Why school closure is a last resort
By Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Sungsup Ra, Ryotaro Hayashi School reopening should be done on a risk-based approach – with situations closely monitored, particularly for the effect of COVID-19 variants – and school closure be used as a last resort. Schools have been fully or partially closed for more than a year in many developing countries. The world’s longest […]
New Zealand to resume Australia “travel bubble” as Sydney COVID threat eases
New Zealand will lift its partial suspension of a “travel bubble” with Australia from midnight on Sunday as fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney eased. New Zealand had blocked travel to and from New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, on Thursday after a couple in Sydney with no links to high risk professions […]
For state-owned power utility companies in the Pacific, it’s time to cut the cord
State-owned power companies in the Pacific are increasingly becoming a fiscal risk in part due to their outdated management practices. Reforms are needed to allow them to prosper and perform into the future.
Big business seeks unified, market-based approaches ahead of climate summit
(Reuters) – Corporate executives and investors say they want world leaders at next week’s climate summit to embrace a unified and market-based approach to slashing their carbon emissions.
