Pandemic

Outer Banks star Chase Stokes said he and his fellow co-stars are looking forward to ending the breakout YA Netflix action-adventure series on a high note. The treasure-hunting show, which debuted in the wee days of the pandemic and quickly exploded on the streamer, will return for a fifth and…

On the United Nations’ International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (27th December), an international body representing over 1 million pharmacists across the globe has published a report on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, calling on healthcare leaders and policymakers to urgently expand pharmacists’ roles in emergency preparedness and response strategies. The report…

Sunday 28 December 2025 10:52 am The workplace is bifurcating into roles that AI can do better and faster Britain’s labour market has probably never felt more precarious than it does now, as the struggling economy and the rapid rise of AI take effect. Redundancies are at their highest since…

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The last 10 global climate summits have played out on vastly different stages: from the hopeful consensus of the Paris Agreement through a subsequent pandemic shock, petrostate spectacles and a hoped-for reckoning with environmental justice in the Amazon. But the new scripts often seem like reruns, with minor plot twists;…

“One-armed beggars selling pencils, but we cannot spare a dime,” goes Bobby Goldboro’s song, “Does anyone know it’s Christmas?” “Save it for the parking meter or we’ll have to pay a fine.” That classic came to mind as I scanned the current global landscape and observed an alarming shortage of…

A tourism sector representative says Hong Kong is ideally situated to benefit as cruises become increasingly popular after the pandemic. Speaking on RTHK's Backchat programme, the Executive Director of the Travel Industry Council, Fanny Yeung, said Hong Kong has sufficient tourism products to cater to cruise passengers, including in-depth local…

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An outer view of Bombay High Court. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Kolhapur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) directed the Maharashtra government to grant the ₹50 lakh ex gratia insurance benefit to the family of a contractual data entry operator who died of…

Retail leasing across the top cities is expected to end at 9 million square feet (MSF), the highest annual absorption since the pandemic and a sharp rise over 7.8 MSF in 2024, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s ‘India Outlook 2026’ report. The strong year-end closure that is expected reflects a…