Don’t expect first COVID-19 vaccinations until early 2021 – WHO’s Ryan
Geneva/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization expert said on Wednesday. WHO is working to ensure fair vaccine distribution, but in the meantime it is key to suppress the virus’s […]
Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million – Reuters tally
Sydney, Australia/London, UKReuters Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis. In the United States, which has the highest number of cases in the world with 3.91 million infections, President Donald Trump warned: […]
Online view swap offers a window on a world in lockdown
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Bored of seeing the same view day after day under lockdown? Why not try swapping it for one on the other side of the world? That is the idea behind a website that allows people to travel the world virtually by sharing videos from their windows, from a New York cityscape […]
StrangeSights: All the art you can steal; musical ice-cream cones; and, ‘Golden Girls’ house on the market for $US3 million
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Church blasts Nevada’s “litigation tactic” at US Supreme Court
Reno, Nevada, USAP A rural church trying to persuade the US Supreme Court to suspend Nevada’s 50 person cap on worship services is accusing Governor Steve Sisolak of adding the church’s county to a list of those with elevated cases of COVID-19 as part of a “litigation tactic.” Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley east of Reno […]
COVID-19 cases rise in Mexico, Brazil
Mexico City, MexicoAP Mexico passed the 40,000-death mark Tuesday and reported near-record levels of newly confirmed coronavirus cases. The Health Department reported that COVID-19 deaths rose by 915 to reach 40,400, the fourth highest total behind the United Kingdom at 45,507. A man not wearing a face mask walks by as city health department workers […]
Labour abuse fears rise for Thai migrant workers in Israel under new deal
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thai agricultural workers in Israel will be at greater risk of labour abuses under a new partnership between the governments, advocates said, voicing concerns that the United Nations migration agency would no longer oversee the process. Thailand’s Department of Employment this week signed a deal with the Israeli government – replacing […]
The Interview: Pastor Ashlee Eiland on how kindness can heal a world divided by pandemic, protests and politics
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, talks to US pastor Ashlee Eiland about her new book on kindness…
US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints
Beijing, ChinaAP China said on Tuesday it would take unspecified “necessary measures” after the US Government imposed trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated in human rights abuses in China’s Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. The sanctions add to US pressure on Beijing over Xinjiang, where the ruling Communist Party is accused of […]
Essay: To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap
In an article first published on The Conversation, academics MICHAEL FAKHRI, of the University of Oregon, and NTINA TZOUVALA, of Australian National University, look at why cheaper food isn’t the answer to the world’s hunger crisis…