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Russian economy to shrink 9.5% in Q2 in virus standstill: minister
Russia’s economy is forecast to shrink by 9.5 percent in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, while yearly GDP…
Divorce, harassment and organ donors: China to debate new civil code
Divorce, sexual harassment, organ donations, privacy: China’s sweeping first-ever civil code will be debated at its annual parliament meeting in Beijing this week. The rubber-stamp…
Mental health problems a growing issue for European teens: WHO
One in four teens in Europe has mental health troubles, a new study from the WHO has revealed. Feelings of pressure due to school work…
Leading NGOs criticise UN over ’shameful’ inaction towards Covid-19 crisis
Leading non-governmental organisations on Tuesday blasted the UN Security Council’s ”shameful” inaction towards the Covid-19 crisis, especially over a call for truces in some conflict…
Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”
Following today’s vote in parliament on a new legislation that bans the legal recognition of transgender and intersex people in Hungary. Amnesty International’s Researcher, Krisztina…
New Zealand provides $7m for global humanitarian response to COVID-19
The New Zealand Government is contributing $7 million to help some of the world’s most vulnerable people who are at severe risk of COVID-19. The…
More European adolescents reporting mental health issues: WHO
More European adolescents are reporting poor mental health, a major new survey has found, warning that how authorities respond to this growing problem will ”echo…
U.S. solar industry sheds five years of job growth amid the coronavirus
The United States has shed more than 65,000 solar energy jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, industry leaders said on Monday, reversing five years of job…
US Covid-19 vaccine trial shows promising early results
Moderna Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be tested in the United States, produced protective antibodies in a small group of healthy volunteers, according…
Coronavirus impact on world’s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health, the new…
US facing severe crisis, but not a depression: Fed’s Powell
The US is facing a severe economic downturn amid the global pandemic, but will not suffer another Great Depression and will see a recovery begin…
Prepare for corruption spike over coronavirus aid: OSCE
Emergency funding issued to help the economic fallout of the pandemic is likely to fuel corruption across Europe, warns the OSCE security bloc. It said…
African countries get new tool to predict climate-related disasters
A new weather forecasting system in Africa allows meteorologists to track approaching storms in real time, potentially saving lives from climate-related disasters, scientists said on…
China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution: study
China’s levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last year’s levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain…
Australia plans pop-up carparks to prevent rush hour virus crush
Australian officials planned to open pop-up parking lots and extra bicycle lanes in Sydney and other cities as the country’s most populous state began its…
Fears mount over migrants dying ’out of sight’ in Mediterranean
More and more migrants are crossing, Europe is closing its ports and no humanitarian ships are carrying out rescues. As the coronavirus pandemic dominates headlines,…
Hundreds of child weddings thwarted in Ethiopia as coronavirus locks girls out of schools
More than 500 girls have been rescued from child marriage in northern Ethiopia since schools were shut due to the new coronavirus, a regional official…
Virus could infect more than 200 mn in Africa: WHO modelling
The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says…
EU to halve pesticides by 2030 to protect bees, biodiversity: draft
The Commission, the EU executive, wants to commit the European Union to a halving of the use of chemical and “high-risk” pesticides by 2030, a…
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