Moderna aims to roll out a combined COVID-flu-RSV booster vaccine in late 2023, the United States (US) pharmaceutical firm said Monday, hoping a joint jab would encourage people to get an annual shot.The single vaccine for COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus – a common virus that causes the cold, but can be more serious for infants and elderly people – could appear on the market before 2024."Best-case scenario will be the fall of '23," Moderna chief executive St

Young people today are coming to age in a world beset by crises.

Global energy transition has crossed many milestones over the past decade, surpassing most expectations. Thanks to technological innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking by policymakers and businesses, installed capacity has grown sevenfold for solar PV, and threefold for onshore wind since 2010. Once considered a pipedream, the share of renewable energy in the electricity mix is higher than fossil fuels in some countries.

Other than preying on humans, the deadly COVID-19 virus has severely affected livelihoods, local businesses and the economy in general. Major industries such as tourism and hospitality have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Since COVID-19 emerged in late 2019, people from various backgrounds have succumbed to the disease. From front liners, politicians, and celebrities to ordinary people – the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But the virus doesn’t just pose a threat to people’s health and wellbeing, but other aspects of their lives as well.Everyone across the globe is currently feeling some form of pinch from the pandemic.

Social mobility entails the “upward” or “downward” movement of an individual in relation to those of their parents. A World Economic Forum (WEF) report titled, “Global Social Mobility Index 2020”, evaluates a child’s ability to experience a better life than their parents, while relative social mobility examines how an individual’s socio-economic circumstance inherited at birth has affected their outcome in life.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned global leaders at an all-virtual Davos forum Monday against starting a "new Cold War" while he championed multilateralism.Representing the only major economy to record economic growth last year, Xi presented himself as the defender of multilateralism, as he did at the same forum four years ago when Donald Trump was about to assume the United States (US) presidency.

The COVID-19 crisis is aggravating inequality, with the richest quickly getting richer while it will likely take years for the world's poorest to recover, anti-poverty group Oxfam said Monday.In a report entitled "The inequality virus", the group warned that the pandemic is the first time since records began that inequality is rising in virtually every country at the same time."The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, b

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused prolonged socio-economic disruptions in the ASEAN region, exposing fundamental weaknesses and vulnerabilities in various sectors.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) said Monday the coronavirus pandemic had forced it to move next year's summit from Switzerland to Singapore, where it will be held in person from 13-16 May.The annual gathering of the world's political, economic and business elite traditionally takes place in January against the idyllic snowy backdrop of the Alpine village of Davos.It had already been postponed until May due to the virus, with organisers saying the focus would be on remodelling the wor