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New Zealand’s indigenous women battle trauma over ’stolen children’
After a three-year battle with the New Zealand state to get her children back, Maori former nurse Ellen Hiini was recently diagnosed with post-traumatic stress…
Migrant wages sent home set to drop $142 bln in 2020 – World Bank
Global remittances are set to tumble by $142 billion in 2020, the sharpest fall in recent history, the World Bank estimates, as the coronavirus crisis…
Coca-Cola and Pepsi falling short on pledges over plastic – report
The charity Tearfund has compiled a league table of how the companies, and Unilever and Nestlé, are faring in their commitments set against a three-point…
UK urged to stop cotton imports made in Chinese ’prison camps’
Major brands are turning a blind eye to forced labour on a scale not seen since World War Two, lawyers and campaigners said on Thursday…
Euro zone economy set for deepest recession on record: Reuters poll
The euro zone economy is already in its deepest recession on record, according to a Reuters poll of economists, who have stuck to a bleak…
Finland adopts hybrid strategy to contain coronavirus
Finland will adopt a hybrid strategy to move towards more normal life while still containing the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday….
Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change – UN weather agency chief
An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head…
EU Solidarity on Migrant Children in Greece Could Change Lives
Last week, Luxembourg became the first European country to welcome migrant children, twelve girls and boys, from the Greek Aegean Islands. And on April 16,…
First Syrian state torture trial opens in Germany
Two alleged former Syrian intelligence officers go on trial in Germany on Thursday accused of crimes against humanity in the first court case worldwide over…
UN warns of ’biblical’ famine due to Covid-19 pandemic
The head of the U.N. food agency warned Tuesday that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also “on the brink…
Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture around the world
While considerable resources are invested in seasonal forecasts and early-warning systems for food security, not enough is known about El Niño’s impact on the fisheries…
Viet Nam: Facebook must cease complicity with government censorship
Facebook must immediately reverse its decision to censor posts deemed critical of the government in Viet Nam, said Amnesty International today. On 21 April, Reuters…
THL to track coronavirus in waste water
Finland is to start start sampling waste water in order to gather more data on community spread of the novel coronavirus. The National Institute for…
Coronavirus: EU Commissioner wants Africa debt relief
The European Union is spending vast sums of money fighting the COVID-19 crisis. But Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, has told DW it’s not…
Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries
Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of…
UNICEF and Microsoft launch global learning platform to help address COVID-19 education crisis
UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. today announced the expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at…
Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus. On Twitter,…
Europe can reach net-zero by 2050 with 100% renewables, study shows
New modelling shows that Europe could reach climate neutrality before 2050 through a 100% renewable energy scenario which would also see solar technology generate 60%…
North pole soon to be ice free in summer
The Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely be ice free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how often…
Coronavirus exposes ’weaknesses’ in health systems: G20
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed ”systemic weaknesses” in global health systems, the G20 said Monday, but there was no mention of Washington’s contentious decision to…
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