Tag: pandemic

The inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on Wednesday (Jan 20) will look very different from the nation's past ceremonies, as the pandemic and heightened security threats mean that crowds will be drastically smaller and celebrations curtailed.

Airbnb Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky on Thursday predicted travel would permanently change due to the pandemic with people seeking out thousands of smaller cities and spending more time visiting friends and family.

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.

UN study urges Sri Lanka to go in for regular social protection cash transfers.

The way to fulfil the wish is to stop debunking ancient knowledge and use them

Uncertainty created by the pandemic appears to be the main reason

At the end of October, a team of researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) finally sat down – virtually – with a group of Chinese experts to kick-off a long-term in-depth study into the origins of the coronavirus and how it entered the human population.

If these opportunities are exploited with new technologies and business models, they can lead to fortune, the Sri Lankan President told the Sri Lanka virtual economic summit on Tuesday.

The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic.

With verdant villages becoming concrete jungles, ancient heritage of great contemporary relevance is being obliterated, says Surya Vishwa