COVID: five things the UK must prioritise in its pandemic recovery plan
Mar 23, 2022 14:02 pm UTC| Health
On the second anniversary of Britain first going into lockdown, and with the country now opening up, this is a good opportunity to make sense of what happened in the pandemic, what it meant, and what needs to be done...
Deltacron: what scientists know so far about this new hybrid coronavirus
Mar 23, 2022 13:38 pm UTC| Health
In many countries, as restrictions lift and freedoms are restored, theres a general feeling that the pandemic is over. There is, however, still the significant concern that a dangerous new variant could emerge. This...
Could I have had COVID and not realised it?
Mar 21, 2022 15:10 pm UTC| Health
It seems not a day goes by without learning someone in our inner circle of family, friends and colleagues has COVID. When we ask how unwell our acquaintance is, the responses vary from theyre really crook to you wouldnt...
Japanese dentists pay more for dental crown ingredient palladium due to economic sanctions on Russia
Mar 20, 2022 23:40 pm UTC| Economy Business Health
Japanese dentists are now paying far more for palladium, a rare earth metal that is an essential ingredient for making dental crowns, due to economic sanctions imposed against Russia due to its Ukraine invasion. Russia...
S. Korea makes illness due to workplace harassment eligible for compensation
Mar 16, 2022 23:39 pm UTC| Law Economy Health
South Korea will make sickness and death caused by workplace harassment eligible for compensation under the Accident Compensation Act for Public Servants. According to the Ministry of Personnel Management, the revision...
Australian court overturns landmark climate ruling
Mar 16, 2022 22:53 pm UTC| Law Economy Health Nature
The Australian federal court threw out a landmark legal ruling that the countrys environment minister had a duty to protect children from climate change, which was a potential legal weapon to fight fossil fuel...
Number of vegans minimal in S. Korea: Survey
Mar 15, 2022 23:50 pm UTC| Health Economy
South Koreas proportion of hard-core vegetarians has turned out to be a minimal 7.6 percent, with 92.4 percent being non-vegetarians, according to a survey by the Korea Agro-Fisheries Food Trade Corp. on 5,510 adult...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects