pandemic

In official exhibitions and the media, Wuhan is celebrated as the "City of Heroes", a triumph of the Chinese Communist Party.Deaths are mentioned all over China.Wuhan has not yet released statistics for cremations in the first quarter of…

"It's a very bad signal," said Olivier Garnier, a spokesman for Hellfest, one of the largest events in France, in a telephone interview. Hellfest hosts around 60,000 heavy metal fans each year, and its iteration scheduled for June 2021 is…

As U.S. President, Trump, who owns hotels, golf courses, and casinos, defied policies to slow the rise in COVID-19 cases by wearing masks.Donald Trump's empire has been badly hit by coronavirus shutdowns, and revenues from its Washington…

Live entertainment in hotels and restaurants has also been suspended until further notice as infections increased.The emirate of Dubai has suspended unnecessary operations and live entertainment in hotels and restaurants for a month as…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the prospects for a fair vaccine distribution are "seriously endangered".The world is facing a "catastrophic moral failure" in distributing COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) head warns as…

The world's airlines need an additional $ 70 billion to $ 80 billion in government aid to get out of the pandemic, the industry said.

Overall, children's screen time had doubled year over year by May, according to Qustodio, a company that tracks usage on tens of thousands of devices used by children ages 4-15 worldwide. The data showed that usage increased over time: in…

China reported the most common cases of COVID-19 in more than a decade on Friday as local governments and factory owners incentivized the country's millions of migrant workers not to return to their home provinces in February. A total of…

The world has lost tropical forests the size of California over a period of 13 years, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) environmental group said Wednesday, calling for COVID-19 recovery plans to revitalize conservation efforts. In a new…

The coffins are stacked three high in the gloomy memorial hall of the Meissen crematorium, stacked in empty offices and stored in hallways. Many are sealed with plastic foil, others are labeled with “risk of infection”, “urgent” or simply…