Less than a week before the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Scheme) is due to go live (currently due to open on 20 April), further significant changes have been published in the form of a Treasury Direction (the Direction), setting out the

A common topic for sector discussion is whether “fitness to study” is an appropriate term to use in connection with an institution’s regulation of its student community where a concern arises about the ability of a student to study...

Redacted figures, including drone strikes, are the latest military data to be restricted in a conflict that killed or injured 10,000 civilians in 2019.

On top of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, locust swarms are threatening farms and food. Iran says sanctions are thwarting its response plans.

Shattered ceasefires, a $6.7-billion price tag, and Italy’s migrant amnesty: updates on how COVID-19 is disrupting humanitarian efforts around the globe.

Coronavirus concerns are grabbing the headlines. But other crises haven’t stopped. Here’s a look at what else is going on.

TWO sailors were injured after fire broke out from one of the Philippine Navy ships tasked to bring home donated personal protective equipment (PPE) from India. Lt. Cdr. Maria Christina Roxas, Philippine Navy spokesman, said the fire started at the main engine room of the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), a few hours after leaving Cochin […]

Excessive use of force by the security forces during the Covid-19 pandemic has overwhelmingly been experienced in poor communities

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Five teachers at a public school in Mukdahan have been suspended after being charged in connection with repeated sexual assaults against a 14-year-old girl. Two school alumni are also accused of having taken part, and all are said to have taken video of the acts.

Winnie Byanyima* is the Executive Director of UNAIDS

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As the high season for agricultural labour in the United States approaches, tens of thousands of migrant workers from Mexico are getting ready to head to the fields in their northern neighbour to carry out the work that ensures that food makes it to people’s tables. But the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, of which the U.S. […]

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Martin Khor Kok Peng passed away just after the end of the first quarter of 2020. He leaves behind an unusually rich legacy. Atypically for people mainly working in the worldideas, he was also a very practical and pragmatic activist who successfully built and sustained several important initiatives which will live on after him. Martin […]

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The mining sector in Africa is facing radical change as youth activists take action against the environmental degradation caused by mining industries. Tensions between activists and the mining industry have raised, however, concerns over human rights abuses. Kenya’s National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders reported, for instance, cases of harassment and intimidation “against at least […]

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At around 11am on a Saturday, Luke Okomo arrives at Dunga Beach, on the outskirts of Kenya’s Kisumu City, and heads straight to what is known as the ‘Dunga Papyrus Boardwalk’. He pays Sh200 ($2), the daily fee for local tourists and students, and then joins a group of five visitors already taking a tour […]

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Dorothy Tembo is Executive Director ad interim, International Trade Centre (ITC)

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Epidemic diseases are not random events that afflict societies capriciously and without warning, on the contrary, every society produces its own specific vulnerabilities. To study them is to understand the importance of a society’s structure, its standard of living, and its political priorities. […] Epidemics are a mirror, they show who we really are: Our […]

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WHO has warned that Africa could be become the next epicentre of the pandemic.

The state-owned carrier has been fighting for its survival since December.

Govt says there were confrontation between ruling party supporters and opposition.

The pandemic has forced military to adhere to health guidelines to mitigate spread.

Wealthier African countries tend to impose more stringent rules, which have cost the continent $65 billion.

The pandemic presents a golden opportunity for Japan to think outside the box and re-evaluate how to innovate to meet its changing needs.

The country's lockdown model is being lauded by the WHO, but it's a unique case whose death rate is much worse than its neighbors.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy depends on how he addresses the challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India’s best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54.Khan played the police ...

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Shinichiro Ueda reunites the cast of his hit comedy "One Cut of the Dead" for an innovative teleworking sequel

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Sales of study guides went up in March, according to news reports. Take a look at the vocabulary for studying at home and sales.

Universities look at ways to deal with learning during the pandemic in a ready-to-go English lesson that includes questions and discussion topics.

Have you wondered what it's like to get tested for COVID-19 in Japan? With little Japanese, Joe Oliver learned the hard way after being sent ...

The current coronavirus pandemic has caused school closures around the world. While some have been able to make the jump to digital ways of learning, ...

While authorities mull "provisional release" for some refugees currently in detention centers across the country, the people on the inside say they receive little information ...