Australians should say ‘ya’ll’ instead of ‘ladies and gentlemen’ – according to politically correct new push for ‘gender-neutral language’ UN Women Australia posted the list on Monday in a controversial Twitter post The list urged people to replace words such as ‘landlord’ with ‘home owner’ It was designed to promote gender equality by abandoning gender … Read more
UN’s coronavirus social distancing app 1point5 is ‘barely functional’ and could lead to dozens of false-positives as it alerts the user to the presence of any nearby Bluetooth device – not just smartphones The 1point5 app is designed to alert people if someone else is less than 5ft away UN Technology Innovation Labs built the … Read more
Revealed: All 217 destinations in the world now have coronavirus travel restrictions, representing the most severe curbs on movement in history Study by the UNWTO analysed travel restrictions for 217 destinations Of these, 45% have totally or partially closed their borders to tourist arrivals Meanwhile, 30% have totally or partially suspended international flights Here’s how … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there was currently ‘no evidence’ that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection. In a statement, the United Nations agency warned against issuing ‘immunity passports’ or ‘risk-free certificates’ to people who have been infected, saying the practice … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
‘There is no secret in WHO’: Tedros hits back at Donald Trump and insists ‘nothing is hidden from US’ over accusations organisation colluded with China to downplay coronavirus Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted today ‘there is no secret in WHO’ Added presence of embedded US secondees in Geneva meant ‘nothing hidden’ Agency said it was warning … Read more
Africa could see anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million deaths due to coronavirus, according to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). It warned that if the continent does not implement measures to prevent the spread of the virus then total infections could spiral out of control and reach 1.2 billion. But if intense social distancing … Read more
Billions of locusts have laid waste to 500,000 acres of Ethiopian cropland and unleashed a food crisis. A United Nations report found that the devastation caused by the swarms have left millions of citizens in need of emergency food aid. The findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which recently concluded a joint assessment … Read more
Face masks do not stop people from catching coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in light of recent studies suggesting the opposite. The United Nations’ health body was forced to review new evidence from Hong Kong claiming mass-issuing masks may have helped contain the pandemic. But the WHO maintains the public should not … Read more
Demi Lovato announces she’s releasing her capsule collection with Fabletics… as she reveals portion of sales will go to Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 21:41 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 21:42 BST, 31 March 2020 She recently said during an Instagram Live with Miley Cyrus that she has moved … Read more
Fight coronavirus, not each other: Pandemic ‘accelerating’ as global cases top 362,000 and UN chief calls for a global ceasefire so nations can focus on ‘true fight of our lives’ World Health Organisation calls for end to conflict as pandemic accelerates ‘It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown’ says UN secretary general WHO … Read more
Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row by the World Happiness Report – and Afghanistan ranked the bleakest. The annual United Nations World Happiness Report ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their evaluations of their own … Read more
Iran has temporarily freed around 85,000 prisoners including political detainees in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, the government said today. It comes as deaths in the Islamic Republic spike by 135 – a 13% rise. The coronavirus has killed 135 more people in Iran, which has raised the death toll to 988 amid … Read more