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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…
Now is ‘not the time’ to reduce funding for the World Health Organization in COVID-19 fight, urges Guterres
Now is a time for unity in the global battle to push the COVID-19 pandemic into reverse, not a time to cut the resources of…
Hungry S.Africans clash with police over food aid in Cape Town
South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a…
Hungary: Law to fight coronavirus creates ’uncertainty’ for journalists
A law that holds a prison sentence of up to five years for spreading ”false information” is part of new measures against COVID-19. As Fanny…
Seeking COVID cures: Scientists find promising first step in antiviral treatment
Researchers from Cornell University have identified a possible target for antiviral treatment for COVID-19. The researchers initially set out to analyze the structure and characteristics…
Analysis: What is Europe’s coronavirus exit strategy?
It is the most difficult of periods for many in Europe. Tens of thousands of people have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected, millions…
Women and low-paid among worst hit by UK coronavirus job cuts
Low-paid workers, young people and women are most likely to have lost work in Britain due to the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus lockdown,…
Greece quarantines second migrant camp after COVID-19 case confirmed
Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility on its mainland after a 53-year-old man tested positive for the new coronavirus, the migration ministry said on…
Coronavirus divides lovers, friends at Swiss-German border fences
Constance, Germany, and Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, are divided cities these days, with a strip of grass and two fences separating them after the countries closed their…
Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant workers
Singapore has told 20,000 foreign workers to stay in their dormitories for 14 days as coronavirus cases increase in the city state. Two dormitories have been…
Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two
Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill,…
Truck traffic wait times down, but room for improvement
Border checks between the European Union countries were reactivated due to the Coronavirus outbreak, causing major traffic jams along the bloc’s main routes. EU transport ministers…
Coronavirus pandemic ’amplifying’ poverty in UK
The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according…
Medical supply shortage spurs global scramble for materials
Global officials have bemoaned a scramble for key medical supplies as countries race to buy masks and ventilators amid the coronavirus pandemic. Officials in multiple…
Fed will do what it takes to help Americans, Daly says
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly on Tuesday said she believes the U.S. is probably already in recession, as millions of people lose their jobs…
What measures have been put in place to help Europe’s 25 million SMEs during the coronavirus crisis?
In this special episode of Business Planet, we look at what measures have been put in place to support small and medium-sized enterprises. There are…
EU approves UK SME support schemes
The EU Commission on Thursday approved two separate UK State aid schemes to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of the coronavirus…
Airbnb hosts to provide free rooms for British health workers
Airbnb hosts will provide free rooms for workers in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) to support their work during the coronavirus outbreak, the company said…
Coronavirus lockdowns give Europe’s cities cleaner air
Air pollution has decreased in urban areas across Europe during lockdowns to combat the coronavirus, new satellite images showed on Monday, but campaigners warned city-dwellers…








