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 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…
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…
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…
Like many others in Europe, Switzerland is facing a steep rise in coronavirus cases. But its federal government, unlike others, hasn’t responded with new restrictive measures. Analysts say it doesn’t want to stir up more opposition to its anti-COVID-19…
On Nov 25, some 700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, Personal Protective Equipment – PPEs, and other medical equipment worth 10 million yuans were donated by the Chinese government to the Lao counterpart to support anti-Covid-19 efforts in the Lao PDR.Th…
Laos has confirmed 1,510 new cases, detected among 5,627 people tested for Covid-19, and four new deaths attributed to the virus over the past 24 hours, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.Some 1,509 were c…
