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The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, a midsummer tradition in Tokyo, is expected to be held for the first time in four years after having been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Tens of thousands of buyers from 203 countries sign up for resumption of Guangzhou trading event after three years of pandemic restrictions

Filmed during the pandemic, Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales’ bittersweet movie is more about friendship, and it’s utterly engrossing

LOS ANGELES — In 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ambitious two-year plan to close the dungeon-like Men's Central Jail. The idea was to decrease the number of people in custody countywide by several thousand and shut down the aging…

The amount of vacant office space has risen by 51% since the first pandemic lockdown

Considering how much ground U.S. students lost during the pandemic, it would seem self-evident that they should be spending more time in the classroom to catch up. Yet a growing number of school districts across the country are doing the opposite, by moving to a four-day school week. Advocates claim…

In March 2020, the economy grinded to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic forced widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy collapse, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the 1960s: a large expansion of the social safety net.

The Welsh Government bought the airport for £52m a decade ago

The Asian Development Bank says China's recovery from the pandemic and strong demand in India will drive strong economic growth in Asia this year