Pandemic

Victims’ families, survivors and activists will hold a mass commemoration in Seoul on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the deadly crush that killed nearly 160 people during Halloween festivities last year. Last Halloween, tens of thousands of people — mostly in their 20s and 30s — had been…

  Music tourism is becoming increasingly popular, with fans travelling across borders to attend concerts and festivals. Singapore is a prime example of a destination that has benefited from hosting such events, thanks to its advanced infrastructure, regional connectivity, stable governance, and strong security measures. ForwardKeys’ latest air ticketing data…

Matt Hancock has talked about the "injustice" he faced during the COVID pandemic in the latest episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. The former health secretary resigned from government in June 2021 after it emerged he had broken his own guidance by kissing and embracing his aide , Gina…

Credit: Jonathan Weiss - Shutterstock Back in March 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government put a pause on student loan repayment. Now that the pause is over, a national pizza chain is offering a free pizza to those who have started making student loan payments…

Researchers found seven factors of resilience that helped AIDS service organization perservere during the pandemic. Credit: Anna Wippold The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health care systems across the United States. More than 100 million cases and one million deaths later, clinicians and researchers are still unraveling the lessons learned from this…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Air China plane is seen at the international airport in Beijing, China October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) -China's aviation regulator said it will increase domestic flights to 34% above pre-pandemic levels, a move that will further boost the recovery of Chinese airlines.…

Background Without a doubt, leisure sports picked up in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic- especially golf. According to the National Golf Foundation, 67% of golfers credited their increased play in the late summer of 2020 to having“fewer alternative ways to spend leisure time”. Not only did existing golfers increase their…

I’m looking at two bowls of lasagna. These ready-to-eat meals with a 25-year shelf life come from two US-based survival food companies. Preparation is simple: Just add hot water. One can be eaten after about 12 minutes, the other after just six. Neither looks particularly appetizing. It probably doesn’t help…

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Politics Royal Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Life & Style UK World Politics Royal US Science Weather Weird History Nature Sunday InYourArea There is a backlog of around 65,000 cases in the Crown Court system. Around 40,000 are…

Boris Johnson and his former adviser Dominic Cummings sent "sexist" WhatsApp messages during the Covid pandemic, the ex-chancellor of the exchequer has claimed. George Osborne, who served in the Cabinet between 2010 and 2017, described some "pretty astonishing and frankly, shocking" messages that will be released by the COVID inquiry…