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As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by –3 per cent in 2020, much worse than during the 2008–09 financial crisis, the […]
A sense of calm envelopes the town. People are out in the sunshine avoiding each other, but taking their exercise. “Morning’’, “mornin ...
The World Health Organization determined Wednesday that the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic and warned that the worst is likely ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that it is working closely with its development partners—World Bank, World Health Organization, and Asian ...
The coronavirus Covid-19 presents the global economy with its greatest danger since the financial crisis, according to the latest Interim Economic Outlook by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development […]
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak that has spread from China to 18 other countries a global health emergency. Thursday’s announcement from Geneva means the WHO regards […]
World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder told Deutsche Welle in a January 27 interview marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Speeches are not enough to stop antisemitism.” Lauder blamed the internet […]
Cabinet ministers from member countries of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Bulgaria among them, adopted on January 19 the alliance’s 2020 Declaration. The summit, held in Brussels, was called […]
A projected near-doubling of measles infections has been identified amid rising severe and protracted outbreaks all over the planet, in poor and rich countries alike, the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
In the latest update to its World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its global growth forecast for 2019 and 2020 downward, citing softer momentum in the […]
