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FAO welcomes $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to fight Desert Locusts in East Africa
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to step up the fight against the Desert Locust outbreak in East…
Lebanon’s coronavirus lockdown leaves migrant women penniless and stranded
Most of Lebanon’s migrant domestic workers are from Ethiopia. There are about 145,000 Ethiopian women registered as migrant workers in Lebanon, though advocacy groups believe…
China economy shrinks for first time as Wuhan Covid-19 death toll is increased by 1,300
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the three months of 2020, the country’s first such contraction on record and a stark sign of the financial impact…
World economy ‘may face double recession’
The world economy already faces an economic downturn worse than the Great Depression. But this could be followed by another “possibly much worse downturn”, according…
UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths this year, effectively reversing recent gains in…
Fast-fashion nightmare for Bangladeshi clothes makers
Big-name international brands have cancelled billions of dollars in orders because of the pandemic, decimating Bangladesh’s most important export industry and hurting in particular rural…
G7 to coordinate economic reopening plans amid outbreak
G7 leaders on Thursday pledged to work together to “safely” put people back to work as the coronavirus crisis drags on in a bid to…
Coronavirus: EU apologizes to Italy for initial response
Members of the European Parliament are meeting on Thursday to discuss greater protection for EU citizens in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In her…
EU waste exports up 66% since 2004
Waste exports from the EU to other parts of the world have risen two-thirds (+66%) since 2004, but remained stable from 2018 to 2019, the…
Migrants among most vulnerable, as IOM ramps up coronavirus response worldwide
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expanded the scope of its Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP), to include far-reaching interventions that aim to…
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