Air pollution contributes to as many as 9 million premature deaths worldwide each year—twice as many as war, other violence, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Fine particulate matter air pollution is especially ...
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Jul 31, 2020
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Blanket restrictions on economic activity should be lifted and replaced with measures targeted specifically at groups most at risk, say economists.
Economics & Business
Jul 29, 2020
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A new 42-country study has found that the more gender egalitarian the country, the less likely men are to support women's causes.
Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2020
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As politicians consider ways to stem the rising number of COVID-19 cases, public spaces have become battlegrounds for those tired of the closures.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2020
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Between March 21 and 28, as the country enacted quarantine measures, the United States experienced a 3,000% jump in joblessness claims. By the end of March, a stock market drop had wiped out all gains from the previous three ...
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2020
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When the World Health Organization earlier this year recommended that people move to cashless transactions to eliminate the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a number of governments and retailers across the ...
Economics & Business
Jun 23, 2020
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Could the COVID-19 pandemic spell the end of globalisation and migration?
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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,The coronavirus pandemic has provoked a social, environmental and economic crisis unparalleled in the modern era. It is widely recognised, however, that crises represent unique opportunities for change. Rebecca Solnit, who ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2020
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The capacity of a state and the degree of economic inequality among its residents will determine how successful it is in coping effectively with a pandemic like COVID-19. Whether it is a democracy or a dictatorship matters ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2020
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A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India's financial capital of Mumbai, with a storm surge threatening to flood beaches and low-lying slums as city authorities struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Environment
Jun 3, 2020
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