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UN human rights office calls for compassion following Rohingya deaths at sea
The UN human rights office (OHCHR), is calling for compassion for people desperately seeking shelter, after 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died on a boat in the Bay of Bengal that had spent nearly two months at sea.…
Coronavirus economics: Debt-laden countries at risk, as financial markets screech to a halt
Economists and finance experts are warning that countries with “high” or “distressed” public debt levels are at risk of severe economic shocks amid the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for restructuring plans based on the principle of…
Lady Gaga promises star-studded ‘love letter to the world’ amidst global pain of COVID-19 pandemic
This weekend’s “One World: Together At Home” virtual global special will be a “love letter to the world” and a salute to health workers on the front lines of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, pop superstar Lady Gaga said on Friday.…
Tough times for tourism, but UN travel organization predicts holiday traffic will return
Tourism may have been brought to a near-standstill by COVID-19, but the industry – which accounts for 10 per cent of global GDP – finds itself in a unique position to help put the global economy back on its feet, once the pandemic…
Coronavirus Deaths at US Nursing Homes Soar to Over 5,600
The number of reported coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in the United States has more than doubled to 5,670 since last week, according to new data.
The soaring death rate at residential…
International Cooperation Department: Reducing Aid Reveals an Internationalism Trade on Yemenis…
Head of the International Cooperation Department at the Supreme Council for Humanitarian Affairs, Mane’e Al-Asal, confirmed Thursday, that the decision to reduce aid in Yemen is a political decision that is far from the humanitarian…
UNICEF: 50,000 Cases of Thalassemia in Yemen
UNICEF revealed on Wednesday that 50000 cases of blood disorder, thalassemia, are on record in Yemen, while 700 new cases of thalassemia are diagnosed yearly.
“In Yemen 700 new cases of thalassemia are diagnosed yearly," the…
Report: Saudi Arabia Carried Out 800 Executions Under King Salman
Saudi Arabia has conducted its 800th execution under the five-year reign of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz last week, the UK-based human rights organisation Reprieve reported yesterday.
This is double the amount of executions…
Middle East Eye: Coronavirus and Aid Cuts, Yemen Faces ’Two Disasters at Once’
A lengthy report by the Middle East Eye website published, Monday, talks about the step taken by the United Nations to reduce food aid in Yemen and the negative effects of this decision on the besieged country, whose residents suffer from…
COVID-19 Deaths in UK Hospitals Rose 861 to 13,729, the Biggest Daily Rise in Five Days
The United Kingdom’s death toll from COVID-19 in hospitals rose 861 to 13,729, as of 1600 GMT on April 15, the health ministry said.
It was the biggest daily rise in five days.
“327,608 people have been tested of…