The official’s comments disregard the fact that as of Thursday, there have been 8,137 confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus in mainland China, including 171 deaths.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross at the 50th World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020. | Photo: Reuters (Photo posted here fromteleSUR‘s article).
30 January 2020 (teleSUR)* — The United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said Thursday during an interview with Fox News that the coronavirus outbreak could be a good thing for the U.S. economy as it would bring back jobs.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 2020 (IPS)* – The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has described the much-ballyhooed US Middle East peace plan as “more like Swiss cheese– with the cheese being offered to the Israelis and the holes to the Palestinians”.
Sisters Salima, 6, and Samira, 5, can finally warm themselves by the heater they have been waiting for so long.
“We have suffered a lot from the cold. Dad said we would get a heater in our new house soon. This is the best gift ever,” say the two Afghan sisters Salima, 6, and Samira, 5, as they move closer to the wood-burning stove.
We meet their father Ewaz, 45, as the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is giving cash assistance to displaced families who need help staying warm through the winter. Each family receives 15,700 Afghani, equivalent to USD 200.
The top UN official in Libya on Thursday [30 January 2020] expressed his “deep anger and disappointment” over intensifying conflict in Libya despite a high-level summit held in the German capital of Berlin earlier this month, that set out measures to de-escalate fighting and put the divided country back on a path towards peace. (*).
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | Ghassan Salamé of Lebanon, newly appointed Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya
“There are unscrupulous actors inside and outside Libya who cynically nod and wink towards efforts to promote peace and piously affirm their support for the UN”, Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, told the Security Council.
(UN News)* — The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee declared on Thursday [30 January 2020], calling on all countries to take urgent measures to contain the respiratory disease.
UN News/Jing Zhang | Passengers wear face masks while riding the subway in Shenzhen, China.
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Latest WHO figures state there are more than 7,800 confirmed cases globally, with 7,736 confirmed in China, and a further 12,167 suspected cases inside the country where the outbreak began in Wuhan, a city of around 11 million which remains in lockdown.
“In 2019, over 51 million people suffered in 10 crises away from the public eye,” CARE said.
The report observed that three of the least-covered crises are on the United Nations’ list of the least-funded emergencies. | Photo: Reuters (Photo posted here fromteleSUR).
28 January 2020 (teleSUR)* — Of the top 10 most forgotten 2019 humanitarian crises fuelled by the climate emergency nine were in Africa, according to a new analysis entitled “Suffering in Silence” and released Tuesday by CARE International.
29 January 2020 (Wall Street International)* — I am truly a personal fan of any James Bond movie but for me Skyfall was one of the best films ever made in the franchise.
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The dark environment where it is developed shows a complete asymmetry between the classic enemy and our lovely agent 007, because since the beginning of the story, he seems to be in a clear disadvantage from an opponent that is a mastermind in hacking and technology of all kinds.
FAO warns of an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods
Desert Locust upsurge in Kenya.
ROME, 29 January 2020 (FAO)* — The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that rising numbers of Desert Locusts present an extremely alarming and unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.
GENEVA, Jan 24 2020 (IPS)* – The failure of large-scale bailout operations, historically low interest rates and rapid injection of liquidity to bring about a strong recovery from the 2008-2009 financial crisis and recession created a widespread concern that advanced economies suffered from a chronic demand gap and faced the spectre of stagnation.
Inequality out in the open. Credit: A.D. McKenzie/IPS
29 January 2020 (UN Environment)* — At the beginning of this decade, millions of people around the world made new year’s resolutions, with the hope of bettering themselves.
Photo by Pixabay @ Jonny Belvedere
Whether you pledged to exercise more, to save money, or to take up a hobby, the reality is that many pledges are likely to have been broken. However, attitudes toward single-use plastics must change this year.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross at the 50th World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020. | Photo: Reuters (Photo posted here from teleSUR‘s article).
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