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COVID-19 news
Updated U.S. CDC guidance acknowledges coronavirus can spread through the air — 21 September 2020
Nearly 80% displaced people have lost job, income due to virus: refugee council — 21 September 2020
UK at 'critical point' in pandemic, top scientists to warn — 20 September 2020
U.S. Covid-19 death toll surpasses 200,000 — 19 September 2020
Madrid orders partial lockdown after surge in Covid-19 infections — 19 September 2020
Coronavirus can spread on airline flights, two studies show — 19 September 2020
: SWISS Air still refusing to social distance on flights (LINK)
50 Experts to Trust in a Pandemic: includes Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — 18 September 2020
"To understand the coronavirus, what is needed to respond to a pandemic on a global scale, and the ins and outs of the WHO’s response, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is a worthwhile follow as the head of the organization and a very active tweeter."
Coronavirus: WHO warns Europe over 'very serious' Covid surge — 18 September 2020
French COVID-19 cases jump to new daily record above 13,000 — 18 September 2020
International transport and supply chains key to COVID-19 recovery: UN agencies — 18 September 2020
WFP Chief warns of grave dangers of economic impact of Coronavirus as millions are pushed further into hunger:"WFP is going all-out to reach as many as 138 million people this year — the biggest scale-up in our history. Already, in the first six months of 2020, we’ve reached 85 million people" — 17 September 2020
France to implement extra Covid-19 measures in Lyon, Nice as cases climb — 17 September 2020
Wealth of US billionaires rises by nearly a third during pandemic — 17 September 2020
Explainer: Why Singapore's COVID-19 death rate is the world's lowest — 17 September 2020
WHO warns Latin America reopening too soon amid COVID-19 risk — 17 September 2020
For COVID-19, as with everything else, Americans on the right and left live in different universes when it comes to trusting the media — 17 September 2020
Where We Stand With the Most Promising COVID Vaccine Candidates in the World
The Racist Cost of a Pandemic Vacation in The Bahamas — 15 September 2020
"Tourism is not only too susceptible to global events — especially those affecting North America — but a vehicle of oppression and a microcosm of a society. People in critical positions — housekeeping, security, and food service — are paid low wages, increasing their dependence on tips and, by extension, deference, subservience, and the inability to say no. They work erratic shifts, miss special family occasions, and completely exhaust themselves if they pursue a degree to facilitate a career change."
: Caribbean Dreams – Economic Nightmares (LINK)
WHO Issues Plea for US $35 Billion To Fast-Track COVID-19 Vaccines As United Nations General Assembly Convenes Virtually — 15 September 2020
District hospital records UK's first fatal outbreak of hospital-acquired Covid — 15 September 2020
Coronavirus: WHO reports record daily rise in new infections — 14 September 2020
Redefining Covid-19: Months after infection, patients report breathing difficulty, excessive fatigue — 13 September 2020
No masks, no distancing: Schools in Denmark defy COVID-19 — with success so far — 13 September 2020
Coronavirus: BBC poll shows stark divide between rich and poor countries — 11 September 2020
'UN virtual meetings cost us more than face-to-face sessions': UNOG — 11 September 2020
Woodward Book Casts New Light On Trump's Fight With WHO — 11 September 2020
Switzerland ranked 4th for economic come back, according to study — 11 September 2020
Switzerland ranked 4th for economic come back, according to study — 11 September 2020
Coronavirus: weekly cases up 24% in Switzerland — 11 September 2020
Eating out is among riskiest activities during COVID-19 pandemic, CDC says: the CDC found adults who tested positive for the coronavirus were about twice as likely than those who tested negative to have gone to a restaurant before getting sick — 10 September 2020
A Dentist's Rules of Oral Hygiene in the Era of Mask-Wearing — 10 September 2020
RealMe Report Indicates Online Daters Lowered Standards During Covid-19 Quarantine — 10 September 2020
UK announces 'moonshot' coronavirus testing plan: also, The Indonesian capital will go back into lockdown in a bid to contain an escalating outbreak that has pushed hospitals to the brink of collapse — 10 September 2020
France's COVID hospitalisations at 1-month high as cases surge — 10 September 2020
