Avainsana: Pandemic

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…

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…

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals’ habitats – a likely culprit…

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…

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”,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Former US President Barack Obama has strongly criticised his successor Donald Trump over his response to the coronavirus crisis. In a private call, he called…

One in four Portuguese with a monthly household income of 650 euros ($705) or less have lost all their income because of the economic impact…

The UN’s World Food Programme is warning of potential famines of ”biblical proportions” as the Covid-19 pandemic affects countries in an already dire situation. In…

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…

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…

The European Union is backing calls for a timely review of the international response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the World Health Organization’s performance, according…