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Quarterly Mixed Migration Update East Africa & Yemen, Quarter 4, 2020 Format Key Updates • Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region spurs mass displacement: More than 56,000 Ethiopians have fled to neighbouring Sudan due to conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. • Movement along the Eastern Route slowly restarts this quarter: Refugee and migrant arrivals from East Africa to Yemen increased this quarter with 4,413 new reported arrivals. This is an overall increase of 193% from 1,505 refugees ...

Researchers from the University of Bristol assessed how contact in UK primary schools has changed since the pandemic hit.

Atlanta’s Mayor Vows to Tackle Housing Affordability, Inequality Trevor Bach © (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 27: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during a drive-in campaign rally in the parking lot of Cellairis Ampitheatre on October 27, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden is campaigning in Georgia on Tuesday, with scheduled stops in Atlanta and Warm Springs. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Atlan...

Between May 2019 and May 2020, 81,230 Americans died of drug overdoses — the highest number of drug deaths ever recorded in a 12-month span, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

WORK to reinforce the beaver population in Argyll has successfully boosted their numbers in the area.

The Covid-19 pandemic caused a significant rise in unemployment in Switzerland last year.

Read Article More inspectors. More enforcement. More court time. More demolitions. Lewiston is cracking down on unsafe housing like never before, angering some landlords and pleasing others. LEWISTON — Rick Lockwood, a Lewiston landlord who at one time controlled more than 10 buildings in the downtown, wants out of the city. He believes he’s being targeted by unfair code enforcement procedures and constant pressure from city staff to comply, or else. His four remaining properties are eithe...

Editorial: Look Down Ballot for Democratic Wins in Texas The GOP-controlled state Legislature reconvenes next week. But Democrats flipped seemingly obscure seats, from justice of the peace to county sheriff, that have outsized impacts on Texas families. Israel García, right, from one of his campaign videos. García was sworn in January 4, 2020, as the Justice of the Peace for the biggest JP court in Harris County. The GOP-controlled state Legislature reconvenes next week. But Democrats flippe...

Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned protest-related violence from the left and the right Camille Caldera, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The claim: Joe Biden condemned violence Jan. 6 but didnt condemn violent protests by BLM or antifa last summer © Susan Walsh, AP President-elect Joe Biden calls the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol "an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the peoples business." After supporters of President Donald Trump r...

Posted: January 6, 2021 MOH adding surgeries to catch up from pandemic The B.C. Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced it intends to catch up on surgeries postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MOH stated in a Jan. 6 media release that of Nov. 22, 2020, 90% of patients who had their surgery postponed during the first wave of COVID-19 were able to have their surgery completed through B.C.’s commitment to surgical renewal. It also noted the timeline for recovery of all postponed surgeries i...