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Report: Takeaway restaurants wasting 25 per cent more food since lockdown
New report from Just Eat and the Sustainable Restaurant Association notes that while restaurant food waste is up during the coronavirus lockdown, takeaway consumers’ attitudes…
EU to put off new tax rules due to coronavirus crisis
The EU Commission decided Friday to postpone entry into force of two EU taxation measures to take account of difficulties businesses and Member States are…
Europe warned of second waves of COVID-19
Countries are starting to ease the lockdown measures and there is fear in Europe of a new wave of infections towards the summer. Experts warn…
Masks and no touching: Indonesia aims to keep traditional markets alive
A traditional market on the island of Java has moved outdoors and set stalls at least a metre (3.3 ft) apart as Indonesia looks to…
Bulgarian fossils suggest Homo sapiens arrived in Europe earlier than previously thought
Fossils found in a Bulgarian cave show that Homo sapiens may have swept into Europe 46,000 years ago. This indicates a longer overlap with Neanderthals…
Brazil launches military operations to protect Amazon rainforest
Brazil deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest on Monday, taking precautions to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, as the government mounts an…
Hong Kong leader vows education overhaul after protests
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader on Monday vowed to overhaul the city’s education system, arguing its liberal studies curriculum helped fuel last year’s violent pro-democracy protests….
Lockdowns pile job losses and hunger onto Syrian refugees’ plight
Many of the 5.6 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey had scraped by on meagre daily wages but now find even that is…
Increase in Covid-19 infections in Germany cause for concern
Germany’s coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again, official data showed Sunday, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country could gradually…
WHO denies report of pressure to withhold info
The World Health Organization has dismissed as “false allegations” a media report that it withheld information about the new coronavirus following pressure from China. The…
French to return to shops and hair salons as lockdown lifted
Millions of French people are set to cautiously emerge from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns on Monday, once more able to engage in everyday activities…
Brussels to clamp down further on dirty money
The EU Commission put forward Thursday a set of measures it wants to take over the next 12 months to better enforce and coordinate EU…
Calls to domestic violence hotlines soar amid lockdowns – WHO Europe
Calls to domestic violence hotlines in Europe are up by as much as three-fifths as alcohol and drug abuse combine with close confinement in coronavirus…
China, US agree to move forward with trade deal despite Covid-19 blame game
Chinese and US trade representatives agreed Friday to ”create favourable conditions” for the phase one trade deal signed in January, Beijing officials said, despite recent…
Brave new world: could pandemic lead to positive change?
Major social advances have often emerged from the depths of disaster: the Black Death brought an end to serfdom, and Britain’s welfare state emerged from…
Turkey’s public health system faces coronavirus pandemic
Despite the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Turkey, the country’s public health care system has not collapsed, as had been initially feared. In some…
European economy enters deepest ever recession
The coronavirus pandemic represents a major shock for the global and EU economies, with very severe socio-economic consequences, the Commission said in its Spring 2020…
Misinformation flood hampers fight for virus vaccine in Africa
The task of introducing a vaccine for the coronavirus faces an uphill struggle in Africa, where a flood of online misinformation is feeding on mistrust…
Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 116 million babies have been born since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on Thursday called for…
EU to propose process for how WHO can learn from Covid-19 outbreak
The European Union is to put forward proposals for a mechanism to learn from the coronavirus pandemic at the next meeting of the World Health…













