Fri 14 August 2020: Report by WHO, UNICEF shows 818 million children can’t wash their hands properly at schools GENEVA: As education institutions around the world seek to reopen, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Thursday that more than 40% of the world’s schools lack hand washing facilities, a major obstacle to reopening. “More […]
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Thu 13 August 2020: Young people who have lost jobs or schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic risk carrying “scarring effects” throughout their working lives unless governments provide immediate support, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday. An ILO poll of 12,000 youths in 112 countries showed in May that more than one in six […]
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Thu 13 August 2020: Fresh cases linked to 4 reported Tuesday which surfaced after 102 days of no infections New Zealand reported 13 new coronavirus cases Thursday, according to the country’s top officials. Addressing a news conference aired live from Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said all of the […]
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Wed 12 August 2020: Italy has contributed €6.8 million ($8.2 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its core programmes and services including education, healthcare and relief and social services. The Italian government’s donation comes following the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s appeal to the […]
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Wed 12 August 2020: DDoS attacks jump 217% during pandemic as people rely more on digital technologies ISTANBUL (AA) – Global distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks tripled in the second quarter of 2020, said a report by global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky released Wednesday. Kaspersky experts believe that behind the increasing malicious activity is the impact of […]
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Wed 12 August 2020: Global oil demand in 2020 is estimated to be 9.06 million barrels a day lower than last year Global liquids production in July increased significantly by 1.29 million barrels per day (bpd) to average 88.75 million bpd, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said in its report on Wednesday. In July, OPEC […]
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Wed 12 August 2020: Total number of cases in region reaches 343,988, death toll rises to 8,543 JAKARTA (AA) – Health authorities in Southeast Asian countries on Wednesday confirmed the total number of coronavirus cases reached 343,988 on Wednesday, as 6,465 new cases were reported across the region. According to latest figures, the death toll […]
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Wed 12 August 2020: This year’s Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, Paris Breakfast Run canceled for health reasons France on Wednesday canceled two Paris marathons due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris and the Paris Breakfast Run 2020 are canceled. See you in 2021,” the Paris Marathon said in a statement on […]
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Wed 12 August 2020: Total of 730,000 jobs lost in country since start of coronavirus pandemic, says Office for National Statistics LONDON (AA) – A total of 730,000 jobs have been lost in the UK since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Tuesday. Employment dropped for […]
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Tue 11 August 2020: Economy contracts by 42.9% in Q2, forecast for 2020 now bleaker JAKARTA (AA) – Singapore has entered a technical recession as economic growth fell by 13.2% in the second quarter of this year, authorities said on Tuesday. The economy contracted by 42.9% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the previous […]
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