“Displaced people and host communities all over the world are at heightened risk as the coronavirus pandemic spreads” – UNCHR
2020 May
Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) has been lobbying the government to lift the ban on cigarettes and tobacco sales even before the level 4 National lockdown regulations were announced.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that her country has “done what few countries have been able to do” and contained the community spread of Covid-19 and can start easing its lockdown measures
Amidst the worst global crisis brought to us by a novel coronavirus, where millions of people are floundered, India is establishing itself as a responsible and reliable aid, by taking lead in addressing the crises.
In Lebanon, after two months of “truce” due to the lockdown by COVID-19, anti-government protests that began in October 2019 have resumed.
In this day and age, there is possibly only one country left in the world where it’s leader could mysteriously disappear for 20 days only to appear again smiling at the opening ceremony of a fertilizer plant. An obviously staged photo-op, but which seems to nevertheless confirm that Kim Jong-un is alive and well.
National carrier South African Airways on a verge of shutting down
All over the world 3.34 million cases of COVID-19 patients are reported today. In this scenario, Taiwan with a population of 23 million, has reported zero new cases of COVID-19 patients, for the past few days.
Kiribati, an island republic in the South Pacific, is sinking under the sea. The indigenous inhabitants feel the world has forgotten about them or simply does not seem to care about their lives.
Megadrought emerging in the western U.S might be worse than any in historical record, new study says.