Pandemic

Why might Coca-Cola Sell Costa Coffee? Key Summary Coca-Cola bought Costa Coffee for £3.9bn in January 2019 Costa failed to meet expectations and posted a £9.6m pre-tax loss Analysts say Coca-Cola misjudged the café market’s complexity and costs COVID-19 worsened losses as Costa lagged in innovation and recovery Sale reflects…

August was the strongest month for gross gaming revenue in Macau since Covid-19. Easing tensions between the US and China could further buoy the numbers. The Macau gaming industry just checked off another winning month. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) of MOP22.15 billion…

Tuesday 02 September 2025 2:21 pm Private health insurance admissions continue to surge The number of hospital admissions using private healthcare in the first quarter of the year has bounced back to its pre-pandemic peak. The latest Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) data on private healthcare admissions published today revealed…

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Pope Leo XIV has called for the "pandemic of arms, large and small" to end following the school shooting in Minnesota last week. Why It Matters The pope's plea came as grief and anger spread through Minneapolis and beyond following the latest instance of mass gun violence at a school.…

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Updated : , ,   VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. History’s first U.S. pope spoke…

Federal public servants were less likely to call in sick to work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, new government data shows. The figures shared by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat indicate that in 2020-21, when the pandemic had most office employees working entirely remotely, the average number…

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About 360 foreigners who have unlawfully occupied City of Cape Town and government-owned land since the Covid-19 pandemic — demanding relocation abroad, citing xenophobic attacks — will be served with eviction notices. They were among hundreds of refugees, many from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who protested outside the…