Pandemic

GENEVA (Reuters) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that "vaccine nationalism" would only slow the effort to quash the pandemic and called for vaccines to be used fairly and effectively.Tedros said 78 high-income countries had now joined the "COVAX" global vaccine allocation plan, bringing the total to…

Last Updated: 4th September, 2020 06:59 IST E-commerce giant Amazon is adding 7,000 more permanent jobs in the U.K. by the end of the year, in the latest sign that demand for online shopping and services is booming amid the pandemic. E-commerce giant Amazon is adding 7,000 more permanent jobs…

SoulCycle announced on Wednesday that it will offer private, customized 45-minute rides for individuals or groups of friends and family members at 16 recently launched SoulOutside outdoor locations.  Prices start at $1,200 and varies depending on region, according to an email sent to riders on Wednesday and information on the…

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As school boards head into a challenging year, a significant amount will coincidentally have new leaders to guide them through it. Here's the full list of departing directors.As school boards head into a challenging year, a significant amount will coincidentally have new leaders to guide them through it, in boards…

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Rental markets in key cities across China have basically recovered throughout the month of August, including an increase in the overall transaction volume for Beijing, a report showed.  The trading volume of Beijing’s rental market continued to accelerate in August, finishing with a 12.2% increase, month-on-month. Not only did the…

Remember when renting a stranger's home seemed sketchy? Today, though, we're all about that Airbnb lifestyle, and way more aspects of the peer-to-peer sharing economy. (Rover, and Uber, and TaskRabbit, oh my!)But what about sharing someone's pool? Enter: Swimply, an online platform launched in 2018 that connects owners of private pools…

Many moms in Saskatchewan face limited options for working during the pandemic when they have young children.Author of the article:Nykole King  •  Saskatoon StarPhoenixPublishing date:Sep 01, 2020  •   •  4 minute readLindsay Sanderson is planning to home-school her five-year-old son William Stene instead of sending him to school this fall,…

Accenture's investments in cloud, platforms, and analytics and AI proved essential in the company's quick moves to stay on top of pandemic-driven change.There are plenty of stories now about how organizations, big and small, quickly made the decision to pivot their office employees to a work-from-home status. These organizations may…