South Africa’s teenage pregnancy rate has jumped 60% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase affecting the education of many young women and their hopes to escape the cycle of poverty.When schoolgirls in South Africa become pregnant, only one-third ret…
The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the U.N.’s tourism body said Monday, calling the sector’s recovery “fragile” and “slow.”The forecast from the Madrid-based World Tourism Organization co…
Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.But his prior lack of name recognition, coupled with a solid technical background, appears to be…
The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread.The U.K. on Sa…
The World Health Organization says renewed efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is needed as scientists scramble to determine the risks posed by the new omicron variant. Low vaccine rates combined with public fatigue over safety measures ar…
Thursday’s afternoon witnessed the launch of the construction of the dormitory of the Lao-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre, which is funded with a financial grant of US$$ 50,000 from the Government of India through the Embassy of India to the…
Globally, one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, primarily by their intimate partners. In the Lao PDR, a 2014 Study on Violence Against Women (VAW) revealed the same data…1 in 3 women had experienced
With the Northern Hemisphere heading into winter and COVID-19 cases on the rise across Europe and North America, political leaders from Washington to Brussels are struggling to persuade a pandemic-weary public to get vaccinated against the disease that…
