WFP chief David Beasley sounded alarms at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Friday, convened to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and worldwide efforts to blunt its impact. He warned that some 270 million people are now “marching toward starvation” and that, in some countries, famine is “around the horizon.” …
Read More »UK to lock down NEXT WEEK to ‘save Christmas’ as SAGE warns of Covid-19 ‘worst-case scenario’ – reports
The dramatic move is expected to be announced sometime next week, The Times newspaper and the Daily Mail reported on Friday night, citing sources from within 10 Downing Street. The details or the duration of the supposed lockdown are yet unknown. Johnson is reportedly meeting over the weekend with the …
Read More »The worst is yet to come: Another 176 mn people worldwide could fall into poverty after pandemic, UN warns
According to a UN statement released on Friday, De Schutter said the measures taken by governments to protect people so far have been insufficient. He has called on world leaders to take more decisive steps to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities. “The social safety nets put into place are full …
Read More »In Russia spoke about the “worst result” of retail trade
The dynamics of the organizations of retail trade in Russia in the III quarter of this year showed the worst result over the last two years of observations, follows from the review of the Higher school of Economics (HSE). As says the Director of the Center for market research HSE …
Read More »The Russian economy is entering the worst month of the year and waiting for shocks
August is traditionally considered one of Russia’s most difficult months of the year. Perhaps “the August curse,” as the Western media, for modern Russia started in 1991, when there was a coup. Then in August of 1994 there was a collapse of the financial pyramid MMM, and in 1998 started …
Read More »Figure of the day: the ruble entered the top three world’s worst currency
Over the last 6 years the Russian currency has depreciated by more than half These data led in his blog analyst Dmitry Milin: “Since the beginning of 2013 the Russian ruble depreciated by almost 53% and among the three worst currencies of emerging markets (along with the …
Read More »The moment of truth. Corruption Belarus among the worst
In Belarus there is neither the strategy nor the action plan for the fight against corruption, and not even an effective prevention system. And most importantly, the Belarusian authorities have nothing to say against it. The group of States of the Council of Europe against corruption (GRECO), which includes Belarus, …
Read More »In Kiev called the best and worst Hoo
Best in 2017 recognized as the housing and maintenance areas of the district Darnytsa. The rating of the municipal housing Department of the capital formed on the basis of several criteria: appeal of Kiev on the hot line 1551 and 1557; cleanliness of houses and courtyards, lighting of common areas, …
Read More »Named the worst games 2017
According to Metacritic. Reviews aggregator MetaCritic has published a list of the ten worst games of the year. It shows projects that have been released for any of the major platforms from 1 January to 31 December 2017. Of course, this year marked a huge number of different projects, but …
Read More »Experts have called the worst gadgets of 2017
Note. The list includes useless things without which man can easily do without feeling discomfort. To them the worst gadgets of 2017 took the smart watch, a plug, a juicer and a hat with speakers. Experts have used statistics and sales of a product, and also conducted a survey of …
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