Pandemic

Just a few years ago McArthurGlen, one of Wales' most prominent out-of-town retail centres, was described as "tragic", suffering from the aftershock of the pandemic with a number of vacant units. The centre, a familiar sight to anyone travelling on the M4, had seen notable retailers such as Gap, FatFace…

Christian artist Lauren Daigle is set to perform "America the Beautiful" at the Super Bowl LIX pregame show, marking what she calls a moment of... Christian artist Lauren Daigle is preparing to perform at the pregame show at Super Bowl LIX at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans this Sunday,…

Right after President Donald Trump took office, amid the flurry of executive orders and agency upheavals, the administration told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to release any reports or communications until one of Trump’s people could take a look at them. Among the many reports not released…

Topline The first jobs report since President Donald Trump’s inauguration came out Friday morning, falling short of headline expectations in the weakest start to a year for overall job growth since before the COVID-19 pandemic, though other data points revealed a resilient labor market. Friday is the first jobs report…

PEI The number of Japanese visitors to P.E.I. has never returned to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, but some tourism operators hope a new animated series about Anne of Green Gables — and the attention it's getting in Japan — will help. 'We need new readers, younger readers and such a beautiful…

Tribune Online Why HMPV is unlikely to be the next pandemic — Experts AN infectious disease expert at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Dr Chizaram Onyeaghala, has allayed the fears that Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is extremely unlikely to be the next pandemic given the body of knowledge about…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina has announced plans to withdraw from the World Health Organization, WHO, citing “deep differences regarding health management,” particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move, confirmed by a spokesperson for President Javier Milei on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, aligns Argentina with the United States,…

The COVID-19 pandemic is long gone. According to an excellent joint research presentation (from VISIT FLORIDA and Skift) at the recent annual Florida Governor’s Conference, normal has returned. Not “new” normal, but normal. To me that means demand, economic cycles, booking patterns, et al. are returning to some sort of…

Listen to this article: While online baccarat may have surged in popularity during the pandemic, the land version of the game is just as popular as ever. Macau’s Gaming industry continued post-pandemic recovery in 2024 and mass market baccarat revenue reaching MOP 137.9 billion (USD 17.2 billion), which exceeds the…

An official at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said on Wednesday that the “BoJ sees underlying inflation gradually heading toward 2%.” Additional comments Price rises post-pandemic have been driven mostly by cost-push factors, such as rising import costs from weak Yen. Expect cost-push inflation pressure to gradually dissipate ahead. Services…