pandemic

Pandemic agreement talks come to the crunch

GENEVA — Countries trying to thrash out a global agreement on handling future pandemics are hoping to seal the deal…

9 months ago

Seoul theatre chain swaps screens for climbing walls to lure young Koreans

by YOUKYUNG LEE  AS THEATRES around the world struggle to lure viewers back after the pandemic, one South Korean cinema…

2 years ago

WHO says Covid still an international emergency

GENEVA – Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over…

2 years ago

Pandemic prodigy BioNTech faces crucial year in cancer

by NAOMI KRESGE  BIONTECH SE CEO Ugur Sahin’s office window looks onto a four-storey stack of prefab labs and desk…

2 years ago

Malaysia to ease arrival process for Chinese tourists

Matta estimates 1.2m Chinese tourists will visit Malaysia this year, generating RM3.6b in tourism receipts  by ANIS HAZIM / pic…

2 years ago

Will remote work continue in 2023?

With recession worries growing, power may shift back to employers and threaten perks gained during the pandemic  by JO CONSTANTZ …

2 years ago

2022 – New chapter as Malaysia eases its COVID-19 curbs

KUALA LUMPUR – Many have described the year 2022 as a new chapter for Malaysia when the country entered the…

2 years ago

How China downgraded Covid from ‘devil’ virus to a common cold

All the way through the pandemic, China’s propaganda machine delivered a simple but powerful message: the country would not give…

2 years ago

Biden meets Xi as Asia allies look to lower temperature

JOE Biden and Xi Jinping concluded the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the US and China since the…

2 years ago

How to move on from the debate over the origins of the pandemic

THE walls were covered with hundreds, if not thousands of documents. There were maps drawn with red crisscrossing lines connecting…

2 years ago

Tough odds for Macau as casinos pray for a pandemic shift

HONG KONG – When Pinky Tam lost her job in Macau last year, she found herself among the many thousands…

2 years ago

Taiwan welcomes foreign tour groups as border fully reopens

TAOYUAN (Taiwan) – Taiwan welcomed its first batch of international tour groups after the island fully reopened its borders Thursday,…

2 years ago

Qantas Sees First-Half Profit of Up to A$1.3b on Travel Demand

QANTAS Airways Ltd. has surged back to profitability on booming travel demand after most pandemic-era curbs were dismantled, helping shore…

2 years ago