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India named in study on Covid escalating armed conflicts in war-torn countries   Fri, Dec 18 2020 03:31:45 PM Sydney, Dec 18 (IANS): Researchers have revealed that armed conflict activities increased in five countries, including India, during the first wave of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal World Development, India, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and the Philippines all saw an escalation of civil wars because conflict parties exploited either stat...

  TORONTO -- A study by the University of Melbourne in Australia has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected global armed conflicts by changing the strategic environments for the groups involved, with the coronavirus escalating violence in several countries. Precedence of infectious diseases influencing armed conflict in the past is what drove the initial study. “You saw local riots and protests against Ebola-related measures in Western Africa some years ago, and you saw the Spanis...

Author The destruction wrought by COVID-19 represents an unprecedented crisis in recent history, yet it somehow feels eerily familiar. This is because the pandemic has mirrored many of the dynamics of the climate crisis, but on an extremely compressed time frame. An imminent global threat presented itself — the full extent of the danger being largely unknown — which required swift, coordinated and collective action. Instead, it was met with divergent national responses, finger pointing, ...

India named among war-torn countries that saw armed conflicts increase during COVID-19 IANSDec 18, 2020, 14:21 IST BCCL armed conflict activities increased in five countries, including India, during the first wave of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal World Development, India, Iraq, Pakistan and the Philippines all saw an escalation of civil wars because conflict parties exploited either state weakness or a lack of international attention d...

COVID-19 escalated armed conflicts in several war-torn countries Armed conflict activities increased in five countries during the first wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic says new research from the University of Melbourne. India, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and the Philippines all saw an escalation of civil wars because conflict parties exploited either state weakness or a lack of international attention due to the pandemic. "I looked at the countries that had the most palpable records of c...

The Next Generation of Philanthropists Last Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 9:57 a.m. ET First Published: Dec. 7, 2020 at 9:53 a.m. ET By Pentas December 2020 cover, featuring (from top left) Valerie Rockefeller, Justin Rockefeller, Josh Lauder, Stephen Curry, Ayesha Curry, Adrian Cheng, Melinda Gates, and Bill Gates. Illustration by Gluekit; Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Valerie Rockefeller; Courtesy of Justin Rockefeller; Mattie C. (Lauder); Kelly Sullivan/Getty Imag...

‘Green buildings’ save Hong Kong developers New World, Swire Properties a fortune on electricity Swire Properties and New World Development (NWD) said they have saved a combined HK$86 million (US$11.09 million) on electricity in the last financial year Banks like Standard Chartered have bolstered the sector by offering lower interest rates on loans earmarked for construction of environmentally-friendly buildings

Image The New Poor Over the past 12 months, the pandemic has harmed the poor and vulnerable the most, and it is threatening to push millions more into poverty. This year, after decades of steady progress in reducing the number of people living on less than $1.90/day, COVID-19 will usher in the first reversal in the fight against extreme poverty in a generation. In a worst-case scenario, the figure could be as high as 115 million. The World Bank Group forecasts that the largest share of the ...

Putting in place. they are ignoring the reality of the climate science and the data that their own administration is putting in front of them. my personal belief is that it is to make an immigration crisis on the southern border that doesnt need to happen. if you want to stop migration to the united states to guatemala, go there and address the problem. during the obama administration they had $750 million to address what was going on in central america to address root causes. some can be law en...

What if i told you that this refugee uprising in europe, all these millions of syrians trying to find a haven in u. because the craziness in their own country, is what affected the feds decision today? not to raise interest rates? sounds crazy but world development, global issues, were apparently a very big reason why the fed decided to hold off. mark stein is here with that. if youre right, thats a disgrace to central bankers. >> it is something like that. we heave been in an abnormal world for...