Economic impact of the ‘shut-downs’
JUST SOME SMALL PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: Lombok, Indonesia: I live in the Senggigi region of North West Lombok. This region is well developed for tourism. For the past four […]
A tiny, invisible thing has turned the world upside down
by Merve Şebnem Oruç Columns Apr 04, 2020 DAILY SABAH, ISTANBUL COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has drastically changed the routines of our lives. For instance, as a columnist closely following the Middle East, I barely get the opportunity to speak or write about Syria, the Mediterranean or […]
Why the bidet is making a comeback in coronavirus-stricken West
Arab News Sunday . April 05, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/bdcj8 Ephrem Kossaify April 03, 2020 Long a fixture in Arab and Asian toilets, device is now getting a second look in US and Europe Attention to bidets comes as toilet-paper rolls become a symbol of panic buying in the West […]
Official English Translation: Special Address by Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
2nd April 2020 ©Makhzan-e-Tasaweer On 27th March 2020, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), delivered a special message […]
The Price of Life: Novel Coronavirus Is Forcing a Taboo Debate
A DER SPIEGEL Editorial By Christiane Hoffmann Some in Germany have the impression that the country can survive a long-term lockdown without suffering any grave consequences. That thinking is dangerous. […]
Empty Hotels, Idled Tour Buses, The Pandemic Is Devastating Tourism
Source: MSN MEXICO CITY — There were major hurricanes, and the global financial crisis of 2008. There was 9/11, and an array of regional health scares, from SARS to Zika. But during the decades that he’s been involved in the tourism business in the Caribbean island nation of Sint […]
“Medieval Medicine” or Necessary Measures? Virologists Are Divided Over Need for Draconian Shutdowns
How deadly is the coronavirus? How much of the population has already been infected? How widespread is immunity? The models politicians are relying on to make radical decisions in the […]
A Migrant’s Fatal Journey ‘Now He’s Dead and We Have Nothing’
Thousands of African migrants die every year on their way to Europe. One family from Conakry, Guinea, bet everything they had on their eldest son making it — and lost. […]
Unemployment in US and UK ‘may be worse than in Great Depression’
Coronavirus fuelling faster collapse than 1930s, warns ex-Bank of England rate-setter Unemployment in Britain and the US could surpass the levels reached during the 1930s Great Depression within months […]
I shouldn’t have had to stomach harassment from a Home Office private worker to get my UK citizenship
The outsourcing of visa services represents a step backwards in a broken institution. Without a culture shift, people’s experiences will continue to be lined with profiteering and disarray, writes Rosie […]
The chaotic government response to coronavirus is closer to the failures of 1914 than the determination of 1940
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Covid 19: A War for Which the Whole of Humanity is on the Same Side
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says he wants to introduce “100,000 tests per day by the end of this month” “It is a war of which all of humanity is […]
Coronavirus: Australian scientists begin tests of potential vaccines
Source: BBC Scientists in Australia have begun testing two potential coronavirus vaccines in “milestone” lab trials. The vaccines, made by Oxford University and US company Inovio Pharmaceutical, have been cleared […]
Let’s try “Dry Covid” – lockdown is the time to kick our national alcohol habit for good
Alcohol is ‘unhelpful coping strategy’ for coronavirus lockdown says WHO Off licenses aren’t essential services – and closing them during the coronavirus pandemic would yield more for the nation’s health […]
DİTİB launches aid campaign for mosques in Germany amid pandemic
by Daily Sabah with AA ISTANBUL Politics Apr 01, 2020 The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) launched an aid campaign for mosques in Germany with the call “Now […]
Infection rate slows in Spain as death toll passes 9000
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Coronavirus: Spain’s deaths pass 9,000 as infection rate slows […]
The 2015 Refugee Crisis Was Actually a Boon for Europe
Source: Foreign Affairs As the EU Scrambles to Halt the Next Wave, Here’s What Happened to the Last One By Paul Hockenos March 19, 2020 On the border between Greece […]
Church selling ‘plague protection kits’ for £91
By Tess de la Mare, PA A faith healer has been accused of “exploiting” people’s anxiety about the coronavirus crisis by selling a “plague protection kit” for £91. Bishop Climate […]
Kids are regurgitating Brexit hate – it’s time they finally heard the truth about immigration
Young people want to be able to understand how the past relates to the present day. We owe it to them to be honest, writes Beki Martin The prejudicial […]
I’m a medic on a rescue ship in Italy – right now, authorities are using coronavirus as an excuse to let migrants die
Despite the pandemic, non-assistance and deliberate delays have become the new norm in Maltese and Italian rescues zones, causing more disappearances and deaths, both at sea and in Libya Valeria […]