Tag: pandemic
Hopes high as tourists touch down for Thailand re-opening
The pandemic hammered the kingdom's tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis
Thailand prepares to welcome back tourists after devastating shutdown
The kingdom is expecting the return of at least a million visitors by March and to generate about US$30 billion in revenue through 2022
China locks down city of four million over COVID cases
China has maintained a zero-COVID approach that has seen harsh local lockdowns imposed over handfuls of cases
Explaining COP26: Why it matters?
Addressing the climate crisis has also emerged as a key issue within the Roman Catholic Church
Catholic bishop blasts corruption in Philippine pandemic response, calls for protests
“Between good and evil, there is no middle ground, and whoever is unwilling to condemn blatant injustice becomes its enabler”
Thailand allows vaccinated tourists from 40-plus countries, PM says
The 46 countries and territories is a significant jump from the 10 initially announced last week by Prayut
Vatican meeting highlights ‘post-pandemic regeneration’
The meeting aims to look into how the world can go out of "so many global pandemics: poverty, injustice, inequality and wars”
Filipino World War II veterans remembered; pandemic frontliners tagged as heroes
“We may live in relative peace ... but there remain current challenges we must face head on” - Gov Petilla of Leyte
Pope Francis: Something is missing from the modern idea of freedom
Pope Francis said that the coronavirus pandemic had exposed a flaw in the dominant notion of liberty
Pope Francis’ visit to Timor-Leste depends on rate of COVID-19 vaccination
At last 490,000 people in Timor-Leste have already received the first dose of the vaccine and about 310,000 have completed the vaccination
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