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How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty
Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple…
SpaceX Astronaut Launch: Here’s The Rocket Science It Must Get Right
Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, will make history by travelling to the International Space Station…
Where The International Space Station’s Visitors Come From
These countries have sent the highest number of individuals to visit the International Space Station. These are the…
SpaceX Reaches For Milestone In Spaceflight – A Private Company Launches Astronauts Into Orbit
On May 27, two American astronauts, Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley, are planning to launch from…
The World At War In 2020
Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple regions across the world are mired in armed conflict. Armed Conflict…
Coronavirus: Governments Knew A Pandemic Was A Threat – Here’s Why They Weren’t Better Prepared
Most people think or at least hope their government is doing a good job in the face of…
How Are Governments Responding To The Coronavirus Pandemic?
Governments around the world resort to variations of response measures and policies to end COVID-19. With over four…
The World’s Best Airports 2020
Travellers worldwide selected these airports as the best in the world for the year 2020. Singapore Changi Airport…
Nurses On The Front Lines: A History Of Heroism From Florence Nightingale To Coronavirus
Nurses are heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. May 12 is International Nurses Day, which commemorates the birthday of…
Coronavirus: Could The World Have Prepared Better For A Pandemic?
As much of the world gets used to social distancing, school closures and restrictions in movement in response…
These Are The World’s Top Military Spenders
What would happen if instead the military budget was used to finance our healthcare system? Economic rivals U.S.…
Global GDP To Plummet 3% In 2020 Due To Coronavirus Pandemic — IMF
With COVID-19 capsizing the global economy, GDP is expected to dive into a deep plunge. The global gross…
The Mysterious Disappearance Of The First SARS Virus, And Why We Need A Vaccine For The Current One But Didn’t For The Other
Some people question why the current coronavirus has brought the world to standstill while a previous deadly coronavirus,…
The Countries Where Press Freedom Thrives In 2020
These are the freest countries for journalists, according to the 2020 World Press Freedom Index. Norway emerges as…
A Brief History Of May 01 Labour Day Celebrations
Every first of May, we celebrate Labour Day. But why? How did this commemoration begin? There are two…
COVID-19, Debt, And The Politics Of Austerity
Numbered are the certainties in this coronavirus pandemic. Among these are unprecedented levels of debt. Even before the…
How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Disrupting The Global Stock Market
The COVID-19 pandemic is swiftly rewriting the landscape of the stock market into a tragedy. 2.9 million people…
What Just Happened To The Price Of Oil?
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into…
Earth Day 50: An Earth Day Unlike Any Other
This year, Earth Day leads the call for greater action in tackling the climate crisis. April 22 marks…
Reshaping Climate Action In A Post-Pandemic World
The COVID-19 pandemic teaches valuable lessons on how to better act on the climate crisis. For the first…
COVID-19: Social Distancing Is Triggering Another Crisis We Must Prevent
With people staying in their homes, we must prevent a crisis that’s growing alongside COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Who’s Most Vulnerable To COVID-19’s Impact On Tourism?
COVID-19 has hurt the world’s economies. However, tourism-dependent countries are more vulnerable to economic fallout. The number of…
The Biggest Financial Contributors To The World Health Organization
With Trump announcing that the US will halt funding, China will be WHO’s biggest benefactor. The United States…
A Year After The Fire, Coronavirus Stalls Notre-Dame’s Rebirth
On 15 April 2019, a fire broke out in the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, reducing huge portions of…
OPEC+ Ends Oil Price War With A Historic Deal
The coronavirus pandemic has brought massive shocks across the stock market. Adding fuel to the fire, an oil…
How Much Do Countries Spend On Their Health Systems?
With almost 2 million confirmed cases globally, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to place a massive strain on the…
How Much Of The World Is Already On COVID-19 Lockdown?
With the total number of confirmed cases reaching more than 1.4 million globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed…
A Brief History Of The World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) began its operations 71 years ago today. Also during this day, WHO celebrates…
After Coronavirus The World Will Never Be The Same. But Maybe, It Can Be Better
Life has changed a lot in the past few days, weeks, or months, depending where you live. As…
How To Cope With The Mental Health Effects Of Social Distancing For COVID-19
According to the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the novel…
What Will The World Be Like After Coronavirus? Four Possible Futures
Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night…
The World In 2050: How Will The Global Economic Order Change By 2050?
What will happen to the world economy by the year 2050? PwC published some long-term predictions for the…
Corporate Socialism: The Government Is Bailing Out Investors And Managers Not You
The U.S. government is enacting measures to save the airlines, Boeing, and similarly affected corporations. While we clearly…
The State Of Education In The Face Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
There are now around 962,977 confirmed cases of COVID-19 all over the world as of April 02, according…
Coronavirus: Three Ways The Crisis May Permanently Change Our Lives
The realisation that life is going to change for a good while is starting to take hold. To…
The Flu Pandemic Of 1918: Modern Parallels From A Century-Old Pandemic
The influenza pandemic of 1918 (also known as the Spanish flu, even though it didn’t originate in Spain)…
COVID-19 Treatment Might Already Exist In Old Drugs – We’re Using Pieces Of The Coronavirus Itself To Find Them
Why don’t we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them? SARS-CoV-2…
Coronavirus: A Pandemic In The Age Of Inequality
Osmel Martinez Azcue felt unwell. Having recently returned home to Florida from China and experiencing flu-like symptoms, he…
Here Are 5 Ways To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (While Staying Safe)
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the world have been cancelled in…
Quarantines Have Tried To Keep Out Disease For Thousands Of Years
The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke…
How Big Will The Coronavirus Pandemic Be? An Epidemiologist Updates His Concerns
The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into crisis,…
The Economic, Geopolitical And Health Consequences Of COVID-19
What started as an outbreak in China near the end of 2019 has now developed globally. Last week,…
Coronavirus: Why People Are Panic Buying Toilet Paper And How To Stop It
The UK has found itself in a panic buying frenzy in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. A…
Coronavirus: Which Countries Are Most Affected?
The number of those infected by COVID-19 in Mainland China reported an increase, now with a total of…
Why Do We Celebrate Women’s History Month In March?
The month of March is Women’s History Month. For this year, the theme for the commemoration is announced…
Coronavirus: We Need To Start Preparing For The Next Viral Outbreak Now
The coronavirus outbreak is officially a crisis – let’s not waste it. Undeniably, the international community is taking…
Coronavirus: Are We Heading For A Global Recession?
If the deaths caused by the recent COVID-19 outbreak aren’t already enough, there are escalating fears that this…
Coronavirus: The Blow To The Chinese Economy Could Be Felt For Years
Investors are still being fairly complacent about the novel coronavirus. After the number of new daily cases suddenly…
Coronavirus: The Latest Disease To Fuel Mistrust, Fear And Racism
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, stories of courage and strength have captured…
False Information Fuels Fear During Disease Outbreaks: There Is An Antidote
False allegations and rumours about the coronavirus outbreak have been running riot on social media and in some…