The Chinese government in Xinjiang surveils people so thoroughly and monitors interviews so closely that it is nearly impossible to independently assess if any one factory relies on forced labor.…
(CNN)This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its "efforts to combat hunger" and its "contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected…
Many Greeks have grown frustrated as tens of thousands of asylum seekers languished on Greek islands. Now, evidence shows, a new conservative government has a new method of keeping…
SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Floods in parts of Bangladesh including northeastern Sunamganj district, 296 km away of capital Dhaka, have affected over 1.3 million people and displaced tens…
(CNN)The coronavirus pandemic has already claimed over half a million lives across the world, with case numbers continuing to rise. A new report by Oxfam now warns that the hunger…
Source: Floods in India's Assam force a million from their homes - Reuters
Venezuelan farmer Roberto Latini fears his window to plant this year’s crop is quickly closing. Source: Venezuela News: Oil, Fuel Shortages Lead to Fears of Famine - Bloomberg
One of the strongest storms in more than a decade roared ashore in eastern India and Bangladesh Wednesday, packing heavy rain and wind as millions fled to shelters in an evacuation complicated…
Source: Zimbabweans go hungry as coronavirus compounds climate woes - Reuters
Tories accused of withholding vital data, failing to respond to requests for guidance, and neglecting to reveal strategy Source: Emergency teams condemn government's 'controlling' approach to crisis | World news…
China is rejecting calls by U.S. officials to give international inspectors access to labs to make sure dangerous pathogens similar to the coronavirus are not being released accidentally.Source: China rejects Pompeo's request for…
The threat of social and political unrest around the world is rising as the coronavirus crisis fuels discontent amid food shortages, job losses and lockdowns.Source: Coronavirus fuels social and political…
The number of people facing starvation could almost double, the World Food Programme warns.Source: Coronavirus: World risks ‘biblical’ famines due to pandemic – UN - BBC News
(Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of National Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork…
Three Westchester county residents accuse WHO of failing to monitor China’s response and covering up outbreakSource: New Yorkers sue World Health Organization over coronavirus response | World news | The…
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- “Flatten the curve” has become the mantra of the global effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a powerful and immensely valuable image, helping people understand why…
Israeli officials said to have debated threat five months ago, before public was aware of coronavirus, but ‘nothing was done’ by Health MinistrySource: US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak…
Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is compared to President Woodrow Wilson’s response to the ‘Spanish Flu’ outbreak during WWI, during which Wilson lied to the…
There’s strong evidence that British colonists in 18th-century America gave Native Americans smallpox-infected blankets at least once—but did it work?Source: Did Colonists Give Infected Blankets to Native Americans as Biological…
Being turned away from events for running a fever might become the 'new normal'Source: Fever surveillance ‘to become as common as CCTV’