Pandemic

Six people have been arrested on Thursday on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining more than HK$20 million from a government fund set up to help businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. The six are three men and three women, aged between 20 and 45 years old, who are associated with four companies…

Article content “The Golden State and Canada have always shared so much in common,” Newsom says in his video, as flags of the two regions pop up in front of him. “Sure, you know who’s trying to stir things up back in D.C., but don’t let that ruin your beach…

Wearing protective suits, funeral home workers remove the body of an elderly person who died of COVID-19 at a nursing home in Spain in 2020.   -   Copyright © africanews Copyright 2020 The Associated Press/Emilio Morenatti. All rights reserved. Last updated: 16/04 - 17:09 Switzerland After the world’s largely disastrous response to the…

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic claimed the lives of millions across the globe, one Jamaican man defied the odds. George McLean, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, survived contracting the deadly virus at age 97, a remarkable feat that highlights the resilience, strength, and enduring spirit that have…

The final stretch of the talks also took place under the shadow of cuts to US foreign aid spending and threatened tariffs on pharmaceuticals. ‘It’s adopted’ Right until the last minute, disagreement lingered over a few thorny issues. Negotiators stumbled over the agreement’s Article 11, which deals with transferring technology…

(Image credit: Shutterstock) It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit. While life has gradually moved forward, its impact is still being felt in countless ways. COVID accelerated the development of many kinds of technology including artificial intelligence (AI). Once seen as novel and…

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says draft agreement shows multilateralism is ‘alive and well’. The members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached a landmark agreement on how to respond to future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the global health body has said. The draft agreement,…

Alex Kimani Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com.  More Info Premium Content By Alex Kimani - Apr 15, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT Goldman Sachs argues that excluding oil and gas companies from ESG portfolios is a strategic mistake. Major oil firms like Exxon,…

Photo: Depositphotos WASHINGTON, D.C.  – As Los Angeles continues to recover from the long-term effects of the pandemic and most recently the devastating wildfires, a new report released today by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) found that the city’s recovery of international visitors from 2019 levels lags behind…

The Borderlands movie came out last year and was largely met with derision, then indifference. What did the movie in? You’ll get a different answer depending on who you ask, but director Eli Roth thinks part of the issue was when it was made. In case you forgot, Borderlands began filming in 2021 during the…