The Explainer: The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?
JORGE HEINE, interim director of the Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what the term means…
Poor nations may see higher coronavirus deaths, warns UN official
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Governments and health systems in wealthy nations are struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting the poorest countries may be hit far harder if the virus gains a foothold there, a top UN official warned. Mami Mizutori, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, said even in developed […]