News headlines in June 2020, page 5

BERLIN, Jun 19 (IPS) - Susanne Grabenhorst is Chair of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) , a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 63 countries*. The Covid-19 pandemic has spread across the world. Although the numbers of infections and deaths vary between countries, they are increasing dramatically in some places, threatening people's health as well as the basis of their economic and social lives.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 (IPS) - The multi-dimensional impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America could lead to a "hunger pandemic" if not addressed with urgency. 

GENEVA, Jun 18 (IPS) - Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, in an address to the UN Human Rights CouncilI welcome this opportunity to speak to this urgent and necessary debate of the Human Rights Council.

I bring you warm greetings from Secretary-General António Guterres, who shares your abhorrence of racism and is committed to fighting it with every tool we have.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 18 (IPS) - How often have you heard someone lamenting or even condemning inequality in society, concluding with an appeal to meritocracy? We like to think that if only the deserving, the smart ones, those we deem competent or capable, often meaning the ones who are more like us, were in charge, things would be better, or just fine.

KATHMANDU, Jun 17 (IPS) - Last week, Kathmandu erupted with protests organised collectively through the social web by Nepal's urban young fed up with the shenanigans of the country's septuagenarian rulers.

WASHINGTON DC, Jun 17 (IPS) - The Great Lockdown is expected to play out in three phases, first as countries enter the lockdown, then as they exit, and finally as they escape the lockdown when there is a medical solution to the pandemic.

MBABANE, Jun 17 (IPS) - In its effort to accelerate Rwanda's green growth development initiative, its local businesses encouraged their Italian counterparts to invest in the East Africa region.

London, Cox’s Bazaar, Johannesburg, Jun 17 (IPS) - The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns falls heavily on the shoulders of women even in the global north. Women take the brunt of housework and caretaking duties, homes schooling, working from home and perhaps looking after elderly parents, says Cherie Blair.

HYDERABAD, India, Jun 16 (IPS) - Since the beginning of the year, more than 200 nations across the globe have been affected by COVID-19. Many are still reeling under the devastating effects of the pandemic, with both public health and the global economy having taken a major blow.

As populations become larger, wealthier, and more urban, there is far greater demand for land.