Pandemic

Facing financial, emotional and mental pressures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 40 migrant workers have committed suicide since the movement control order (MCO) was implemented on March 18.According to the police, there have been at least 49 foreigners who committed suicide from March to October - 46 of…

Lockdown school closures fuel sharp rise in the number of children working at diamond mines in the war-torn country, researchers say Since the coronavirus forced his school to close in March, Papin has been working six days a week at a diamond mine in the Central African Republic (CAR) -…

PUBLISHED: 10:56 03 December 2020 | UPDATED: 11:33 03 December 2020 Franki Berry Islington mayor, Cllr Janet Burgess, switching on Christmas lights. Picture: Islington Council Archant Shoppers are being urged to help keep the high street thriving this Small Business Saturday during what has been a tough year. Christmas lights…

Email Posted December 03, 2020 12:36:02 The pandemic has had a significant impact on elderly Australians, particularly those living in aged care. Some of the seniors in our community share what life in the pandemic has been like for them. Source: ABC News | Duration: 5min 19sec Topics: aged-care, human-interest,…

Washington, D.C., December 2, 2020 (PAHO)—The COVID-19 pandemic “disproportionally affects the most vulnerable – especially our populations of African descent” and PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne today urged health authorities to “face this pressing challenge.” In a press briefing, Etienne said, “We’re taking this issue as a priority and mainstreaming…

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In 2019, Anne Helen Petersen wrote a now-viral Buzzfeed article about how millennials had become the burnout generation, arguing that this digitally native group (those born between 1981 and 1996) were “trained, tailored and primed for the workplace,” suffering from the plight of a never-ending to-do list, burned out by…

Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser to Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday, after a controversial four months during which he attacked science-based public health measures and clashed repeatedly with other members of the coronavirus taskforce.“I am writing to resign from my position as Special Advisor…

(Left to right) Chairman of charity committee William Doo Guilherme Jnr, RTHK head of English programme services Hugh Chiverton, lady captain Trinette Cheng and captain Clarence Leung, at the Hong Kong Golf Club in October. Photo: Jonathan Wong The club’s annual Cup of Kindness event was in support of the…

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