"Phuket Model" to be re-named, expanded to all of Thailand — 10 September 2020
Science and policy – advice from Swiss Public health experts — 10 September 2020
Vitamin D Nearly Eliminated COVID Hospitalizations, In New Study — 9 September 2020
Why COVID-19 is more deadly in people with obesity—even if they're young — 8 September 2020
The International Scientists Getting Pushed Out of the US by Visa Suspension — 8 September 2020
Still wiping down your grocery store purchases? Coronavirus risk is 'exceedingly small', experts say — 8 September 2020
India becomes COVID-19 second-worst-hit nation with 90,000 cases in 24 hours — 7 September 2020
Geneva Macro Labs on Blockchain supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals — 7 September 2020
Famous people who have had COVID-19 — 7 September 2020
U.S. regains 1.4 million jobs in August and unemployment drops to 8.4% as economic recovery shows resilience — 4 September 2020
Thailand Reports 1st Local Coronavirus Case in 100 Days — 3 September 2020
Launch of Geneva Health Files, a website that tracks the governance of global health — 3 September 2020
Coronavirus digest: Contact-tracing apps can lead to 15% drop in cases, says Oxford study — 3 September 2020
Billionaire Jack Ma's Covid donations to Kenya gone missing — 3 September 2020
Amid plans to quit, U.S. will not pay what it owes WHO this year — 2 September 2020
US says it will not join global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine — 2 September 2020
New W.H.O. advisory on corticosteroids for COVID-19 — 2 September 2020
NYTimes report: Steroids Can Be Lifesaving for Covid-19 Patients, Scientists Report
Convalescent plasma not recommended to treat COVID-19, U.S. government panel says — 2 September 2020
Taylor & Francis Group makes all its info on COVID-19 free to read online, including Managing the Global Health Response to Epidemics — 2 September 2020
France prepares €100 billion rescue package to save coronavirus-hit economy: 4 times as much as in 2008 — 2 September 2020
Europe's national soccer teams back in action after 10-month gap — 1 September 2020
A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged — 1 September 2020
Experts say that this activity is disproportionately responsible for coronavirus infections: risky indoor meetings — 1 September 2020
Spain counts the cost of dramatic drop in tourism arrivals for 2020 — 1 September 2020
Non-COVID-related news
Thousands of Britons living in EU told their UK bank accounts will be closed: Lloyds and Barclays among banks taking action due to lack of post-Brexit trade deal — 21 September 2020
With ‘Hunger Games’ Salutes, Thais Defy Norms Over Monarchy: demonstrations are pushing boundaries over what can and can't be said — 21 September 2020
While BP and other European companies invest billions in renewable energy, Exxon and Chevron are committed to fossil fuels and betting on moonshots. — 21 September 2020
Botswana authorities identify cause of mysterious elephant deaths: Officials say toxins produced by cyanobacteria in water were behind the death of more than 300 mammals — 21 September 2020
Arrest of woman from Canada over letter to Trump containing poison ricin — 21 September 2020
US Government Leak Reveals How Major Banks Move Dirty Money for Terrorists and Criminals — 21 September 2020
Explore Interactive Map of Thousands Of Suspicious Payments Sent Around The World — 20 September 2020
No U.N. support for reimposing Iran sanctions, secretary-general says after U.S. acts unilaterally — 20 September 2020
Oracle And Walmart Become Partners With TikTok, Trump Signs Off On Deal — 20 September 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sharpened Her Writing Skills, taught by Vladimir Nabokov, To Persuade People Who Are Hard To Convince — 20 September 2020
Thailand: largest protest to date calls for a change of government, new elections and monarchy reform — 19 September 2020
About 9,000 migrants on Greece's Lesbos move into tent camp after fire — 19 September 2020
Russia’s Navalny says he's now more than 'technically alive' — 19 September 2020
Map of conflicting claims in South China Sea — 19 September 2020
Colombian police charged with killing that sparked riots — 19 September 2020
Volcanic Caribbean island of Dominica shaken by explosion of steam and gas — 19 September 2020
: Coping with disaster after Hurricane Maria (LINK)
Three women, 2 from Africa, in final five for WTO leadership race — 19 September 2020
Notable names on Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees after RBG's death — 19 September 2020
