Here are the latest updates:The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on refugees around the world.Preventive measures such as physical distancing and frequent hand-washing are often difficult to implement in crowded camps.The aid agencies helping the refugees are struggling as well. Wealthy nations in Europe, North America and the Middle East are slashing donations, and keeping that money at home to tackle the economic fallout of the pandemic.Oxfam, one of the world’s largest charities, laid off nearly 1,500 staff and pulled out of 18 countries last month. A recent survey...…Here are the latest updates:The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on refugees around the world.Preventive measures such as physical distancing and frequent hand-washing are often difficult to implement in crowded camps.The aid agencies helping the refugees are struggling as well. Wealthy nations in Europe, North America and the Middle East are slashing donations, and keeping that money at home to tackle the economic fallout of the pandemic.Oxfam, one of the world’s largest charities, laid off nearly 1,500 staff and pulled out of 18 countries last month. A recent survey...WW…

Here are the latest updates:Foreign workers are often the backbone of many societies. They are doctors, nurses, shop assistants and managers.Others perform low-skilled work that citizens of wealthier nations will not do. They have families that depend on the money they send back home. But millions of migrant workers have seen their livelihoods evaporate as the coronavirus spreads.Salaries are being cut or staff fired as economies are disrupted by lockdowns. The World Bank says global remittances will drop by 20 percent this year, the sharpest fall in recent history.So will the crisis change...…Here are the latest updates:Foreign workers are often the backbone of many societies. They are doctors, nurses, shop assistants and managers.Others perform low-skilled work that citizens of wealthier nations will not do. They have families that depend on the money they send back home. But millions of migrant workers have seen their livelihoods evaporate as the coronavirus spreads.Salaries are being cut or staff fired as economies are disrupted by lockdowns. The World Bank says global remittances will drop by 20 percent this year, the sharpest fall in recent history.So will the crisis change...WW…

Here are the latest updates:France has called for the “rapid formation” of a new government in Lebanon shortly after premier Hassan Diab stepped down over the deadly Beirut port blast.     “The aspirations expressed by the Lebanese in terms of reforms and governance must be heard,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement.“The priority must be the rapid formation of a government that can live up to the expectations of the people, whose mission will be to meet the main challenges of the country, especially the reconstruction of Beirut and reforms without...…Here are the latest updates:France has called for the “rapid formation” of a new government in Lebanon shortly after premier Hassan Diab stepped down over the deadly Beirut port blast.     “The aspirations expressed by the Lebanese in terms of reforms and governance must be heard,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement.“The priority must be the rapid formation of a government that can live up to the expectations of the people, whose mission will be to meet the main challenges of the country, especially the reconstruction of Beirut and reforms without...WW…

Here are the latest updates:US President Donald Trump on Friday criticised the handling of some states’ coronavirus mitigation measures, saying he found the stay-at-home orders of governors such as Virginia “too tough.”Asked if certain states – Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia – should lift their stay-at-home orders, Trump said: “No, but I think elements of what they’ve done are too much.”Experts believe states currently have enough tests to meet guidelines to begin reopening their economies after a shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday,...…Here are the latest updates:US President Donald Trump on Friday criticised the handling of some states’ coronavirus mitigation measures, saying he found the stay-at-home orders of governors such as Virginia “too tough.”Asked if certain states – Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia – should lift their stay-at-home orders, Trump said: “No, but I think elements of what they’ve done are too much.”Experts believe states currently have enough tests to meet guidelines to begin reopening their economies after a shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday,...WW…