Fri 30 October 2020: While schools have fully or partially reopened in more than two-thirds of the countries surveyed, one in four have missed their planned reopening date or have not yet set a date for classes to commence. Most of these schools are in low and lower middle income countries. The study is based on findings […]
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Thu 29 October 2020: Nearly 230,000 tons of plastic is dumped into the Mediterranean Sea every year, a figure which could more than double by 2040 unless “ambitious” steps are taken, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature said Tuesday. Egypt, Italy and Turkey are the countries that release the most plastic into the […]
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Thu 29 October 2020: At least 1,500 nurses worldwide have now died from COVID-19, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Howard Catton, chief executive of ICN, said that was the same number of nurses who were killed in World War I. In August, ICN reported 1,097 nurse deaths from COVID-19. But the toll […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has asked publishers, editors and media groups to comment online against the proposed visa changes for foreign journalists in the United States before the deadline of October 26. Last month, the US Department of Homeland Security had announced that it planned to have a fixed period […]
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Thu 22 October 2020: Lack of air quality also led to almost 500,000 deaths worldwide last year among babies in their first month of life. Air pollution, the fourth leading risk factor for early death, added 6.67 million deaths to the global toll last year, according to a new study published on Wednesday. “Air pollution […]
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Wed 21 October 2020: UN chief Guterres said violence was on the rise and internal displacement had increased 20-fold in less than two years International donors on Tuesday agreed to give €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) in aid to the central Sahel, which the UN said was close to ‘breaking point.’ Conditions in the sub-Saharan belt spanning […]
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Sun 18 October 2020: Recent estimates show the pandemic could push up to 115 million people into poverty this year United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called on the international community to stand in solidarity with people living in poverty. “On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let’s stand in solidarity with […]
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Fri 16 October 2020: Equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines globally will be key to avoiding long-lasting scars on the world economy Strong international cooperation on coronavirus vaccines could speed up the world economic recovery and add $9 trillion to global income by 2025, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. […]
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Wed 14 October 2020: China, Russia and Cuba were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, despite opposition from activist groups over their human rights records, but Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat. Pakistan received 169 votes, Uzbekistan 164, Nepal 150, China 139 and Saudi Arabia 90 votes […]
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Tue 13 October 2020: A new World Bank debt study published on Monday showed that among countries eligible for the G20 debt relief programme, external debt climbed 9.5 percent in 2019 to $744bn before the pandemic hit Some G20 creditor countries are reluctant to broaden and extend another year of coronavirus debt service relief to […]
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