Growth and Challenges for World’s Busiest Airports
A growing number of passengers, especially international passengers, are keeping airports around the world busy. In fact, the total number of people who traveled by airplane in 2023 increased by 27 percent from 2022. A Return to Pre-Pandemic Air Traffic The international travel and tourism market is driving the aviation industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 […]
Are Remote Jobs Going Away?
“What do you want to do when you grow up?” is a question that adults often ask of kids. It may need to be followed up by, “Where do you want to work—at home, in an office building, or with the public?” What is a Workplace? Until the COVID-19 pandemic, for most people “going to […]
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Protests Against China’s COVID Policies Imagine that another surge in COVID-19 cases caused the U.S. government to declare another nationwide lockdown. Would you be upset? A government-ordered lockdown in China has resulted in widespread protests, which are rare in China due to extensive government surveillance. So far, several protestors have been arrested. China has one […]
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Great Britain’s New Prime Minister In addition to Queen Elizabeth II passing away last week, Great Britain recently faced another leadership change. Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned his position on July 7. Two days before the queen’s death on September 8 Liz Truss took over as the nation’s Prime Minister. Formerly Great Britain’s foreign […]
YOU DECIDE: Should Foreign Travelers Who Aren’t Vaccinated Against COVID-19 be Denied Entry to the United States?
Novak Djokovic, the Serbian twenty-one-time Grand Slam tennis champion, is not competing in this year’s U.S. Open. Why? Because he’s not vaccinated against COVID-19. According to current U.S. regulations, any non-U.S. citizen must be fully vaccinated in order to enter the country. (Djokovic was also unable to participate in the Australian Open and was deported […]
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Afghanistan Faces Humanitarian Crisis In September 2021, President Joe Biden withdrew all American troops from Afghanistan. American soldiers had been stationed there for twenty years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The United States goals during this time were to remove the Taliban from power and encourage the formation of a stable democracy […]
COVID Vaccine Approved for Children Under Five
There are approximately nineteen million children under five years old living in the United States. Until recently these children were not eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. On June 9, 2022, the White House announced a plan to encourage vaccination for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old. Here, btw takes a […]
FDA Approves COVID Booster for Children Ages 5 to 11
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States is currently averaging more than 100,000 cases per day. This is the first time since February 2022 that the daily average has risen above 100,000. Right now, two-thirds of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. And on May 17, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
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Precious Plastic Refugee camps are places where many people live together in a very small area. These camps don’t have the systems for refuse and trash control that are common in cities and established areas of high population density. Refugee camps also receive donations of food, water, and other supplies from international aid organizations. The […]
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Hawaii May Lift Travel Restrictions Soon As COVID infection rates and new case counts decline across the country, many states and communities are relaxing restrictions. Mask mandates, social distancing rules, and travel restrictions are being removed. Hawaii has some of the strictest travel restrictions in the country, but it may be dropping these rules by […]