It's been more than a year since coronavirus pandemic hit the world and it is still battling with the virus and the variant. Here we bring you a round-up of all the covid pandemic-related news.

Here are all latest updates on COVID-19 pandemic

A study of death data has revealed that the United States had the second steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year. Published in the British Medical Journal, the study analysed premature death in 37 countries.

Life expectancy fell sharply in US due to pandemic, homicides and drug overdose

COVID-19 is expected to transition to an endemic disease in 2022 and beyond. As the Delta variant surge eases in many regions around the world, scientists have begun charting the virus's transition from a pandemic to an endemic.

Is a new Covid pandemic emerging or is it an endemic now? Experts answer

As cultural institutions come back to life this fall after the long pandemic shutdown, many are trying to lure audiences back with shorter shows, often free of intermissions.

A 6-hour opera in a pandemic? The Met goes for it

There have been tears, cheers and hugs at Sydney's international airport after Australia's border opened for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tears, cheers and hugs at Sydney airport as Australians return home

It is the second day of the G20 summit in Rome and it is expected that the summit will help global leaders agree on a roadmap for a sustainable, green and speedy recovery from the Coronavirus. Sunday's session will focus on climate change and the environment.

G20 summit expected to help global leaders agree on roadmap for sustainable recovery

Second day of G20 summit in Rome

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to attend the second session of the G20 summit in Rome which is the world's biggest summit in the post pandemic era. The summit will help global leaders agree on a roadmap for a sustainable, green and speedy recovery from the Coronavirus. Sunday's session will focus on climate change and the environment.

Indian Prime Minister to attend second session of the G20 summit in Rome

Finance and health ministers from the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) said on Friday they would take steps to ensure 70 per cent of the world's population is vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-2022 and created a task force to fight future pandemics.

COVID-19: G20 wants 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, sets up task force for pandemic fight

The chairman of European Union leaders said on Friday he was cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a global treaty on future pandemics, with the World Health Organization (WHO) due to decide by the end of November whether to launch talks on it.

EU leaders' chairman cautiously optimistic on global treaty on pandemics

Sweden's response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient, a commission investigating the country's response to COVID-19 said on Friday.

Sweden acted too slowly as pandemic swept country, finds probe

According to a newly republished data by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hate crimes against Asian-origin people rose by 76% in 2020. In August, the FBI issued hate crime data but due to an error in reporting Ohio's statistics, the data was incomplete.

Amid pandemic in 2020, hate crimes against Asians rose 76% in US, says FBI

Getting standardized rules for international travelers amid the coronavirus pandemic is the biggest hurdle for Latin American airlines, with their recovery threatened by a lack of consensus among health authorities, industry leaders have said.

Recovery of Latin American airlines threatened by lack of consensus among health authorities

The coronavirus pandemic will come to an end when all the countries start using the available health tools effectively, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.

Pandemic will end when world chooses to end it, says WHO chief

Across the developing world, hundreds of millions of people are unable to get a vaccine to protect themselves from the ravages of COVID-19, and millions of them have already become infected and died.

Here’s why developing countries can make Covid mRNA vaccines

The tourism industry - across the globe was pushed to get creative during the pandemic with the subsequent movement restrictions. We saw a boom in incentivised domestic tourism staycations and creative activities. Hong Kong has taken that a step further - sleepy Hong Kongers can now get on a snooze bus tour to relax and unwind at least that's what the organisers hope to achieve. Here's a report.

Hong Kong takes a step further in tourism

United Airlines has reported a smaller quarterly loss than a year ago, but a resurgence in coronavirus cases slowed bookings and drove up cancellations, upending the carrier’s plan to return to profit.

United Airlines posts smaller loss, sees recovery from Coronavirus pandemic

Countries all across the Asia-Pacific region are rushing to place orders for the latest weapon which can help in battling the deadly coronavirus, an antiviral pill that has not been authorised for use yet.

Pandemic game-changer: A new drug to treat COVID-19 - Molnupiravir

On Jan. 9, 2020, about a week after the world first learned of a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in central China, authorities announced that scientists had found the culprit: a novel coronavirus.

What the future holds for the coronavirus and us

In a sign of respite for the world the coronavirus pandemic has slowed for a seventh week in a row.The pandemic had gained ground since mid-june fanned by the highly contagious delta variant. But since late August it has been in decline.

Coronavirus pandemic slowed for seventh week in a row

In a sign of respite, the coronavirus pandemic has slowed for the seventh week in a row. Since August the number of covid cases has seen a drop.

Coronavirus pandemic slowed for 7th week in a row

Child suicides in Japan are the highest they have been in more than four decades, local media have reported, citing the country's education ministry. As the COVID-19 pandemic prompted school closings and disrupted classrooms last year, 415 children from elementary to high school age were recorded as having taken their own lives, according to the education ministry's survey.

Suicides among children in Japan at record high during pandemic: Report

In the space of just three blocks, hundreds of people packed in. They clutched jars of honey, cartons of fresh peas and bouquets of flowers. Bags slung on shoulders bulged with ripe peaches, eggplants and cherries.

How one San Francisco street survived the pandemic

Meal delivery services became essential during the pandemic, when millions of Americans were under lockdown and restaurants were shut to visitors. But these days the platforms are increasingly finding themselves under fire, with politicians seeking to regulate the industry and restaurateurs accusing the likes of DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats of freeloading.

Pandemic saviors, food delivery apps now under fire

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