News headlines in October 2020, page 4

  1. Bulawayo Water Crisis: When the Taps Run Dry and the City Runs out of Ideas

    - Inter Press Service

    BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 21 (IPS) - Dotted across the Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo, the water tanks installed in private residences is evidence that years of water crisis, that has seen some suburbs here going for months without running water, has not spared anyone. The large plastic drums, locally called Jojo tanks after the company that manufacturers them — which have a storage range of up to 10,000 litres — have assumed a class status of sorts in Bulawayo.

  2. The Plight of Domestic Workers in Brazil

    - Inter Press Service

    SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct 21 (IPS) - The inclusivity of Brazilian society is put to the test as the coronavirus pandemic highlights a labour sector ripe with historical and structural inequality: domestic work.

  3. Q&A: Human Trafficking Survivor Harold D’Souza: “The Perpetrators are More Aggressive Than Ever”

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    NEW YORK, Oct 21 (IPS) - The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic continues: as more people around the world lose their livelihoods, human trafficking is on the rise. Support services for survivors have been shut, and past gains to combat it have been reversed. Funding has dried up.

  4. Food Security Bursts Onto the Global Agenda

    - Inter Press Service

    ROME, Oct 21 (IPS) - The month of October 2020 will be recalled as one of the most important moments in raising awareness about world food security, whether in the global debate or in the search for possible concrete solutions.

  5. A Long, Uneven and Uncertain Ascent

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON DC, Oct 20 (IPS) - The IMF says poor are getting poorer with close to 90 million people expected to fall into extreme deprivation this year.

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread with over 1 million lives tragically lost so far. Living with the novel coronavirus has been a challenge like no other, but the world is adapting.

  6. Enhanced Social Protection an Opportunity Asia Pacific Must Grasp

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 20 (IPS) - In the fight against COVID-19, success has so far been defined by responses in Asia and the Pacific. Many countries in our region have been hailed as reference points in containing the virus. Yet if the region is to build back better, the success of immediate responses should not distract from the weaknesses COVID-19 has laid bare. Too many people in our region are left to fend for themselves in times of need. This pandemic was no exception. Comprehensive social protection systems could right this wrong. Building these systems must be central to our long-term recovery strategy.

  7. Questions remain over Botswana's Mass Elephant Deaths

    - Inter Press Service

    BRATISLAVA, Oct 20 (IPS) - When hundreds of elephants died in the space of a few months in Botswana earlier this year, conservationists were shocked. Wildlife experts said it was one of the largest elephant mortality events in history.

  8. Venezuela, Twitter, and Crimes Against Humanity

    - Inter Press Service

    CARACAS, Oct 20 (IPS) - In mid-September, the United Nations Human Rights Council approved the renewal, for another two years, of the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission to determine and document the existence of crimes against humanity in Venezuela, under the government of Nicolás Maduro.

  9. Education: Act Now, Don’t Wait for the Bill

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    PARIS, Oct 20 (IPS) - School reopening doesn't mean that education is back on course. For a start, schools remain closed in over 50 countries, affecting more than 800 million students. The poorest ones may never make it back to school, driven by poverty into child labour or early marriage. Distance learning has been out of reach for one third of the 1.6 billion students affected worldwide by school closures. They may disengage altogether if school closures continue.

  10. Limited Liability: Profit Without Responsibility

    - Inter Press Service

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    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 20 (IPS) - Limited liability protection for shareholders in joint stock companies was introduced to encourage investments in them. However, it has encouraged irresponsibility, causing much harm while generating profits without responsibility.

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