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Coronavirus: Migrants struggle to send money home
May 18, 2020 · By Frey Lindsay for www.bbc.com
Remittances are a lifeline for tens of millions of families around the world. But as the coronavirus pandemic limits the ability of migrants to work and send their wages back home, that lifeline is drying up. Smitha Girish lives in Kerala in south-west India with her young son Ishaan. Her husband is in Dubai in […]
Read More...Climate change: Study pours cold water on oil company net zero claims
May 15, 2020 · By Matt McGrath for www.bbc.com
Claims by oil and gas companies that they are curbing their carbon emissions in line with net zero targets are overstated, according to a new review. The independent analysis of six large European corporations acknowledges they have taken big steps on CO2 recently. In April, Shell became the latest to announce ambitious plans to be […]
Read More...Children affected by rare Kawasaki-like disease
May 15, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. In a tiny number of children it can cause serious complications, with some needing intensive care. Up to 100 children in the UK have been affected and studies suggest the same reaction is being seen in children elsewhere […]
Read More...Afghan attack: Maternity ward death toll climbs to 24
May 15, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
The number of people who were killed in a militant attack on a maternity ward in the Afghan capital has risen to 24. Mothers, newborn babies and nurses were among the victims. At least 16 people were injured, the health ministry said. Tuesday’s attack in Kabul prompted widespread condemnation. No group has said it carried […]
Read More...The coronavirus ‘may never go away,’ a top W.H.O. official said, warning against expecting a quick vaccine.
May 14, 2020 · By The New York Times for www.nytimes.com
The novel coronavirus spreading around the globe “may never go away,” becoming a long-term fact of life that must be managed, not an enemy that can be permanently eradicated, a top World Health Organization official said on Wednesday. “This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go […]
Read More...Child abuse predator ‘handbook’ lists ways to target children during coronavirus lockdown
May 14, 2020 · By Melissa Davey for www.theguardian.com
Child abusers have created and shared an online grooming manual describing ways to manipulate and exploit the increased number of children at home and online during Covid-19, Australia’s e-safety commissioner has said. Covid-19 restrictions have coincided with a significant increase in reports to the eSafety Office about child sexual abuse material, Julie Inman Grant told […]
Read More...Rapper 6ix9ine has $200k charity donation rejected
May 14, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Rapper 6ix9ine has had a $200,000 (£163,000) donation to a children’s charity rejected. The No Kid Hungry campaign said it has a policy of rejecting funding from donors who do not fit with its values. The rapper, who was recently in prison for crimes he carried out as part of a violent gang before making […]
Read More...Maria Branyas: ‘Oldest woman in Spain’ beats coronavirus at 113
May 14, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A 113-year-old woman – believed to be the oldest woman in Spain – has recovered from the coronavirus, officials have said. Maria Branyas was diagnosed with Covid-19 after the country went into lockdown in March. But after weeks in isolation, Ms Branyas recovered, having suffered only mild symptoms. It means she has lived through the […]
Read More...Ahmaud Arbery: Hate crime charges considered over US jogger killing
May 12, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
The US justice department is considering federal hate crimes charges over the death of unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia in February. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis, who are white, are facing murder and assault charges over the shooting. The case sparked national outrage when video of the death emerged last week. Mr […]
Read More...Climate change: Study pours cold water on oil company net zero claims
May 12, 2020 · By Matt McGrath for www.bbc.com
Claims by oil and gas companies that they are curbing their carbon emissions in line with net zero targets are overstated, according to a new review. The independent analysis of six large European corporations acknowledges they have taken big steps on CO2 recently. In April, Shell became the latest to announce ambitious plans to be […]
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