New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) appealed to the Myanmar government and the military to allow U.N. investigators access to the crime scene for an independent probe of the crime
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the report said 135 million people around the world were suffering from severe hunger. But authors of the report warn the pandemic will more than double that number by the end of the year if swift, vigorous action is not taken.
Protests have erupted in some countries where wide restrictions are still in effect, including the United States and Russia. U.S. demonstrators have called on governors in several states to let them return to work, with President Donald Trump voicing support for the protesters
With the wider world off-limits to those practicing physical distancing, new bonds are forming closer to home. In communities around the world, neighbors are now doing curious things like hunting teddy bears and joining in evening rituals to honor frontline workers
Wangechi Wachira, the director of the Kenyan feminist Center for Rights Education and Awareness, saysthe Center has seen an increase in reported cases of violence against women
Globally, more than 2.4 million infections have been recorded while the death toll stood at more than 168,000 as of Monday, according to data compiled by disease experts at U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University
Like places across the country, the streets of Washington are nearly empty as the city works to contain coronavirus
On April 14, the Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, was thus summoned by the Quai d’Orsay after having disseminated on the internet page of his mission in France and on the Twitter social network false information implicating the nursing staff and a coalition of French parliamentarians. Washington also had to demand an explanation on March 13 after two senior officials from the Chinese foreign ministry, Zhao Linjian and Hua Chunying , suggested that the virus was from the United States
The emergency coronavirus crisis plan approved in mid-March envisions greater availability of affordable financing, tax breaks and a pledge to suspend the often-arbitrary audits that are the bane of every small and medium business in Kazakhstan. Some service-based businesses, like cinemas and restaurants, will be spared having to pay property taxes until the year’s end. For others, depending on how hard the crisis hits, there may be no tax liabilities for up to six months.
Senior World Health Organization officials say there is no evidence that people who have survived a bout of coronavirus become immune from the deadly disease and cannot pass the infection on to others
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