Africa, Middle East driving growing ’employment divide’, UN says | Labour Rights
Low-income countries will not see unemployment rates recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, ILO says. Low-income countries in Africa and
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Coronavirus pandemic
Three years, 1.1 million deaths: COVID emergency ending in US | Coronavirus pandemic News
A federal COVID-19 health emergency declaration is formally ending in the United States, ushering in a new era for a
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US families struggle following end of pandemic-era food benefits | Hunger News
Los Angeles, California, US – About a year ago, a woman named Ana, who asked that her last name be
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Brazilian police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, seize phone | Jair Bolsonaro News
Jair Bolsonaro says ‘surprised’ by search, as police said they conducted 16 raids in probe into false COVID documents. Police
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Novak Djokovic can play at US Open as vaccine mandate to end | Tennis News
Djokovic can play after missing out on the US Open last year and being denied entry into the country earlier
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WHO officially launches mRNA vaccine tech hub in Cape Town | Health News
Global pharmaceutical firms, including Moderna and Pfizer, had declined to provide the technical know-how to replicate their vaccines in Africa.
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‘No one was prepared’: Vanuatu feels cost of climate crisis | Climate Crisis News
Port Vila, Vanuatu – On the waterfront in Port Vila, Mark Philips runs an adventure tours business. He bought U
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IMF chief says global growth ‘not enough’ | Business and Economy News
IMF’s 2023 global growth estimate of 2.8 percent is ‘most worrisome’ as it projects weak growth over a longer period,
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After years of crisis, can China revive its lofty football goals? | Football News
A year before the ardent football fan Xi Jinping became China’s president, he had already made it clear that decades
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China quit ‘zero COVID’. Huge quarantine centres were left behind | Coronavirus pandemic News
Taipei, Taiwan – Nearly four months after China abruptly scrapped its tough “zero-COVID” policies following rare mass protests, authorities have
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