Pandemic

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…

The post-pandemic “revenge travel” surge has cooled, but demand hasn’t disappeared. It has simply shifted. Today’s guests are more deliberate. They still spend and explore, but many now travel to recharge, extend a business trip into leisure, or set up a temporary remote office. Bleisure and workations are no longer…

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Long before COVID-19 swept over the globe, the Plague of Justinian gave rise to widespread upheaval as the opening chapter of the world’s first plague pandemic. From 541 to 750 C.E., the bubonic plague cast a shadow over much of Eurasia, from the grand Byzantine capital of Constantinople to rural…

August 28, 2025 6 min read CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks Public health experts warn that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership crisis—sparked by the White House’s efforts to oust CDC director Susan Monarez—could jeopardize national biosecurity, pandemic preparedness and disease outbreak surveillance…

To say that Apple’s pre-recorded events are divisive is an understatement. What initially seemed like a pandemic-fueled stopgap has become the company’s standard way to make announcements, even though its competitors have largely moved back to live presentations. With the upcoming “Awe Dropping” event, Apple has an opportunity to take…

Sanitation is one of the fundamentals of delivering a positive guest experience. Equipping housekeepers with quality cleaners and disinfectants ensures that guestrooms and public spaces are not only immaculate, but also free from harmful germs. The latter became a major priority during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hospitality industry has…

The Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede has been sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment by an American court for stealing millions of dollars from emergency COVID-19 relief programmes. WITHIN NIGERIA learned that the 62-year-old monarch was sentenced by a US court for involving in a sophisticated fraud…