With residents in ten Melbourne postcodes banned from non-essential travel until at least July 29, the need for continued vigilance is clear. Across Victoria, the ongoing spike in coronavirus cases means a range of restrictions…
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COVID-19 has hit tourism-reliant destinations hard. The Indonesian island of Bali, for example, where 70% of the population depend on tourism, has seen extensive job and income losses since it closed its borders in April.…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil & gas pump jack near Granum By Rod Nickel and Jeff Lewis WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO (Reuters) – Six years ago, Canadian oilfield services firm Calfrac Well Services (TO:) commanded a…
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Emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19, usually come from non-human animals. However our understanding of most animals’ immune systems is sadly lacking as there’s a shortfall in research tools for species other than humans and mice.…
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Coronavirus has had an unprecedented impact on pubs in Britain. The British Beer and Pub Association estimates that the industry lost over £100m each month of lockdown. Hundreds of thousands of staff were placed on…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the central business district in Singapore 2/2 By Florence Tan, Roslan Khasawneh and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s High Court has appointed an independent supervisor to…
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Technology is a product of human labour. The working class and society can therefore shape its direction. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), long-term technological change has created more employment than it has destroyed,…
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© Reuters. (Reuters) – miner Trevali Mining (TO:) said on Friday that a total of 82 workers have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, at its Santander (MC:) mine…
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For most of the human history of Australia, sea levels were much lower than they are today, and there was extra dry land where people lived. Archaeologists could only speculate about how people used those…
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An analysis of financial inclusion in South Africa shows that affordability limits poor households’ access to formal financial services. In our study, which looked at people’s use of financial goods and services between 2008 and…
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