United States President Donald Trump told his administration to temporarily suspend funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. This is what we do and we don't know what this could mean for WHO and its programs around the world: Created in 1948, the UN agency has […]
Struck by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest forecast on Tuesday. The IMF said it expects the world economy to shrink 3 percent this year, far worse than its 0.1 percent drop
Oil prices rose on Monday after major producers finally agreed to their biggest cut in production, but gains were limited amid concerns that it will not be enough to prevent oversupply with the coronavirus pandemic hitting the demand. After four days of disputes, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and other producers,
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to National Health Service staff who treated him for Covid-19, before Sunday's figures in which the UK (UK) is expected to top 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths. "I can't thank you enough," Johnson said in his first public statement since he was removed from intensive care on
The plan for the Middle East of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, provoked on Tuesday a lukewarm response from Europe and the UN, and a furious reprimand from key Muslim countries who denounced it as a betrayal of the Palestinians. These are some of everyone’s reactions to the plan, which had already
The outbreak of coronavirus has fueled a wave of anti-Chinese sentiment around the world, some called carona from stores that prohibit entry to Chinese tourists, online vitriol who mocks the country’s exotic meat trade and surprise health checks on foreign workers . The carona waris as well as called virus, which originated in China, has
The United States told its citizens not to travel to China in the first major response to the World Health Organization's declaration of a global emergency due to the spread of the coronavirus, as Chinese authorities increased the number of victims to 213 dead and almost 10,000 infections. The State Department raised its alert alert
Britain ends almost half a century of integration with its closest neighbors on Friday and leaves the European Union, starting a new chapter, but still uncertain, in its long history. In the strike of the clocks at 11 p.m. (UK time) – Midnight in Brussels – Britain becomes the first country to leave the 28-member
The World Health Organization has declared an international emergency because of the outbreak. A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has killed more than 200 people and has spread worldwide since its appearance in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The global spread of the coronavirus. – AFP Chinese authorities increased the
The head of the World Economic Forum says it is “reassuring” that US President Donald Trump and climate activist Greta Thunberg return to their annual meeting in Davos this year, and noted that environmental concerns will be a key issue WEF founder Klaus Schwab sees great changes in business, society and culture during the 50