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UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’ as world hunger rises
Jul 07, 2022 04:37World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies.
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UN chief says ‘perfect storm’ of crises is widening global inequality
Jul 06, 2022 09:09UN Secretary General António Guterres says growing north and south divide is ‘morally unacceptable’ and dangerous.
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Experts are worried about the potential of another brutal COVID winter in US
Jul 04, 2022 14:12Virus variants BA.4 And BA.5 have begun to lay siege to Europe and other parts of the world, a harrowing preview of what may be to come to the US, as those variants are already well on their way to becoming the dominant vector in the country.
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Stagflationary global debt crisis looms – and things will get much worse
Jul 04, 2022 14:08There is ample reason to fear big economies such as the US face recession and financial turmoil.
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Boris Johnson faces investigation into claims over 40 ‘new’ hospitals
Jul 04, 2022 14:01The National Audit Office (NAO) has made clear that it is concerned at how the UK government still maintains that it will build 40 entirely new hospitals, when in reality many will merely be extensions or refurbishments of existing ones.
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Paris airport workers keep demand for pay raise alive
Jul 02, 2022 16:43Paris airport workers have planned another two-day strike for the weekend as the protest action has already disrupted early summer travels at the French capital’s international airport.
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COVID death toll vs China’s puts US to shame
Jun 29, 2022 09:37For the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic through 2021, China’s growth was always positive and greater than that of the US. China’s policy not only saved lives but protected the economy. One might say win-win.
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Study shows excess corporate profits in the US have become 'widespread'
Jun 24, 2022 15:15A new research paper finds that the US corporate price markups and profits jumped to their highest levels in seven decades last year.
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Johnson under fresh pressure to resign after crushing election defeats
Jun 24, 2022 13:36Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has suffered two parliamentary by-election defeats, dealing a big blow to the leadership of embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson and prompting the resignation of the party chairman.
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Medicare for all could have prevented more than 338,000 US Covid deaths: Study
Jun 17, 2022 07:36Covid-19 has killed more than one million people in the United States over the past two years, but more than 338,000 of those lives could have been saved if the country had a universal single-payer healthcare system such as Medicare for All.