Pandemic

WASHINGTON - The US Department of Homeland Security issued a new terrorism threat advisory ahead of the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks and amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin said the United States faces a "heightened threat environment" from both domestic terrorists "and…

All of NSW is under strict lockdown after a record number of COVID-19 cases that have authorities concerned for the healthcare system. NSW reported 466 new locally-acquired cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday, the state's worst day during the pandemic so far. The precautionary decision to lockdown…

SMEs’reliance on eCommerce systems and communication has intensified as Australian cities impose lockdown restrictions to suppress the Delta variant. With this latest setback creating more uncertainty, it is worth looking back at how entrepreneurs have leaned into the COVID-19 crisis to keep their goods moving, with the most successful being…

This government's failure of leadership during the pandemic is the result of the Coalition's indifference to its citizens' lives and health. (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas) Though you never see it in the movies, London in 1940 was in political uproar. The repeated failures of leadership, imminence of invasion, housing shortages from…

Experts have long predicted that the pandemic will end with a whimper, not a bang. That is, COVID-19 won’t so much disappear as fade into the background, becoming like the many other common pathogens that sicken people, but also can be controlled with vaccines and drugs. “This can become a…

Minouche Shafik has spent a career straddling the worlds of government, central banking and academia. She has held senior positions in the World Bank, the U.K. government, and the International Monetary Fund, and is now director of the London School of Economics. Having spent a lifetime studying what makes economies…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and his Homeland Security and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response teams on how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness, in the State Din WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will meet…

Synopsis Rising coronavirus cases across the United States and other countries fuelled fears of a pandemic resurgence, sending shockwaves through stock markets as the highly contagious Delta variant appeared to be taking hold.AgenciesContrasting factors are at play in the gold market. On one hand, the delta variant of Covid is…

As the pandemic drags on — keeping millions of Americans teleworking, and countless students studying remotely — the tense dynamics once confined to the office have infiltrated people's houses and apartments. Why it matters: Families are haggling over who gets prime workspace. Should it be the biggest breadwinner? In many…

Topline Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Monday proposed longshot bills aimed at banning mask and vaccine mandates – the national component of a GOP push in statehouses across the country to block the return of pandemic-era restrictions despite a renewed surge of coronavirus cases. Sen. Ted Cruz…