Pandemic

It looks like there's no stopping Marvel Studio's domination at the box office across the globe even during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless if the threat levels have recently reduced. After Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings surprised one and all, Marvel's latest entry, Eternals, is…

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By Alex Therrien BBC News Media caption, Prof Van-Tam: "There are some hard months to come in the winter" "Very high" coronavirus rates in the UK at present mean there are hard months to come, England's deputy chief medical officer has warned. Prof Jonathan Van-Tam told the BBC it was…

LIMA - Peru's interior minister resigned following reports that he held a Halloween party at his home in violation of Covid-19 rules. The South American country has been hit hard by the pandemic, with over 200,000 people dead from the virus -- the world's highest death rate per capita --…

In 2013—after enduring multiple professional setbacks, one denied grant after another, and a demotion at the institution to which she’d been devoted for decades—Katalin Karikó, Ph.D., walked out of her lab at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine for the last time. For decades the Hungarian biochemist had been…

阅读简体中文版 In late February 2020, as news of the coronavirus began to pick up speed, Moonlynn Tsai and Yin Chang felt helpless. Cooped up in their Chinatown apartment in downtown New York, the couple watched as local businesses struggled. The governor hadn’t yet issued an executive order to close all…

Updated 3 hours ago · Published on 1 Nov 2021 4:40PM · Shanghai Disneyland began barring new visitors from entering yesterday after a woman who had visited the park tested positive. All in the park were required to take a Covid-19 test before leaving. – EPA pic, November 1, 2021.…

TOKYO: From tackling the virus to dealing with geopolitical threats and working on Japan's climate goals, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will have plenty on his plate as he begins a new term as leader of the world's third-largest economy. Here are some issues Kishida will need to address: Kishida has…

Voting kicked off in Japan's general election on Sunday with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hoping to win over a pandemic-fatigued public with spending promises as his long-ruling conservatives seek a fresh start.  Kishida became leader of the Liberal Democratic Party a month ago after Yoshihide Suga resigned just a year…

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Saturday reported a 1.14 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit at Rs 6,235.39 crore for the September quarter compared with Rs 6,164.70 crore in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the said quarter rose 47 per cent YoY to Rs 171,787.19 crore…