How universities are handling covid

By KEN MORITSUGU (Associated Press) BEIJING (AP) — China’s population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S. Despite the official numbers, some experts believe China’s population has been in decline for a few years — a dramatic turn in a country that once sought to control such growth through a one-child policy. Many wealthy countries are struggling with how to respond to aging workforces, which can be a drag on economic growth, but some experts said the demographic change will be especially difficult to manage in an developing economy like China’s. “China has become older before it has become rich,” said Yi Fuxian, a demographer and expert on Chinese population trends at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The National Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday that the country … [Read more...] about China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin TOPLINE As Canada’s Covid-19 outbreak appears to stabilize, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that Canada has dealt with the pandemic more effectively than its neighbor, the United States, where new cases continue to break records. KEY FACTS Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa that Canada was “able to control the virus better than many of our allies, particularly including our neighbor,” a reference to the U.S., Reuters reported. “Four months later, we’ve slowed down the progression of the virus significantly , and we’re now seeing parts of the economy reopen,” Trudeau said Wednesday. A Johns Hopkins University tally marked 108,120 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Canada with 8,777 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, while the U.S. counted 3,016,515 cases and 131,666 deaths. The U.S. population is only roughly 10 times that of Canada, according to U.S. government figures from … [Read more...] about Trudeau: Canada Controlled Coronavirus ‘Better’ Than The U.S.

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline New Zealand, the first country hit by Covid-19 to declare it was free of the virus before going into lockdown again, is set to declare that it has overcome a second wave of the illness, cementing its position as one of the countries with the most successful response to the virus. Key Facts Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose approval rating has soared as a result of her government’s handling of the virus, said on Monday that New Zealanders “beat the virus again.” Most of the country, with a population of 4.8 million, is at an alert level of 1, the lowest level that indicates the virus is contained, while capital Auckland will move down from level 2 to level 1 by Wednesday. The changes mean that the 100-person cap on gatherings will be lifted, and social distancing will be done away with in bars and restaurants. New Zealand had declared just over 100 days free from community transmission in … [Read more...] about New Zealand ‘Beat The Virus Again,’ Prime Minister Declares, As Nation Lifts Second-Wave Restrictions

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin From the very beginning of her entrepreneurial journey, Tiphani Montgomery has always handled business on her own terms. When her high school classmates were looking to college to shape their careers, Montgomery, a teen mom at the time, had set her eyes on becoming a best-selling author. When she couldn’t afford to buy books on publishing, she spent hours in Barnes & Nobles studying while her daughter was at school. And when she learned that poetry books are rarely picked by publishers, she self-published her poems and went out into the streets to sell her book on her own. Montgomery is a self-starter in every sense of the term. “No one pushed me into that way of thinking,” Montgomery explained. “It was me knowing that there was more out there than having a college degree, going to a 9-to-5, settling with very little. I just knew that there was more out there.” Montgomery never looked back. In 2010, she launched her … [Read more...] about This Faith-Based Entrepreneur Shares Why You Should Meet The Fear Of The Unknown With Consistency And Practice

NEW SENATE COMPLEX ESCA was part of the AECOM-led teamthat won the global design competition for this complex of four 12-story towers. —ESCA ENGINEERING WEBSITE In this day and age, it’s possible for a Filipino engineer to help build a skyscraper in Japan, a shopping mall in China or a stadium in Australia without leaving the country. It’s a sweet deal for those who want to be part of landmark projects around the world but don’t relish uprooting or parting with their families. Business process outsourcing is a $30-billion industry in the Philippines, but the aspiration is always to move up the value chain and capture more of those specialized, analytical and knowledge-based deals. Having its skin in this game of knowledge-based outsourcing is ESCA Engineering, a homegrown engineering consultancy firm with four decades of track record in project and construction management, and structural and civil engineering solutions. Founded by techie engineering veteran Ernesto de Castro, … [Read more...] about Tech-driven Pinoy engineering services firm is going global