Pandemic

TOKYO - Japanese companies are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technology to reduce waste and cut costs in the pandemic, and looking to score some sustainability points along the way. Disposing of Japan's more than 6 million tonnes in food waste costs the world's No.3…

Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Brazil's coronavirus deaths and cases are surging amid slow vaccine administration to control the pandemic compared with other nations worldwide. The South American nation has approximately 10% of the worldwide total 2,541,012 deaths and 114,598,055 cases from COVID-19, according to tracking so far Sunday by Worldometers.info.…

The demand for natural cosmetics has been increasing during Covid-19 throughout the world. The pandemic has also resulted in a change in people's habits and has led to a greater demand for a natural product with functional properties including many types of household items and food. A South Korean cosmetic…

Screenshot: Normal People/Huliu (Fair Use)A European tour can be the trip of a lifetime: a high school graduate taking a gap year to see the world, college grads backpacking around Italy, France, and Germany while figuring out what they want to do with their lives, free-spirited women traveling alone in…

Photo: Andy Dean Photography (Shutterstock)If you’ve been doomscrolling your way to online real estate listings, dreaming of buying a home with more space and finding a lot that you can’t afford, you’re not alone. Searching Zillow has become a pandemic coping strategy for many, though rapidly rising sale prices are…

The number of people out of work is now more than 1.7 million – up by more than a quarter over the course of the pandemic. Young people have been hit hardest, accounting for the majority of all the jobs lost. Workers have been protected by the government’s furlough scheme,…

Screenshot: Gizmodo/CinefexIt’s a tough time to run a print magazine. It’s an even tougher time to run a print magazine about the film industry. And after more than 40 years of definitive coverage of the special effects industry, Cinefex has shut down. The news came in a blog post from…

"If people want to keep things open, the only way to safely do that... is to do regular testing" On Feb. 24, the Greater Toronto Airport Authority announced a 10-week rapid-test study of volunteers from among airport workers and passengers at Pearson Airport. Doing such a study in an airport…

Philippe J. Fournier: A new Mainstreet poll has the PCs leading in every age group and Ford's approval numbers over his handling of the pandemic still riding high New Ontario polling data released by Mainstreet Research shows Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party still holds a commanding lead in voting intentions…

DOVER, DE, Feb 24, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "PGTK", (OTCQB:PGTK)) announces the appointment of Jose Lobo as Vice President of Business Development, Latin America, effective February 1st, 2021.Over the last 20 years, Jose Lobo has been developing green energy projects throughout Latin…