Wake up world

'I'm still on them, I find the relaxers helpful. I spoke to my brother and told him about the back pain, he had a friend with the same then and then I spoke to several other people. So now apparently back pain is a symptom of covid. Now you know! It's the only symptom I had.  … [Read more...] about ‘I’m very fortunate and feeling OK now’: Ellen DeGeneres details her battle with Covid as she returns to host her show for first time since testing positive

10th Allianz survey: Pandemic outbreak overtakes Business interruption as the top risk and Changes in legislation and regulation jumps seven spots and ties with business interruption to make the top three risks for businesses in China for 2021Globally, Pandemic outbreak rockets to #2 from #17 and is seen as the main cause of business interruption in 2021, followed by Cyber incidents. Companies look to de-risk supply chains and boost business continuity management for extreme events.In Asia Pacific, the top three risks mirror the Global rankings although Business interruption swaps places with Cyber incidents, which ranks #1 for the second consecutive year. Market Developments and rising insolvency rates could also affect supply chains, with large bankruptcies expected in the US, Brazil, China and core European countries in 2021 … [Read more...] about Allianz Risk Barometer 2021: Pandemic outbreak overtakes Business Interruption as top business risk in China

On health inequalities, the report said only six per cent of the poorest 20 per cent has access to non-shared sources of improved sanitation, compared to 93.4 per cent of the top 20 per cent. It added that 59.6 per cent of India's population lives in a room or less. … [Read more...] about Wealth of 100 richest Indians grew by Rs 12,97,822 cr during Covid: Oxfam

"We understand that the world is very complex and that change doesn’t happen overnight. But you have now had more than three decades of blah blah blah. How many more do you need? Because when it comes to facing the climate and ecological emergency, the world is still in a state of complete denial," she said. … [Read more...] about Greta Thunberg calls for urgent action to address climate, ecological crisis

So what of the future? With Factor 5 back there's every chance Turrican could make another return, in some shape or another. There's the catch of course that we all have day jobs at Epic," says Eggebrecht. "It's awesome in the first place that Epic even allows us to do these little extra things on the side. Realistically, the one thing which we'd love to do is a 2D Turrican, if this is really successful - a modern 2D version of Turrican. I don't think I would want to go back into 3D as that's quite frankly not something which really excites me anymore. … [Read more...] about Turrican returns this week – alongside another gaming legend