GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISES BY 2.2 MM
Last year’s summer was so warm that it helped trigger the loss of 600bn tons of ice from Greenland – enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2mm in just two months, new research has found
25 MILLION JOBS ESTIMATED TO BE LOST DUE TO CVOID-19
The United Nations’ labor agency suggested this was a worst-case, or “high,” scenario of global unemployment but said internationally-coordinated policy response could mean
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS WARN USERS OF AI MODERATION ERRORS
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) warned on Monday that more videos and other content could be erroneously removed
JAPAN MAY HAVE JUST CREATED THE ANITDOTE TO CORONAVIRUS
A Japanese flu drug has proven to be effective in treating the coronavirus in early trials, according to reports Wednesday
HOW IS CUBA LEADING THE WORLD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CVOID-19?
While the United States government is complicating efforts to treat coronavirus across the world and is using the pandemic to increase pressure on countries already struggling
WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES TO TAKE HIT
Hong Kong, Singapore and Osaka have just been ranked as the world's most expensive cities to live in
UK’S NEW IMMIGRATION LAWS
The self-employed Polish plumber will be a thing of the past. Uber taxis in Britain’s big cities could be harder to come by. Anybody who wants to hire a Lithuanian nanny will have to
AMAZON ON A HIRING SPREE
Amazon has said it will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the US to deal with a surge in sales during the coronavirus pandemic
THE SHIFT TOWARDS WORKING FROM HOME
Covid-19 could permanently shift working patterns as companies forced to embrace remote working by the pandemic find that their employees do not want to return to the office once the closures are lifted
BRITISH AIRWAYS WARNS STAFF OF MAJOR LAYOFF
British Airways is to ground flights 'like never before' and lay off staff in response to the coronavirus
TRAVEL UPDATE: More bans on travel to Sri Lanka
All online carriers and offline carriers that according to the instructions received from Sri Lanka Health Authorities, all travel beginning from France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden and Austria to
SHELL TERMINATES RELATIONSHIP WITH BFI AND SOUTHBANK CENTRE
Shell is to end its relationship with two of the UK’s leading arts institutions amid growing concern about big oil’s role in the escalating
IS CORONAVIRUS…SAVING THE PLANET?
If you’re reading this at home—isolated because your company has mandated that everyone work remotely, lest you all spread the novel
A CLIMATE CRISES
The ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica is tracking the worst-case climate warming scenario set out by the Intergovernmental
AVIVA INSURANCE CUTS BACK TRAVEL COVERAGE
One of the UK's biggest insurers has cut back on the cover available in new travel insurance policies because of the coronavirus outbreak
GOOGLE STAFF TO WORK FROM HOME
Google's parent company Alphabet has asked its North American staff to work from home to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus
BANK OF ENGLAND SLASHES INTEREST RATES
The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in interest rates to shore up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak
WALL STREET EXPECTS FED TO SLASH RATES TO ZERO PERCENT
As the coronavirus outbreak raises alarm about the US economy, Wall Street is increasingly expecting the Federal Reserve to slash borrowing
CHINESE PRESIDENT SEES A VICTORY AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan on Tuesday morning – his first visit to the city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak – as state media assured the public that “victory was near”
