Turkey ranks among top three countries for providing least financial support to its population
Updated 28 April 2021
April 28, 2021 00:58
ANKARA: Turkey is bracing itself for a full lockdown from Thursday evening until May 17 in a desperate bid to help curb skyrocketing COVID-19 cases.
The number of daily reported infections in the country has surpassed 37,000 with an average of more than 350 deaths being recorded each day.
Almost all workplaces are being forced to suspend their activities during the new period of restrictions with certain exceptions in the logistics, food, manufacturing, and delivery sectors sparking outrage among cash-strapped sections of society left with no financial support mechanisms.
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WHO Urged to Invite Taiwan to Participate in World Health Assembly
An international group of parliamentarians on Tuesday launched a global campaign urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Taiwan to participate in the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), warning that it is allowing a “dangerous gap in the global network.”
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) released a video statement featuring 15 legislators from 12 legislatures across Europe, North America, and Australia, all of whom urged the UN agency to allow Taiwan to participate in the 74th WHA in Geneva, Switzerland, scheduled to take place from May 24 to June 1.
BREAKING: #IPAC launches global campaign calling on the @WHOto invite Taiwan to participate in the upcoming World Health Assembly.
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(Bloomberg) European Union lawmakers reached a late-night deal to make the blocâs ambitious climate goals legally binding, paving the way for a torrent of new rules and standards to overhaul the entire economy.
(Bloomberg) European Union lawmakers reached a late-night deal to make the blocâs ambitious climate goals legally binding, paving the way for a torrent of new rules and standards to overhaul the entire economy.
A day before a climate summit of world leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, representatives of EU governments and the European Parliament agreed in principle on the so-called European Climate Law, which foresees a 55% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, and zero net emissions by 2050. Later on Wednesday, the European Commission will unveil standards for the classification of green investment.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) (Photo by Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images)
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South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (R) is planning to reintroduce his police reform bill in the coming weeks.
On Wednesday, Scott told reporters on Capitol Hill that he’s trying to work across the aisle to see if a bipartisan compromise can be reached. He said he is having talks with California Representative Karen Bass (D) and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (D).
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 10: Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA). (Photo by Ting Shen-Pool/Getty Images)
Democrats and Republicans both introduced competing police reform bills in 2020, neither of which got very far.