Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Median gauge offers good read on price trends

Median gauge

Economists debating inflation in the United States are confronting a difficult challenge: stripping out volatile price changes to gauge underlying pressures. The most common measure of underlying or “core” inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, has been hard to read during the pandemic. The traditional measure came into wider use in the 1970s, … Read more

Swiss eye far-reaching restrictions to fight Covid

Swiss eye far-reaching restrictions to fight Covid

GENEVA, Dec 10, 2021 (AFP) – The Swiss government presented proposals Friday for broad new restrictions as Covid cases surge, including barring unvaccinated people from restaurants and cultural activities as well as home working requirements. The government put forward two proposals for new measures aimed at reining in ballooning rates of transmission and said a final … Read more

Italian tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm

Italian tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm

ROME, Dec 3, 2021 (AFP) – A Italian man who wanted a coronavirus vaccine certificate without actually having the jab tried to play the system by presenting health workers with a fake arm, an official said Friday. Despite the realistic skin colour, nobody was fooled by the silicone limb, and the man — in his 50s — was … Read more

Take a look at Major Sporting Events affected by COVID-19

Sporting Events

The global pandemic that has killed more than 350,000 people also resulted in the major downturn of the sporting events across the world. Let’s find out how many sporting events have been victimized by the dread virus. Football The widely watched, one of the major events of Football has suffered big losses due to the … Read more