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Australia's top universities have all seen their place in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings drop lower, amid "serious" concerns about the health of the higher education sector.
COVID-19 halted immigration and housing affordability got much worse. We’d feel the impacts of internal migration and undersupply of affordable housing even if we again blocked migrants from overseas.
BEIJING/SEOUL: An Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing early on Tuesday (Aug 22) for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, as North Korea cracks open its border to some passenger travel. The flight, JS151, arrived at 9.17am Singapore time, shortly ahead of its sch
Public debt in most Pacific countries is expected to fall in the next 12 months as countries move towards the gradual unwinding of COVID-19 stimulus and the fiscal situation improves, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday. “In line with fiscal consolidation efforts, public debt is projected to decline during 2023- 2024 across the Pacific (except in Solomon Islands and Federated States of Micronesia),” the Pacific Economic Update said on Tuesday. This was particularly notable in tourist- dependent countries such as Fiji, Palau and Vanuatu.
I've been working as the bbc�*s correspondent in seoul forjust over a year and for all the time i've been here, north korea's borders have been shut. i knew these border closures would be having a big impact on people's lives. so, when i arrived, i wanted to find a way to hear from people inside the country. north koreans are forbidden from talking to anyone outside the country — particularly journalists. there are a couple of specialist news organisations that have a network of sources in north korea. we decided to try and work with one of these organisations to speak directly to people i...