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Pandemic may have left 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020
Feb 26, 2021 06:11According to a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) report, COVID-19 might have left up to 265 million people with acute food shortages in 2020.
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Over 33 percent of US low-paid workers lost jobs during pandemic
Feb 25, 2021 12:38About half of American workers rely on employer-provided health insurance. So, by last June, as Covid-19 caused joblessness to skyrocket, nearly eight million working adults and nearly seven million of their dependents lost their coverage once they became unemployed.
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Brexit trade delays getting worse at UK border, survey finds
Feb 25, 2021 11:06Importing and exporting goods from the UK to the EU and vice versa have had deteriorating delays since Brexit was introduced at the start of the year, a new survey shows.
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Over 8,200 new COVID-19 cases reported in Iran
Feb 25, 2021 10:59Iran’s Health Ministry reported more than 8,200 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.
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Fauci laments 'historic' COVID toll as US nears 500,000 deaths
Feb 25, 2021 06:32As the US approached half a million COVID-19 deaths, the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, struggled for words to convey the grim magnitude of the death toll from the pandemic.
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COVID aid has been too small to pull millions of American families out of severe hardship
Feb 24, 2021 14:09Despite trillions of dollars in government assistance, about two-thirds of American families that suffered job losses or reduced wages during the pandemic still reported facing serious financial hardship. Many people were struggling — and still are — just to pay for basic necessities, like food and rent.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily death toll stands at 73
Feb 24, 2021 13:21The daily death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran was down to 73 on Wednesday.
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Texas blackout reveals deep impact of environmental racism, aid organizers say
Feb 24, 2021 07:06The parts of Texas which took the biggest hit from Winter Storm Uri are largely under-resourced communities of color whose infrastructure has long been inadequate and neglected, mutual aid organizers say.
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US workers cried out for more masks. The government allowed N95 exports anyway
Feb 24, 2021 06:58In the midst of a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear, allowing as many as 5 million of the masks per month to be shipped overseas.
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US cities are razing homeless encampments despite record cold weather and COVID
Feb 23, 2021 18:29In defiance of pandemic guidelines, city agencies and police across the US have refused to suspend the practice of demolishing encampments and driving out those who have sought to make shelter, potentially exposing vulnerable people to dangerous temperatures and worsening viral spread.