The spike protein of the novel coronavirus, which enables it to infect human cells, is more stable in faster spreading versions of the virus, such as the ones first reported in the UK and South Africa, compared to the original form of the pathogen from Wuhan, China, says a new study.

Sturdier protein may have led to some coronavirus variants' faster spread: Scientists 

Pope Francis urged people to fight organised crime such as the "mafias" on Sunday. He warned that criminals were using coronavirus pandemic for their own benefit.

Pope Francis vs Mafia? Holy Father urges people to fight organised crime

Paraguayan opposition lawmakers lost a bid on Wednesday to impeach President Mario Abdo over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the South American country.

Paraguay president survives impeachment bid by opposition over pandemic

Hundreds of climbers set to return to Mount Everest next month as the world's highest peak reopens after a year of closure due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to the Nepal Tourism department, only 300 foreign mountaineers can climb Mt. Everest in the spring season.

Mt. Everest to reopen first time since pandemic

The castle that crowns the hill above the village of Gósol used to be among the grandest along Spain’s border with France, with views of fertile farms and forests rich in timber that stretched up to the cloudy mountaintops.

The pandemic’s silver lining? This village may have been saved by it

Standing tall like a wall: Coronavirus inspires graffiti to spread awareness

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has described the COVID-19 pandemic as “the most discriminatory crisis” that women and girls have ever experienced.

Pandemic has been disproportionately hard on women and girls: UN Women

The rise of ghost kitchens is one of the biggest trends in the food industry amid pandemic and is having a radical effect on the way restaurants operate. Ghost kitchens are also known as cloud kitchens.

WION Dispatch: Ghost kitchens are booming in Dubai amid pandemic

The 21st-century economy has been a two-decade series of punches in the gut. The century began in economic triumphalism in the United States, with a sense that business cycles had been vanquished and prosperity secured for a blindingly bright future.

17 Reasons to Let the Economic Optimism Begin

COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the world, people relied on little joys of life to keep going like pets. The UK which is still battling the pandemic is now witnessing rising cases of dognapping, activist says that cases have tripled amid the pandemic.

Is dog theft growing into a big business in UK?

Repeated lockdowns, socially distanced lives, masks on the face, and a general phobia of catching the deadly coronavirus from anyone and everyone — there are several aspects of this pandemic that has brought humongous changes in our lives, and many believe that these changes have brought greater social inequality.

Coronavirus has increased social inequality in UK: Survey

Japan's economy expanded at a slower-than-initially-reported pace in October-December as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on the economic outlook.

World Business Watch: Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP as pandemic hurts domestic demands

Oil prices settled lower, retreating from a session peak above $70 a barrel after attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia lifted prices that high for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

World Business Watch: Oil settles lower after attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia

A senior official of the European Medicine Agency (EMA) on Sunday urged European Union members to refrain from granting approval for Sputnik V, Russia's COVID-19 vaccine.

EU regulator urges caution on Sputnik V, Russia's coronavirus vaccine

Many US states easing their restrictions, movie theatres have begun reopening one of the worlds most significant movie markets that is new york. But this comeback will be its own constraints, restrictions will include 25% occupancy or a maximum of 50 patrons. So what does this move holds for an industry battled by the pandemic for more than a year now?

United States: Can theatres afford re-opening with limited capacity?

In a crucial political movement for democrats, the US senate has clear the 1.9 trillion dollars COVID-19 relief bill. With this US President Joe Biden and his democratic allies has become successful in passing a mammoth bill aimed at the country's economic recovery from the Pandemic.

US senate 1.9 trillion dollars COVID-19 relief bill

South Korea and the united states will be scaling down their joined military drill amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The drill will not include outdoor manoeuvres which have been carried out throughout the year, and the number of troops and equipment will be minimized due to COVID-19 restrictions.

South Korea and the United States will be scale down

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Saturday that the pandemic risked rolling back progress made on gender equality, as women take on the lion's share of childcare in lockdown and are more likely to work in at-risk jobs.

Merkel warns coronavirus pandemic risks undoing gains for women  

California has found a much different way to beat stress– by breaking things into a million little pieces in rage rooms. These rage rooms have gained popularity in the United States, the step has been taken to distress from the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on oneself.

California residents flock to Rage Rooms to fight COVID-19 stress

"Stop whining. How long are you going to keep crying about it?", says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to its citizens over COVID-19 pandemic.

'We've all the vaccine needed': Jair Bolsonaro

The past year has been challenging for film-makers, who had to battle coronavirus travel restrictions and social distancing rules to participate in what is ordinarily a team activity.

Shot during pandemic, Berlinale film explores lives lived on Zoom

The television audience for Hollywood`s virtual Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday fell sharply from last year`s event, according to preliminary estimates on Monday.

TV audience for virtual Golden Globes show appears to have fallen sharply

Reaching the milestone of administering 50 million doses of the COVID vaccine since taking office, US President Joe Biden celebrated the pace of his efforts to end the pandemic in the country.

Joe Biden marks 50 million COVID vaccine shots in US

The U.S. economy remains mired in a pandemic winter of shuttered storefronts, high unemployment and sluggish job growth. But on Wall Street and in Washington, attention is shifting to an intriguing if indistinct prospect: a post-COVID boom.

On the post-pandemic horizon, could that be ... a boom?

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