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World’s poorest nations saddled with ‘imprisoning’ debt, hampering responses to the pandemic, say activists protesting HSBC meeting

By Mark Evenstad May 20, 2021 | 11:40 AM A 62-year-old Dubuque man was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle while riding his bike. According to a police report, Roger Vogt was struck at the intersection of Rosemont Street and Pennsylvania Avenue around 7:30 Tuesday morning. As Vogt was crossing the street, a vehicle – driven by 67-year-old Daniel Willis of Dubuque – pulled from a stopped sign and turned on to Pennsylvania, hitting Vogt. Vogt, who was wearing a helmet, was taken to Mercy One Medical Center for treatment of injuries. Willis was cited for failing to obe...

DIRECT action could be launched over the government’s “dangerous” decision to increase its cap on nuclear warheads by almost half, campaigners warned today. The integrated review raises the limit on the number of Trident missiles that can be stored from 180 to 260. It signals an end to 30 years of gradual nuclear disarmament in Britain. The 44 per cent increase is also the biggest by any nation since the cold war, according to Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Pacifist group Peace Pledge Union warned that Prime Minister Boris Joh...

Half a billion in aid for private healthcare condemned by campaigners Half a billion in aid for private healthcare condemned by campaigners Date: 25 January 2021 half a billion pounds of UK public funds have been invested in private healthcare in the global south in the past decade. This includes £420 million invested by the UK development bank CDC Group, plus £79 million given to a project to increase UK health exports. The report condemns the investments made by CDC in private healthcare, arguing that these projects exclude citizens from basic services and rights, and highlights a number...

MPS have warned that a “shadow pandemic” of destitution, disease, international debt and a rise in women and girls being abused could be more catastrophic than Covid-19 itself. In a report published today, the international development committee (IDC) urges the government to speed up its distribution of a promised sum of £764 million to ensure healthcare progress is not lost amid efforts to halt the spread of Covid-19. The MPs’ inquiry found that routine healthcare — such as vaccinations such as for measles, polio and diphtheria, and HIV/Aids anti-retroviral treatment �...