UK govt borrowing highest since Covid pandemic
UK government borrowing has reached the highest level since the start of the Covid pandemic, official data revealed Friday, dealing a blow to the government ahead of its annual budget.
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Road to recovery for Bangladesh
IN TODAY鈥橲 interconnected trade system, the smallest tremor in distant economies can send out disruptive waves through developing nations such as Bangladesh. As the country navigates the turbulent aftermath of the Covid pandemic, the combined impact of geopolitical tension, fractured supply chains and persistent inflationary pressures continues to...
Trump pulls US from WHO pandemic reforms
President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration said Friday the United States was rejecting changes agreed last year for the World Health Organization on its pandemic response, saying they violated the country鈥檚 sovereignty...
WHO adopts landmark pandemic agreement
The UN health agency on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health crises, struck after more than three years of negotiations sparked by the Covid-19 crisis.
WHO countries strike landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics
Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis...
Nations reach deal in principle on future pandemic response
World Health organization members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP.
Surge in HMPV: time to act
IN THE midst of recovery from the devastating effects of the Covid pandemic, whispers of a potential new viral threat have surfaced, capturing the attention of global health experts and citizens alike. Human metapneumovirus, a respiratory pathogen that has largely flown under the radar, is now being dubbed the potential 鈥楥ovid 2.0.鈥� But is this...
German business morale slips to lowest point in over 4yrs
German business confidence fell in December, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, reaching its lowest level since the start of the coronavirus pandemic...
Pandemic agreement talks end without a deal
Negotiations on a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics ended Friday without a deal 鈥� though countries said they wanted to keep pushing for...
Pandemic agreement talks reaching end with deal elusive
Countries trying to strike a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics began discussing how to keep the process alive as they ran out of time to seal a deal on Friday....
Agri production fall feared amid heatwave聽
Rice fields began developing cracks as vast landscapes lay parched from about two weeks of intense heat conditions, with farmers battling a severe power crisis in irrigating cropland...
Govt must bring down cost of education
THE cost of education has increased, as a research that the Campaign for Popular Education has conducted says. The findings of the research, which has surveyed...
One in five teachers in England 'hit by pupil' in past year: survey
Nearly one in five teachers in England says they have been hit by a pupil in the past year, a poll revealed Thursday, as schools grapple with a post-pandemic slide in behaviour.
