Issued on: 08/05/2020 – 06:48Modified: 08/05/2020 – 06:47 Suva (Fiji) (AFP) South Pacific island nations have dodged the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, but now face a stark choice between a risky reopening to tourists and economic collapse.Today countries all over the world are weighing when to ease restrictions that would save jobs but […]
Brave new world: could pandemic lead to positive change?
London (AFP) Major social advances have often emerged from the depths of disaster: the Black Death brought an end to serfdom, and Britain’s welfare state emerged from the ruins of World War II.As the coronavirus outbreak took hold, many governments brought in policies previously dismissed as “utopian”, such as backing wages or housing the homeless.But […]