The World Bank's board on Thursday approved creation of a fund meant to finance investments in strengthening the fight against pandemics. The fund will support prevention, preparedness and response (PPR), with a focus on low- and middle-income countries, the bank said in a statement.

World Bank creates fund to better prevent, respond to pandemics

Eurozone economic growth deteriorated sharply to a 16-month low in June, according to preliminary PMI data by S&P Global, an American publicly traded corporation, reflecting a fall in demand growth.

Eurozone economy at a 16-month low in June due to Ukraine war and pandemic disruptions: Report

With more countries coming under the grip of the monkeypox outbreak, the World Health Network (WHN), an independent coalition of scientists formed to tackle the COVID-19 threat, has declared the disease a pandemic.

Monkeypox a pandemic, declares World Health Network

Number of abortions reached to a record high in England and Wales. According to the latest data, experts believe the rise is driven by financial insecurity caused by the covid pandemic.

Pandemic to blame for rise in Abortions in England & Wales?

Covid cases are once again on the rise in the UK, Portugal, Israel and the United States. They are now witnessing surge in covid-19 cases and BA.4, BA.5 variant are responsible for the surge.

Covid cases surge in Europe: BA.4, BA.5 variant drive rise in cases

Between 2019 and 2020, the number of solid organ transplants fell dramatically in the world, researchers said. It highlights the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health services and patients.

Number of organ transplants dip as COVID-19 grips world  

The World Health Organization will rename the monkeypox virus after a group of scientists called for a non discriminatory name. Meanwhile, WHO has also decided to conduct an emergency meeting this week to assess the threat caused by the virus.

WHO Chief Tedros to assess Monkeypox spread

As the weekend beckons, most of us are asking ourselves- did we perform well at work, did we meet our targets, if you have asked yourself this question- you're part of a minority because most young professionals are asking other questions like what's the purpose of work, why do one needs need to work? more than two years into the pandemic Gen Z is now leading an anti-work movement, they're saying no to work altogether and we should all be concerned here's why!

The Good Life: Are you anti-work? Rise of 'anti-work' movement in a post-pandemic era

When Boris Johnson won a landslide election victory for his Conservative Party in 2019, he loomed as a colossus over British politics, the man who had redrawn the country’s political map with a vow to “get Brexit done.

How Boris Johnson suffered a stunning political reversal

Nepal is now trying to revive its economy and hosted more tourists in 4 months than entire 2021. Kathmandu have the maximum number of tourists from India. For more details, watch this ground report by Saloni Murarka from Kathmandu.

Pandemic bruises Nepal Tourism: Fears of fresh pandemic wave loom large

The pandemic has led to a lot of trends across the globe like Dalgona coffee one, but what about growing your own food? Taiwan's newest pandemic hobby seems to be growing not just vegetables but fish too. Know what aquaponics is all about.

Farming without soil: Taiwan records rise in Aquaponics sale

For more than 60 days, residents of China's Shanghai were stuck in a lockdown. Confined to their homes or apartment blocks, they were plagued by problems like food shortages, accessing medical care etc.

Shanghai residents spent 2 months 'locked' up, but China bans media from calling it a 'lockdown'

There is positivity in the private jet sector now. Brazil's Embraer has met the top end of its target revenue range for the current financial year.

Pandemic recovery for private jets: Embraer sees revenue at the top of the range

On Monday evening, American comedian Bo Burnham released an extended video featuring deleted material from his 2021 Netflix special, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside.' Variety reported that the video, titled 'THE INSIDE OUTTAKES,' is nearly 63 minutes long, just 24 minutes shorter than the 83-minute runtime of the original 'Inside.

Comedian Bo Burnham releases deleted footage from his 2021 Netflix special 'Inside'

As more and more countries report cases of Monkeypox, the World Health Organization is on a mission to ease the growing fears. The WHO now says it doesn't believe Monkeypox outside Africa will lead to a pandemic

WHO: Monkeypox moderate risk to overall public health

The offices in Shanghai have opened up after two months of complete lockdown. Shanghai, is the economic hub of the country and saw a huge decline in economy in the last two months due to the restrictions because of rising Covid 19 cases.

Shanghai opens up offices

As the rich & powerful from across the globe gather in Davos for the WEF Annual Meeting 2022, Oxfam International said the pandemic has seen a new billionaire emerging every 30 hours.

Oxfam at WEF Annual Meeting 2022: Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours

Dream-enactment behaviour is a phenomenon in which a person physically acts out vivid, unpleasant dreams while sleeping in the rapid eye movement (REM) stage, which is the deepest stage of sleep, with vocal noises and quick, frequently violent actions of the limbs.

Dream-enactment disorder: Number of patients went up by four times during pandemic

Many workplaces scrap their no-denim policy as formal wear gets replaced by casuals and athleisure in the post-pandemic world. Pandemic has changed the definition of power dressing. WION tells you more in this report.

The Good Life: Is power dressing becoming a thing of the past?

The locked-down Chinese metropolis of Shanghai will reopen four of its 20 subway lines Sunday as it slowly eases pandemic restrictions that have kept most residents in their housing complexes for more than six weeks.

Shanghai to reopen subways in easing of Covid restrictions

A senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that high levels of transmission of the coronavirus among unvaccinated people, such as in North Korea, creates a higher risk of new variants.

N Korea Covid outbreak could lead to new coronavirus variants: WHO

Visitors are once again jamming the narrow streets of Barcelona's Gothic quarter as global travel bounces back from the pandemic, reviving tensions over mass tourism in the Spanish port city.

Mass tourism returns to Barcelona - so does debate 

It's been two years of this pandemic, two years since the coronavirus overshadowed everything and emerged as a bane in all of our lives. Two years of staying cooped up in our houses, two years of staying away from the things, the people, the experiences we love and two years of work from home (WFH).

Post-pandemic woes: Hundreds in Indian start-up opt to quit instead of going back to office

China's capital city is racing to contain the covid cases. Beijing has kicked off a fresh round of mass testing and officials have continued to tighten covid restrictions. Various subway stations have been shut down and at least 15% of the transportation network remains closed.

China struggles to contain covid surge, Beijing ramps up mass testing

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