The British government Monday announced Monday an expansion of the nation’s COVID-19 booster shot program to people ages 40 and up, to fight off a potential winter surge of the deadly disease.Until now, only British residents ages 50 and up, those clin…
The changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic are still unfolding but its demand on new skills and ways of working is clear, as organisations seek to survive and thrive in the uncertain times ahead.Many businesses have trimmed back on employee dev…
After a rigorous international search, Norwegian composer and researcher Dr Peter Tornquist has been appointed the new Dean of the NUS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST). He will begin his term of office in February next year.Dr Tornquist is an …
Introduction1. I am very happy to join you for this Singapore International Reinsurance Conference.2. The theme for this year’s conference – “Quo Vadis” or “Where are you going”, is a timely question for all of us. Let me start with the road ahead fo…
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the nature of homebuying in the United States, but one constant is that Black Americans do not have the same access to a home of their own.Black purchasers made up just six percent of the total homebuyers this year — …
The top White House economic adviser on Sunday acknowledged the pain for Americans of sharply rising consumer prices, saying that President Joe Biden remains open to the possibility of tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease spiraling gaso…
Medicare’s “Part B” outpatient premium will jump by $21.60 a month in 2022, one of the largest increases ever. Officials said Friday a new Alzheimer’s drug is responsible for about half of that.The increase guarantees that health care will gobble up a …
