Africa: The Second Largest Continent on Earth

AFRICA, the second-largest and second-most-populous continent, covers an area of about 11.7 million square miles with 1.3 billion people as of 2018, ..............
No deal on COVID vaccine patent waiver again: WTO
THE World Trade Organization (WTO) said Friday its member nations had again failed to agree to suspend intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, ..............
No-nonsense masks, strict bubble: What to expect from China’s Winter Olympics
AFP Sport takes a look at what athletes and spectators — only people living in mainland China are allowed to attend — can expect when the real thing happens on February 4-20 next year:
WHO unveils new team to investigate pandemic
T HE World Health Organization unveiled Wednesday a team of scientists it wants to investigate new pathogens and preventing future pandemics — plus reviving the stalled probe into Covid-19’s origins.
Extra jab for those with weak immune systems: WHO
THE United Nations (UN) health agency’s experts also said over-60s fully immunized with China’s Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines should be offered an additional third vaccine dose.
Thadingyut, the Month of Light Festival
THE seventh month of the Myanmar lunar calendar is called Thadingyut which means “the end of Buddhist Lent”.
Pandemic saviors, food delivery apps now under fire
MEAL delivery services became essential during the pandemic, when millions of Americans were under lockdown and restaurants were shut to visitors.