Sat, 16 Jan 2021 11:35:49 -0500 First Person: Cheese proves key to survival for Syrian refugee family amid pandemic Syrian refugee Fatima Hussein Al Ahmad, a mother of four, lives on a farm with 50 other workers in Sahba, Jordan. COVID-19 travel restrictions meant that didn’t work for two months in 2020, and feeding her family became a daily struggle.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:05:05 -0500 Cameroon: Authorities urged to seek justice for recent deadly attacks UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in Cameroon to take steps to prosecute perpetrators behind two recent deadly attacks in the Anglophone provinces of the country, his Spokesperson said on Friday.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:52:05 -0500 Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60 per cent over the course of last year, to levels last seen in 2003.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:07:18 -0500 COVID-19 committee stresses need for equitable vaccine access, more data sharing As COVID-19 cases spike in parts of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and new variants of the virus emerge in some countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday called for greater global collaboration in ending the pandemic.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:54:05 -0500 Child labour ‘robs children of their future’, scourge must end urges UN Although child labour has decreased significantly over the last decade, one-in-ten children are still caught up in harmful work, the UN’s labour agency said on Friday, kicking off a year-long bid to eradicate the practice.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:06:56 -0500
Latest Top (5) News
Jamaica: House of Representatives Passes Bills Easing Admission of Drug Crime Evidence (Jan. 15, 2021) On December 8, 2020, Jamaica’s House of Representatives passed amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1948, and the Evidence Act, 1843. If enacted, the amendments would introduce new procedures for securing and disposing of drugs seized in connection with drug crimes and enable the admission of drug samples and recorded images as […]
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:58:07 +0000 Turkey: Drastic Mobility Restrictions to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Adopted Nationwide (Jan. 15, 2021) In December 2020 and early January 2021, Turkey’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, in accordance with presidential cabinet decisions, issued a series of orders introducing an array of measures regulating people’s mobility in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country. In particular, a number of special measures were adopted […]
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:34:36 +0000 Israel: Law for Removal of Guardianship from Parents Convicted of Serious Domestic Offenses Adopted (Jan. 15, 2021) On December 14, 2020, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed legislation to remove guardianship from a parent of a minor child when the parent has been convicted of the murder or attempted murder of the child’s other parent or the parent’s other children, or of raping or sodomizing any of the parent’s children. […]
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:30:06 +0000 Germany: New English-Speaking Commercial Court Opened in the State of Baden-Württemberg (Jan. 15, 2021) At the beginning of November 2020, the first English-speaking commercial court began operating in Germany, with locations in Stuttgart (Stuttgart Commercial Court) and Mannheim (Mannheim Commercial Court). The commercial court decides disputes in international commercial law. According to a press release issued by the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, the purpose of the […]
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:30:12 +0000 Iraq: Parliament Considers New Anti-cybercrimes Bill (Jan. 14, 2021) On November 23, 2020, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (parliament) finished reading and discussing a new anti-cybercrimes bill. The bill identifies a number of acts as cybercrimes and establishes penalties for them. While discussing the provisions of the bill, members of the parliament called for striking a balance between the crimes cited […]