Don’t overestimate the COVID-19 recovery
Oct 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Eswar Prasad WASHINGTON, DC – The world economy has risen from the depths of the initial COVID-19 plunge. But the recovery has been tepid, […]
Bali could build a better kind of tourism after the pandemic
ASIA & OCEANIA Wednesday, 14 Oct 2020 By AGENCY A different approach may now be needed to save the tourism industry in Indonesia’s top destination, Bali. — AFP Relaxnews Covid-19 has […]
Christmas might not be cancelled after all – but why weren’t other religions spared coronavirus rules?
Boris Johnson claims he will do what he can to make the festive period seem as normal as possible, but if restrictions are relaxed they should be for all faiths […]
Coronavirus tests for UK arrivals instead of quarantine could massively help the travel sector
More travel companies will close their doors in the coming weeks. We need an urgent reduction of restrictions, before the point of no return Ali Shah 23 hours ago Flight delayed. […]
Airlines prepare for pre-flight testing to restart aviation
September 23 2020 Workers of the Ministry of Health are seen at the airport as passengers wait to board a ‘Covid free’ flight at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, Italy, September 16, […]
COVID-19: West’s zero-risk society is the biggest risk of all
DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN September 18, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/9ca55 The normally bustling Rue de Rivoli in central Paris is deserted on March 17, 2020, after a lockdown came […]
Pandemic threatens livelihood of Turkish musicians, driving many to suicide
many musicians rely on wedding bookings to make money, but dancing and music at weddings has been banned. (AFP/file) Short Url https://arab.news/5vxz5 Around 100 musicians have ended their own lives […]
Jerusalem Al-Aqsa mosque compound to close over virus
The call to prayer will continue to ring out across Jerusalem’s Old City Israel has previously blocked access to the flashpoint site, which is a focus of Palestinian aspirations for […]
No return of workers to offices ‘could cost UK economy £480bn’
Simon Goodley 5 hrs ago © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images The UK economy could lose almost half a trillion pounds of output if workers fail to […]
COVID-19 (Coronavirus): Its Worldwide Devastation
WRITTEN BY KHALIDA JAMILAH| JULY 2020| When we hear the word devastation, an image that comes to mind is of a ruined building in a war-torn country. With the ongoing coronavirus […]
African Island That Stamped Out the Virus Now Needs Tourists
By Pauline Bax and Kamlesh Bhuckory 6 August 2020, Indian Ocean island hasn’t had a case for over three months Economy is set to contract by a record 13% […]
Don’t be misled by today’s unemployment figures – a hurricane of job losses is coming
We can reasonably expect the number of people in the UK out of work to rise to between three and four million – a far graver toll, at the upper […]
What Will Life Be Like After the Pandemic?
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, INSEAD Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organisational Change | April 23, 2020 Having exposed society’s dysfunction, the COVID-19 crisis invites us to rethink our […]
‘Hunger crimes’ on the rise in crisis-hit Lebanon
Lebanon’s strict and early lockdown was imposed in March. (File/AP) Short Url https://arab.news/g5gck The small Mediterranean country is mired in an economic crisis marked by a steep currency fall and […]
Dumpster diving, blackouts and suicides. Lebanon’s woes laid bare as crisis deepens
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Updated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT) July 8, 20 Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)A young man with a swagger approaches a dumpster. An employee from a nearby restaurant has […]
Malaysians dig deep, honing green fingers during shutdown
Ms Ivy Sam of organic farm Homegrown Farms says many people asked for farming workshops during the Movement Control Order which started on March 18.PHOTO: HOMEGROWN FARMS PUBLISHED JUL 7, […]
Out of work marriage registrars wait for couples to say ‘I do’ in Bangladesh
Image of a virtual marriage ceremony held in Dhaka recently. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/87sqh Lockdown restrictions mean more people opt for virtual weddings SHEHAB SUMON July 07, 2020 DHAKA: There were days when Khalilur Rahman Sardar would struggle to take a lunch break during office hours. As one of Bangladesh’s […]
Reviving a post-capitalist breath
AHMED DANYAL ARIF ECONOMICS 29th June 2020 Ahmed Danyal Arif, UK Despite many prior warnings, a number of developed countries were clearly unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic. This monumental failure of […]
A generation of children could be scarred by the coronavirus pandemic
Gaby Hinsliff Open the schools, by all means – but that will not be enough to combat the emotional aftershocks of the Covid-19 crisis Sat 13 Jun 2020 ‘The truth […]
Crime: pre – Corona – Corona / a view from a small island community (Lombok)
I have the pleasure to live (some of the time) in North West Lombok, Indonesia. This part of Lombok is most developed in the tourist industry. For the last four years – pre-Corona – we never heard of any crime here. We did hear of some robberies […]
