‘Switzerland is going to face an unimaginable level of poverty’
By Grégoire Barbey May 5, 2020 – swissinfo.ch The endless queues for food bags in Geneva show that while the health crisis seems to be subsiding, the economic crisis has […]
Like hundreds of Lebanese people, I broke lockdown to witness a desperate protest against hunger
For those rallying on the streets of Tripoli, the certainty of dying from starvation is far more pressing than the probability of contracting coronavirus, says Bel Trew @beltrew 14 minutes […]
Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignored
By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, formally filed an extensive whistleblower […]
Pfizer’s Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Human Testing in U.S.
Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Human Testing in U.S. Source: WSJ Researchers have begun giving healthy volunteers in the U.S. an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. PFE 3.07% and partner […]
Coronavirus: World leaders pledge billions for vaccine fight
Source: BBC More than $8bn (£6.5bn) has been pledged to help develop a coronavirus vaccine and fund research into the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Some 40 countries and […]
Ramadan bazaars go digital in Southeast Asia amid pandemic
Apr 28, 2020 – An online Ramadan bazaar trader wraps “Popiah” spring rolls at his home, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), […]
PBS special depicts George W. Bush impatient with diplomacy after 9/11: ‘F— it, we’re going to war’
Searing footage jogs memories of crises that punctuated Texan’s presidency: the 9/11 attacks, Iraq invasion, Hurricane Katrina and the financial meltdown. […]
Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918.
WASHINGTON (AP) — picture of Spanish Flue In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other COVID-19, the world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet here we are again, face-masked to […]
100 years after San Remo and the denial of Arab rights continues
s May 04,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES Z. ZOGBY It was appropriate that during the week in which we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, Israelis […]
Scientists Discover Antibody That Blocks Coronavirus From Infecting Cells
Source: MSN By Kashmira Gander Since the coronavirus began infecting people in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, more than 3.5 million people have been diagnosed with […]
Malaria ‘completely stopped’ by a microbe
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science correspondent Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the UK […]
More than 370 workers at a pork plant in Missouri tested positive for coronavirus. All were asymptomatic
By Hollie Silverman (CNN)373 employees and contract workers at Triumph Foods in Buchanan County, Missouri, have tested positive for coronavirus. All of them were asymptomatic, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The state of Missouri has reported 8,386 cases and 352 deaths […]
Italy starts to reopen as COVID-19 cases begin to decline
Source: ABC Italy — a country that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic — is starting to see a glimmer of hope. As the number of coronavirus cases […]
Will Lebanon’s collapse herald Hezbollah dominance or demise?
Baria Alamuddin May 03, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/nmjua Hezbollah and Iran appear more discomforted and defensive than at any time in recent memory, faced as they are with intensifying sanctions, […]
The sad story of UNITED NATIONS’s staff recruitment procedures. What you need to know when you apply for a UN position.
What I am going to say probably does not only refer to the United Nations, but many other large corporations both private and public. I am just giving an example […]
How to make sure Trump or anyone like him never, ever returns to power
Defanging the most toxic elements of the Trumpian right would benefit the world as well as the United States. But it’s up to his opponents to devise strategies to […]
Rohingya survivors tell of misery and death at sea; hundreds still adrift
World Monday, 04 May 2020 By A.S.M Suza Uddin and Poppy McPherson COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February […]
Exclusive: almost a fifth of UK homes with children go hungry in lockdown
Source: The Guardian New data shows families go without as parents lose income, meal voucher scheme is beset with problems and food banks can’t cope By Nosheen Iqbal; @nosheeniqbal The […]
British public turn to prayer as one in four tune in to religious services
Source: The Guardian Young people lead resurgence of faith, and Vicar of Dibley tops a poll as the best screen priest to lead nation through the crisis A quarter of […]
New Intermittent Fasting Program Shown to Suppress Cancer and Metabolic Disease in Mice and Humans
Source: Good News Network By Andy Corbley – As scientists become more and more fascinated by the surprising health benefits of fasting, yet another intriguing new study emphasizes the importance […]