pandemic

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 months 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 months 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 months 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 …

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

4 months 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…

5 months 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…

5 months 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,…

5 months 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…

5 months ago

Monetary policy: Where art thou?

THE Malaysian ringgit is continuing its downward trend to be at a new lowest value in 24 years (as of…

6 months ago

Thailand to Boost Per Capita Income Near $10,000 in Five Years

THAILAND aims to lift the average per capita income by about a third in five years by tailoring its economic…

6 months ago