global cooperation is needed in finding solutions to post-pandemic global problems, said a New Zealand APEC expert ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic…