by Malcolm Davidson | 29 Apr 2020 | Climate change, Globalization, Health and Wellness
Past cataclysmic events have triggered major changes in the world. Will COVID-19 galvanise the fight against global warming and slow globalisation? After the horrors of the last few weeks that have seen many tens of thousands of people lose their lives to COVID-19, is...
by Stuart Grudgings | 23 Mar 2020 | Climate change, Environment, Globalization, Health and Wellness, Nationalism, Technology
The coronavirus has turned life upside down for billions of people around the world. It’s bound to have a lasting impact once the pandemic subsides. Hikers maintain distance at Vista View Point, Los Angeles, 20 March 2020. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) The...
by Harvey Morris | 5 Mar 2020 | Eyewitness, Globalization, Health and Wellness
As a survivor of the Asian flu, I remember 1957 vividly. Times have changed since, but there are key similarities between that crisis and the coronavirus. A doctor gives a nurse the first Asian flu vaccine shot to be administered in New York, August 16, 1957. (AP...
by Stella Mapenzauswa | 4 Mar 2020 | Africa, Europe, Globalization
Britain was once a colonial power in Africa but now lags other nations in trade with the continent. Boris Johnson says he wants to change that. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C), Laurence Kemball-Cook, CEO of Pavegen Systems (L), and Ciiru Waweru Waithaka, CEO...
by Allison Daniel | 5 Feb 2020 | Decoders, Globalization, Health and Wellness, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
The World Heath Organization has declared the new coronavirus a global public health emergency. What does that mean? And what are the dangers? A man stands along a river in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, 20 January 2020 (AP Photo/Arek Rataj,...
