Economic Development
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Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO
A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due…
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Fewer protections, lower wages, and higher health risks: Homeworking in the COVID era
The UN’s labour agency (ILO) called on Wednesday for greater recognition and protection for the hundreds of millions of people…
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‘An unwanted prison sentence’ for seafarers stuck at home and stranded at sea
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been on board for many months longer than planned, stranded at sea due to…
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‘My children ask me when am I coming home’: stranded seafarers share their frustrations
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are finding themselves stranded at sea, sometimes for over a year, and with no end…
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World Bank expects global economy to expand by 4% in 2021
The World Bank Group on Tuesday issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year, saying that a four per cent…
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First Person: family tragedy and the UN as ‘saviour’ in Darfur
The people of the restive region of Darfur in Sudan have seen the joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping…
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