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Covid-19 and tourism: Can domestic travel address tourism slump in emerging markets?
May 29, 2020 04:14The revival of domestic travel in emerging markets is being led by countries that have been comparatively successful in avoiding large-scale outbreaks of the coronavirus, and which rely on tourism for a significant portion of GDP. One such country is Vietnam, which by May 25 had limited COVID-19 cases to 326 and had not experienced a virus-related death. These results are remarkable considering Vietnam’s population of 97 million and its close geographical and economic ties with China.
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The Cummings debacle has exposed Boris Johnson’s weakness and dependency
May 28, 2020 11:20By defending his most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson has demolished a sense of moral obligation, undermining the public spirit that says “I will if you will”. He has allowed Britons all to follow their “instinct”, not the contact tracers’ instructions. Prof Stephen Reicher, of the Sage behavioral insights subcommittee, says: “Johnson has trashed all the advice we have given on how to build trust and secure adherence to the measures necessary to control COVID-19.”
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US Senate quietly approves $38 billion for Israeli regime amid historic economic downturn
May 28, 2020 11:09The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has quietly passed a bill to give the Israeli regime a minimum of $38 billion over the next ten years despite the ongoing devastation to the U.S. economy caused by the coronavirus.
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US homelessness could rise 45 percent in one year due to unemployment crisis
May 28, 2020 11:04The rash of US layoffs sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and statewide lockdowns are expected to increase homelessness by up to 45%, according to a new analysis by an economist at Columbia University.
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Trump says he will not “close the country” If second wave of virus hits
May 28, 2020 05:15US president, Donald Trump has recognized the likelihood of a second wave of COVID-19 but has rejected the idea of another round of stay-at-home rules to contain the spread of the virus if it happens. The coronavirus has sickened more than 1.5 million Americans and caused more than 90,000 domestic deaths. The death toll is expected to reach 100,000 by the beginning of June, according to the CDC.
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Aden succumbs to COVID-19 as Saudi coalition infighting distracts from relief efforts
May 27, 2020 11:07The lives of Yemeni civilians in Aden are being pushed into the abyss not only due to epidemic, disease, and fallout from flash floods but because of violence of Saudi-led Coalition.
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Why US veterans are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic
May 27, 2020 06:24US Veterans are among the most hard-hit by the coronavirus, with heightened health and economic threats from the pandemic. These veterans face homelessness, lack of health care, delays in receiving financial support and even death. Recent studies have revealed gaps in US health care and financial support for veterans.
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Global CO2 emissions to drop 4-7% in 2020, but will it matter?
May 27, 2020 06:21Lead author Corinne Le Quere, a professor at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia said “Population confinement has led to drastic changes in energy use and CO2 emissions,” adding, “However, these extreme decreases are likely to be temporary, as they do not reflect structural changes in the economic, transport or energy systems.”
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COVID-19 cases spark concern in Rohingya refugee camps
May 27, 2020 06:06Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar's Rakhine and neighboring Chin State are considered at particularly high risk of COVID-19 for a number of reasons, including active conflict and travel restrictions. More than 8,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Chin Christians, fled fighting in recent months between the military and the Arakan Army group in the Paletwa and Matupi townships which border Rakhine.
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From Kenya to Bangladesh, mask-making has become a thriving cottage industry
May 26, 2020 04:09Regina Catrambone, Cofounder of Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), which has worked in Bangladesh since 2017 says “When we saw in other countries how fast the coronavirus pandemic was spreading, we thought about how we could use our resources to help prevent the spread in Bangladesh.