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Pandemic threatens to drive wedge into US-Gulf relations
It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines...
‘Landmark collaboration’ on COVID-19 testing and treatment
The UN health agency’s new guidance comes after world leaders, scientists, humanitarians and private sector partners came together on Friday in “a landmark collaboration”...
Azerbaijanis rally in Georgia
Georgia's southern province of Marneuli inhabited mostly by ethnic Azerbaijani has been under strict quarantine since March 22, when it was declared a “red...
ADB, AIM Launch Global Hackathon for Digital Ideas to Respond to COVID-19 Crisis
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) today launched the #DigitalAgainstCOVID-19 virtual challenge to crowdsource digital solutions and ideas to help countries...
Leadership for Thought: Non-Permanent members lead the Security Council through COVID-19
China held the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council in March this year: COVID-19 was deemed not to be a security issue. By...
COVID19 and a need for a paradigm shift in the field of academia
Almost four months of 2020 have just been passed till now but all these months went like a ride on a roller-coaster. From Bush...
Von der Leyen announces Global Response and calls for united world front against coronavirus
The European Union will spare no effort to help the world come together against coronavirus, said Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the...
Government Policy Choices: COVID-19
The world has shaken unpredictable global health crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic of the twenty-first century. Originating from the China city of Wuhan, spill overall the...
COVID-19 does not mean climate action is on hold
If the world has seen a scary future with the emergence of COVID-19, the future of our planet in a 3-4° C scenario takes...
WHO: ‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies...