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Coronavirus and the language of war
We are using the language of conflict to talk about the current pandemic. There are many parallels, but the comparison is not exact. Are we at war with Covid-19? The everyday language used to describe the pandemic suggests this is the case. It is portrayed as a battle against a cruel enemy that must be defeated. At the “front line”, healthcare...
Coronavirus: what will happen to foreign nationals in the UK?
Description Home Secretary Priti Patel Credits Leon Neal/Getty Images Alt Text Priti Patel Priti Patel urged to give NHS workers and their families indefinite right to stay In Depth The Week …read more Source:: The...
‘Bad news’: radiation spikes 16 times above normal after forest fire near Chernobyl
The blaze started on Saturday close to the site of the world’s worst ever nuclear disaster, Ukrainian officials sayUkraine has reported a spike in radiation levels in the restricted zone around Chernobyl, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident, caused by a forest fire.“There is bad news – radiation is above normal in the...
Firefighters battle huge forest blaze near Chernobyl nuclear plant
Ukraine’s emergency services ministry scrambled 130 firefighters and two planes to tackle the blaze which ignited yesterday. …read more Source:: Daily...
Donald Trump calls sacked whistleblower ‘a disgrace’
The president said Michael Atkinson should have talked to him first about his phone call to Ukraine, despite his role as an independent watc …read more Source::...
Ukrainian doctors fly to Italy to help combat coronavirus
Ukraine, which expects a sharp rise of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, sent doctors to disease-hit Italy on Saturday to assist their Italian colleagues and to gain field experience. …read more Source::...
Ukraine’s PrivatBank seeks $5.5bn damages from oligarchs
Cyprus case against Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov comes before Kyiv vote on bank laws …read more Source:: Financial...
Why we need “informational distancing” during the coronavirus crisis
Stepping back and taking time to consider the media we consume could help to slow the spread of misinformation about the pandemic. The World Health Organisation recently launched a WhatsApp chatbot to inform the world about coronavirus. It links users to reports on the latest case count, explains proper hygiene techniques, and debunks the...
Red Cross to deliver supplies for COVID-19 patients on front lines of Ukraine conflict
A first planeload of medical supplies for COVID-19 patients and other relief goods has arrived in Ukraine to help people enduring a six-year conflict in the country’s east, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. …read more Source::...
How the coronavirus crisis echoes Europe’s 19th-century cholera pandemic
The same divisions of opinion that played such a fateful role in Hamburg in 1892 are with us today. As the world struggles to come to terms with coronavirus and think about its possible consequences, not least in the long term, we might ask whether there are any lessons or warnings we can take from the previous history of pandemics. Infections...
