Swiss to re-open borders with neighbouring countries
By Urs Geiser May 13, 2020 – SWISSINFO.ch The border with neighbouring Germany was closed in mid-March as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Pope Francis calls for fasting during day in Ramadan for end of COVID-19
By Emily Judd, for Al Arabiya English Pope Francis has called on “believers of all faiths” to unite next Thursday in a day of fasting and prayer to ask “God […]
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, kindness isn’t just a virtue – it may heal the global economy
If businesses want to become more humane as well as productive, corporate leaders should feel obligated to credit every person in the supply chain for setting up their empire The […]
Breast Milk is a Life Saver for Young Children during Covid-19
by ismailimail Posted on May 9, 2020 By Dr. Shela Hirani (PhD, IBCLC, RN, Associate Professor, University of Regina, Faculty of Nursing, Canada) The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the vulnerability […]
Black coronavirus deaths have exposed Britain for what it really is
In some parts of the media, the tragedy that is the Covid-19 Bame death rate disparity has not been treated the way it should Nels Abbey @nelsabbey 1 day ago […]
Covid-19 fails to halt blasphemy allegations in Pakistan
Pakistan Today May 7, 2020 by KK Shahid , (Last Updated 2 days ago) LAHORE: The Covid-19 pandemic might’ve halted the entire world, with almost 3.3 million infections and over […]
Science, statistics and society – The story of a modern coup d’état
Source: Al Hakam By Asif M Basit In the last few weeks – now slowly turning into months – everyone around the world has had a set of words and […]
‘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 […]
Decision regarding this year’s Hajj expected by 15th Ramazan: minister
Source: SAMAA | Zulqarnain Iqbal – Posted: Apr 11, 2020 | Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri has said that the decision on whether or not this year’s Hajj […]
There’s only one way the fight against coronavirus resembles the real wars I’ve witnessed
Johnson and his acolytes will announce victory, but this will be untrue. Britons will still be dying with Covid-19, but their deaths will have become normal Robert Fisk @indyvoices 18 […]
Coronavirus . Stop covid or save the economy? We can do both.
MIT Technology Review Contrary to what you’ve heard, shutting down the country is also the quickest way to get it started back up again by David Rotman April 8, 2020 Francesco Ciccolella In the first employment report after social distancing measures had taken hold in many US states, […]
It’s not just a second wave of the coronavirus we’re facing, but of unemployment too
If employers know that the government’s payroll support will be suddenly cut off at the end of June it’s inevitable that many will be thinking of starting to shed staff now https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-uk-job-cuts-furlough-unemployment-redundant-treasury-a9489881.html?jwsource=cl (video link) Ben Chu @Benchu_ 12 hours ago The historian AJP Taylor argued that the […]
Explainer: Why Yemen is at war
Apr 27, 2020 – swissinfo.ch DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s leading separatist group has declared self-rule in the south, complicating U.N. efforts to end a ruinous conflict and protect […]
‘Worst contraction in history’: Economic hit of Covid-19 in UK
26th April 2020 Shahzeb Athar, Jamia Ahmadiyya UK The world as we know it has drastically taken a turn into unprecedented waters, a turn so uncharted that the entire economic outlook seems dire and calamitous. I, nevertheless, deem it quite hard to believe that anyone could have predicted an […]
What if Covid-19 isn’t our biggest threat?
by Andrew Anthony, The Guardian When eventually the coronavirus crisis begins to recede and we return to an approximation of normality – no matter how socially distanced or how much […]
Top economist: US coronavirus response is like ‘third world’ country
Source: The Guardian Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression Donald Trump’s botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like […]
Coronavirus: President Halimah calls on Muslims to support one another and make adjustments during Ramadan
Source: StraitsTimes By Hariz Baharudin SINGAPORE – President Halimah Yacob has asked Muslims in Singapore to support each other throughout the fasting month of Ramadan, and conveyed her appreciation for […]
UK. Nurse shortage causes Nightingale hospital to turn away patients
Sarah Marsh and Denis Campbell 12 hrs ago Dozens of patients with Covid-19 have been turned away from the NHS Nightingale hospital in London because it has too few nurses to treat them, the Guardian can reveal. The disclosure comes amid a growing belief among hospital management in […]
UN food agency chief: World on brink of `a hunger pandemic’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. food agency warned Tuesday that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also “on the brink […]