Pandemic

For evidence that mainstream economists are taking the challenge of covid-19 seriously, look no further than the comments of Gabriela Ramos, chief of staff at the OECD, at a conference in April: “For many institutions, including the OECD, which has traditionally emphasized the need for efficiency, it is not easy to…

Migrant workers forced back home by pandemic near 200,000 (Philstar.com) - September 28, 2020 - 10:05am MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 200,000 Filipino migrant workers had been sent back home after getting displaced from their jobs by the lingering coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The latest…

Babies on board! Hilaria Baldwin, Ashlee Simpson and more celebrities have made pregnancy announcements amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Living Clearly Method author shared her baby news via Instagram in April. “Sound up. … I’ll let the baby do the talking because I don’t have the words to express how…

AP Photo/Richard Vogel, FileAmid the sci-fi movie in which we’re currently living, Type A personalities are the new unlucky and oppressed.Just ask Shawn Marshall Myers of Maryland.Apparently, the guy couldn’t keep himself from calling together other party people for a pandemic-prohibited bash — twice.Officials didn’t appreciate Shawn’s outgoing personality, so…

The first quarter of Quebec's fiscal year ended with a $4.9-billion deficit as the COVID-19 pandemic forced expenses up by 11 per cent and sent revenues down 11 per cent.Author of the article:Publishing date:Sep 26, 2020  •   •  1 minute readQuebec Finance Minister Éric Girard removes his face mask as…

A once-in-a-century “climate anomaly” exacerbated the awful conditions along the Western Front in Europe during the First World War, according to new research. This unusual weather may have also amplified — and possibly even initiated — the catastrophic 1918-19 flu pandemic, exposing an underappreciated threat posed by climate change.New research…

Tarek El Moussa of "Flip or Flop" fame has helped many novice flippers on his show “Flipping 101 with Tarek El Moussa.” And after all those years in the business, you'd think he's seen it all.But then the coronavirus pandemic hit.On the episode titled “Bad Energy BoHo,” El Moussa helps…

By ANA Reporter 7h agoCAPE TOWN, September 2 (ANA) - While most industries have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the hardest hit was the arts and culture sectors.In a statement released by the Cape Town City Ballet, it said it has been forced to retrench some of its…

DUBAI: A Rolls-Royce for the COVID-19 era might be an incongruous idea, but that is what the luxury car maker has made with its new Ghost. Not that the elite motor marque has gone anywhere near austerity in the new car, which was officially launched in the Middle East at…

The wearables market in Brazil has seen an acceleration during the second quarter of 2020, according to new numbers from market analyst firm IDC. Sales of devices grew by 21.1% between April and June in Brazil compared to the second quarter of 2019. During the period, 208,350 fitbands and smartwatches…