Peru's President Vizcarra survives impeachment vote amid economic crisis — 19 September 2020
EU set to miss Monday deadline to impose Belarus sanctions - diplomats — 19 September 2020
China Says It Will Act If U.S. Persists on WeChat, TikTok Ban — 19 September 2020
Brexit: Amal Clooney quits government envoy role over law break plan — 19 September 2020
UN at 75: CSM on the good, the bad and the future — 19 September 2020
Who is to blame for Zimbabwe's land reform disaster? Britain, not Zimbabwe, should pay for colonial land grabs — 20 September 2020
U.S. Justice Department indicts six with conspiracy to pay bribes to Amazon employees — 18 September 2020
US Embassy in Kabul warns of extremist attacks against women — 18 September 2020
Yemeni warring sides hold UN-sponsored talks on prisoner swap — 18 September 2020
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for Democratic emails, lawyer says — 18 September 2020
U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II strips Harvey Weinstein of CBE award — 18 September 2020
Kosovo awards Trump with Order of Freedom for peace efforts — 18 September 2020
David Attenborough's Age of Extinction: are viewers finally ready for the truth about nature? — 18 September 2020
Belarus attempts to stop testimony at urgent UN human rights debate — 18 September 2020
How Russian media is trying to save Lukashenko's Belarus — 18 September 2020
Belarus president closes western borders, puts army on high alert — 17 September 2020
Human Rights Council resolution on Belarus (PDF) — 17 September 2020
The results of the vote were:
For (23) : Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark ,Fiji, Germany, Italy, Japan, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and Uruguay.
Against (2) : Eritrea and Venezuela.
Abstentions (22) : Angola, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Togo.
Food Is Now 135% More Expensive Across West and Central Africa and 80% more in Southern Africa — 17 September 2020
: Coronavirus Stories: Not just a health pandemic, but a multi-sectorial crisis requiring Africa specific solutions (LINK)
Goodbye, Big Oil: "Half the world's proven reserves (1.7 trillion barrels) will never be needed" — 17 September 2020
Human rights abuses persist in Burundi despite new gov't: UN: "Security forces and the youth wing of the governing party, the Imbonerakure, continue to have almost total impunity for beatings, kidnappings and sexual violence, the report said." — 17 September 2020
Former Trump security adviser says Afghanistan policy has left U.S. less safe — 17 September 2020
Viktor Orban, Fidesz allies defang Hungary's critical media — 17 September 2020
Flood of gold from Switzerland to U.S. stopped in August — 17 September 2020
Uber Safety Driver Charged In First Death Caused By 'Self-Driving' Vehicle — 17 September 2020
Tesla driver in Canada charged over 'napping while speeding' — 17 September 2020
Federal judge blocks U.S. Postal Service changes that slowed mail — 17 September 2020
Fact check: There's no evidence Donald Trump helped with 9/11 response — 17 September 2020
What 2020 has taught us about how to achieve universal health coverage: The public, private and non-profit sectors must be willing to give up some control for long-term success — 17 September 2020
UN panel accuses Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity — 17 September 2020
This marine biologist wants to use the world's toughest corals (in mangroves) to save dying reefs — 17 September 2020
: Mangroves: a tool for climate change – and more (LINK)
New UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Coral Reefs — 16 September 2020
Dublin rule for asylum seekers to be replaced, EU’s von der Leyen says — 16 September 2020
Former IAAF President Lamine Diack of Senegal convicted in Paris on corruption charges — 16 September 2020
Pentagon Papers leaker comes to the defence of Assange — 16 September 2020
Why industry needs a reset — and how to do it — 16 September 2020
Libya's UN-backed PM al-Sarraj says he plans to quit — 16 September 2020
Greece: 4 Afghans charged with arson for fire at Lesbos camp — 16 September 2020
U.S. EPA postpones environmental justice training after White House memo — 16 September 2020
Trump HHS official to take 'leave of absence' amid uproar — 16 September 2020
New Report Documents How Climate Migration Could Reshape U.S. — 16 September 2020
Earlier: The Great Climate Migration
Round table on The Future of Internet Governance in Geneva — 16 September 2020
