Avainsana: Pandemic
Pandemic lays waste to Portugal’s recycling dreams
Portugal, which recycles around 28% of its urban refuse, below the European average of 46%, EU figures show, has long been a laggard. It had…
Is New Zealand’s government spending a window into Europe’s financial future?
New Zealand announced on Thursday that its public debt will more than double over the next three years as it unveiled a massive investment plan…
Coronavirus puts 4 million girls at risk of child marriage
Four million girls are at risk of child marriage in the next two years because of the new coronavirus pandemic, a global charity said on…
Amazon could be next virus hot zone: scientist
The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals’ habitats – a likely culprit…
Coronavirus ‘grim reality’: World economy to shrink by 3.2 per cent, new UN report projects
Against the backdrop of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the world economy in 2020 is projected to shrink by 3.2 per cent, racking up some $8.5…
COVID-19 pandemic ‘quickly becoming a child rights crisis’: Daily death rate could spike by 6,000 for under-fives
As the coronavirus outbreak enters its fifth month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that the health crisis is “quickly becoming a child rights crisis”,…
Mexico fears pandemic pushing millions into poverty
The economic fallout from coronavirus could add nine million people to Mexico’s poor, according to a government study released on Monday calling for aid like…
Over 80% of U.S. small businesses expect longer impact of pandemic: survey
Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem, a global payments network, expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect their business over the next…
UN officials call for release of detained Palestinian children amid pandemic
Three senior United Nations officials in the Middle East are calling for the release of Palestinian children from Israeli-run prisons and detentions centres, saying they…
Hundreds queue for food parcels in wealthy Geneva
More than 1,000 people queued on Saturday to get free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the working poor…
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