12.4 million job cuts expected The Word Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) expects a $230 billion worth of losses in the Caribbean and Latin America due to the decimated tourism industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In a Reuters report, the president of the WTTC said that
UN News - The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded a halt to attacks on schools, together with students and teachers in conflict zones around the world, in a presidential statement coinciding with the first International Day to Protect Education from Attack. The 15-member body issued the appeal as
UN NEWS - With 1.4 billion people around the world lacking basic literacy skills, the head of the UN cultural agency on Tuesday urged all those involved in learning, to mobilize the investments needed that could unleash each person’s potential. "At a time when we need
UN News - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they are available. The vaccine procurement and distribution effort, involving over 170 economies, has the
Russia's 'Sputnik V' vaccine showed promising results Russia's COVID-19 vaccine is found to be successfully generating antibodies that are similar to those who are naturally recovering from the novel coronavirus. This is according to the report released Friday in the weekly peer-reviewed The Lancet, one of
Press Release - The European Commission has confirmed its interest to participate in the COVAX Facility for equitable access to affordable COVID-19 vaccines everywhere, for everyone who needs them. As part of a Team Europe effort, the Commission is today also announcing a contribution of
Tokyo, Japan - Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister in history, announces his resignation, citing worsening health condition. "Even though there is one year to go in my tenure and there are challenges to be met, I have decided to stand down as prime minister." The announcement
UN News - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) outlines the limitations of remote learning and exposes deep inequalities in access as schools closed due to COVID-19. “The sheer number of children whose education was completely disrupted for months on end is a global education emergency.
120 million direct jobs in tourism at risk worldwide Travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of the Caribbean region. In fact, this part ofthe Americas has already been described as the most "tourism-dependent region" in the world. But because of the restrictions of the COVID-19
UN News - There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with COVID-19, said WHO, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months. Speaking to journalists in