Is the future of internet governance in Geneva? — 16 September 2020
OECD report finds global economic outlook not as bad as expected — 16 September 2020
U.S. charges 5 Chinese citizens in global hacking campaign — 16 September 2020
Onboard Birthday Party May Have Caused Mauritius Oil Spill — 16 September 2020
Bahamas to Roll Out 'Sand Dollar' Digital Currency Next Month — 16 September 2020
'Hi, this is Navalny': Poisoned Kremlin critic posts his own update on condition — 15 September 2020
Asian economies to shrink for first time in 60 years — 15 September 2020
UN global biodiversity report shows all 20 targets missed as pollution, climate change and overfishing rage on — 15 September 2020
World Trade Organization rules U.S. tariffs on China are illegal — 15 September 2020
Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, abuses — 15 September 2020
Biden receives endorsement from Scientific American, magazine's first in 175-year history — 15 September 2020
Afghanistan’s memory museum pushes for justice — 15 September 2020
Haiti capital Port au Prince brought to standstill by protesting police — 15 September 2020
Venezuela says captured US 'spy' sought to sabotage power grid — 15 September 2020
A fact I didn’t find in Facebook’s new climate science center: Just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of emissions. — 15 September 2020
5 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at the same time for only the second time in history (i.e. since 1971) — 15 September 2020
Russian loan won't keep Lukashenko afloat for long — 15 September 2020
U.S. Federal Appeals Court Rules Government Can End Humanitarian Protections For Some 300,000 Immigrants — 14 September 2020
'Hotel Rwanda' hero charged with terrorism — 14 September 2020
The UN at Seventy-Five: How to Make it Relevant Again, a U.S. Council on Foreign Relations survey — 14 September 2020
British-Iranian mother jailed in Tehran could face extra year in prison — 13 September 2020
Uganda has suspended hundreds of refugee aid agencies — 13 September 2020
Dozens Feared Dead as Nepal Landslides Wipe Out Homes — 13 September 2020
Kim Jong-un photographed after 'five of his critics executed' — 13 September 2020
Athletes Germany calls for International Olympics Committee sanctions after Iranian wrestler's execution — 13 September 2020
More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo — 13 September 2020
Thailand tells universities to stop students' calls for monarchy reform — 13 September 2020
Lindt Opens World's Largest Chocolate Museum – With the World's Largest Chocolate Fountain — 12 September 2020
Archaeologists race to uncover stone-age crystal hunt in Swiss Alps — 11 September 2020
Conservation Works: At Least 28 Birds and Mammals Have Been Saved from Extinction Since 1993 — 11 September 2020
Rio Tinto CEO and other executives quit after destruction of priceless Aboriginal heritage site — 11 September 2020
UK signs first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan — 11 September 2020
Court Blocks Trump's Attempt To Change Who Counts For Allocating House Seats: The president, the court concluded, cannot leave unauthorized immigrants out of that specific count — 11 September 2020
Oregon’s largest city reportedly declared a state of emergency Thursday as 500,000 residents across the state — more than 10% of the population — have been forced to flee their homes due to fast-moving and deadly wildfires. — 11 September 2020
Court Blocks Trump's Attempt To Change Who Counts For Allocating House Seats: The president, the court concluded, cannot leave unauthorized immigrants out of that specific count — 11 September 2020
Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa — 10 September 2020
Ecological Crises Could Displace More Than 1 Billion People by 2050: Report — 10 September 2020
Hackers linked to Russia, China, and Iran are trying to spy on people tied to both President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, Microsoft said Thursday. — 10 September 2020
Expert on Amazon tribes killed by arrow from uncontacted group — 10 September 2020
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi suspended from rights prize community — 10 September 2020
Myanmar military gets billions from profitable business: Amnesty — 10 September 2020
Myanmar's upcycling monk leads push to cut plastic waste — 10 September 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray region votes, defying Premier — 10 September 2020
Wildlife in 70% 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction: WWF — 10 September 2020
