Pandemic

Exxon Mobil keeps quarterly dividend flat for first time since 1982

By REUTERS HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N on Wednesday kept its fourth-quarter dividend flat at 87 cents a share, signaling 2020 will be the first year since 1982 Read More

Exxon Mobil keeps quarterly dividend flat for first time since 1982

By REUTERS HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N on Wednesday kept its fourth-quarter dividend flat at 87 cents a share, signaling 2020 will be the first year since 1982 Read More

Notes on Grief

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, THE NEW YORKER September 10, 2020 In memoriam: James Nwoye Adichie, 1932-20201. From England, my brother set up the Zoom calls every Sunday, our boisterous lockdown ritual,Read More

Notes on Grief

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, THE NEW YORKER September 10, 2020 In memoriam: James Nwoye Adichie, 1932-20201. From England, my brother set up the Zoom calls every Sunday, our boisterous lockdown ritual,Read More

Teachers unions around the world clash with governments over coronavirus and school reopening plans

By THE WASHINGTON POST South Africa’s teachers were at an all-too-familiar impasse. In July, coronavirus cases were on the rise, as was government pressure to reopen schools. Educators concerned about Read More

From a stable job to a tent: A waiter’s homeless struggle

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Lello has never been rich, but the 42-year-old could pocket $100 cash most weekend nights at the steakhouse chain where he waited tables. He Read More

Memorial for Mercy Baguma ahead of Ugandan funeral

By BBC A memorial service is to be held for Mercy Baguma, the Ugandan asylum-seeker whose body was found in a Govan flat with her crying child. The vigil will Read More

Exclusive: Exxon downsizes global empire as Wall Street worries about dividend

By REUTERS HOUSTON – Ill-timed bets on rising demand have Exxon Mobil Corp facing a shortfall of about $48 billion through 2021, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street Read More

Nature’s Bioterrorist – Is there any way to prevent a deadly avian-flu pandemic?

By Michael Specter THE NEW YORKER February 28, 2005 Issue Posted on February 21, 2005 Early last September, an eleven-year-old girl from Kamphaeng Phet, a remote village in Thailand, developed a high Read More

Nature’s Bioterrorist – Is there any way to prevent a deadly avian-flu pandemic?

By Michael Specter THE NEW YORKER February 28, 2005 Issue Posted on February 21, 2005 Early last September, an eleven-year-old girl from Kamphaeng Phet, a remote village in Thailand, developed a high Read More