The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

Inside our shopping cart is a story of global trade, extreme weather, shrinking packages and rising prices.

WEKU · Jan 26, 2023

Commentary: Paid time off isn’t a luxury; it’s essential

Across our country, people are standing up and demanding fair working conditions. These debates are about more than just pay and hours worked. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fact that people’s lives do not solely revolve around their jobs.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

High hopes for tourism boom as Thailand cheers Chinese return

After a three-year lull, Thailand is welcoming back Chinese tourists to its golden beaches, striking temples and fancy shopping centers, expecting an influx of Chinese tourists to help restore its pandemic-battered tourism sector.

Bangkok Post · Jan 26, 2023

Driving test examiners to wear body cams after spate of attacks by angry learners

Driving test examiners will now wear body cameras after the DVSA reported a sharp increase in 'violent and abusive attacks' from disgruntled learners following the pandemic

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

City CBDs were hammered by COVID-19. Will they make a comeback as life returns to normal?

Three years since the pandemic began, the centres of our big cities are still struggling to find a new identity and business model amid the boom in working from home.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2023

‘Economy on fire:’ Texas adds nation-topping 650,000 jobs in 2022

Texas added 650,100 jobs in 2022, more than any state and more than double its historical average, as the economy continued to expand and leave the pandemic hangover behind.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Homeless Glasgow families stuck for months in B&Bs as numbers rise after pandemic

Concerns have been raised that families are not getting enough support, as the council looks to cut the use of B&Bs and hotels in a bid to reduce costs.

Glasgow Live · Jan 25, 2023

Italy's pandemic recovery plan must halt demographic "tsunami" in south - ISTAT

Italy's south is on track for a "demographic tsunami" if it fails to capitalise on European Union pandemic recovery funds to bridge the gap with the productive north, statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2023

Broad focus planned for revamped COVID panel under GOP majority - Roll Call

The panel's new chairman wants an “after-action review” but also plans work on the origins of the coronavirus.

Roll Call · Jan 25, 2023

Movie review: Overwrought pandemic film 'Fear' fails to scare

Deon Taylor is a fascinating figure, having forged his own path as a Black filmmaker in Hollywood, independently producing, and now distributing, his films, and he seems to be the only person single-handedly keeping the mid-budget adult thriller alive (see: “The Intruder,” “Black and Blue,” “Traffik”). He is rigorously focused…

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023