WTO leadership race seen as hostage to U.S. election — 10 September 2020
Tour de France Swiss rookie Hirschi wins stage 12 (first time in 12 years), Roglic stays in yellow — 10 September 2020
Switzerland enshrines its crypto-friendly policies into law — 10 September 2020
Brexit Talks Hit Crisis as Boris Johnson Rejects Ultimatum. Europe has demanded the quick withdrawal of draft Brexit legislation that breaks international law — 10 September 2020
Pentagon rescinding order to shutter Stars and Stripes paper — 10 September 2020
The rise and fall of Pret a Manger — 10 September 2020
Assange on Trial: A Stunning Lack of Transparency and Fairness — 9 September 2020
Disinformation: EU presses social media firms to fight fake news — 10 September 2020
Mexican journalist who wrote about crime found beheaded — 10 September 2020
White professor who pretended to be Black resigns from GWU — 10 September 2020
The Arrest of a Bollywood Actor in India Shows All That's Wrong With Media Trials — 10 September 2020
Afghan officials: Kabul bomb targets VP, kills 10 civilians — 9 September 2020
Turkey sentences five journalists for naming intelligence agents in Libya — 9 September 2020
US revokes visas of over 1,000 Chinese students, citing security concerns — 9 September 2020
Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China — 9 September 2020
Nobel laureate warns arrests won’t stop Belarus protests — 9 September 2020
Opposition Leader in Belarus Averts Expulsion by Tearing Up Passport — 8 September 2020
Geneva seeks to carve its place as a home for internet governance — 9 September 2020
A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?(Not quite true) — 8 September 2020
South Africa's recession worsens as economy shrinks 51% in Q2 — 8 September 2020
Pakistan: Lahore court sentences Christian to death on blasphemy charges — 9 September 2020
British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces new charge — 8 September 2020
Australian media firms pull journalists from China over security worries — 8 September 2020
Cameroon's President Paul Biya announces first regional elections in December — 8 September 2020
Saudi court sentences eight to prison but commutes death sentences in killing of Jamal Khashoggi — 7 September 2020
Russian opposition leader Navalny out of medically induced coma, says German hospital — 7 September 2020
Almost 300 Rohingya refugees found on Indonesian beach 'after six months at sea' — 7 September 2020
Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova 'snatched from street' in Minsk — 7 September 2020
Belarus: Tens of thousands defy threats and march in Minsk — 7 September 2020
Julian Assange: UK court weighs extradition to US — 7 September 2020
Scientists develop 'light tweezers' that are small enough to move DNA — 7 September 2020
'Cultural Marxism' in universities: history of a right-wing slander — 7 September 2020
Kevin Rudd calls for Australian government support for AAP and warns media diversity at risk — 7 September 2020
Hackers Closed Argentina's Borders With $4M crypto Ransom Demand — 7 September 2020
Luxury Yacht Owners Made to Pay $100K After Anchor Drop Ruins 431 Coral Colonies: less than two days' rental — 7 September 2020
Djokovic 'sad and empty' after U.S. Open disqualification — 7 September 2020
Sudan ends 30 years of Islamic law by separating religion, state — 6 September 2020
China Freezes Credentials for Journalists at U.S. Outlets, Hinting at Expulsions — 6 September 2020
Student demonstrators demand school reform in Thailand — 6 September 2020
Forget Google Maps. It’s time to try a privacy-friendly alternative — 6 September 2020
Dozens dead in central Somalia as villagers battle al-Shabab — 5 September 2020
Niger army accused of executing over 70 civilians, probe says — 5 September 2020
Four countries risk famine, UN warns — 5 September 2020
How much is Geneva costing the UN? The tricky task of understanding the UN budget(s) — 5 September 2020
Osama bin Laden's niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11 — 5 September 2020
The millennial entrepreneurs creating a more sustainable world — 5 September 2020
: Coral Vita: Making reef rescue fun — and a business (LINK)
Locusts now threatening parts of southern Africa, UN says — 4 September 2020
Trump proposal would make it tougher to protect habitat for endangered species, critics say — 4 September 2020
Greenland ice sheet has entered a state of sustained mass loss that is irreversible — 4 September 2020
: POLAR FOCUS: The view from Greenland (LINK)
