Countries: Pakistan, World Source: UN Children’s Fund According to an analysis published in The Lancet, 80 per cent of these children would be from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. More than half would be from South Asia alone.

Google is teaming up with India’s hottest tech company to win over new smartphone users. That should worry the Chinese firms who have long dominated the market in the world’s second most populous nation.

Country: World Sources: International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization To effectively tackle COVID-19 and other public health threats, universal health coverage needs to include all migrants and displaced persons, regardless of their legal status, WHO and IOM warn.

Country: Nigeria Source: UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Boko Haram is responsible for the recruitment and use of 1,385 children, mainly through abduction, used in direct hostilities and in a variety of support roles including as sexual slaves.

Jul 22, 2020 In the News United States of America Don’t bail out ethanol (The Hill)  Trade Environment and Natural Resources The Hill (USA) published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber. He explained that in recent weeks, there have been calls from ethanol producers to extend the authorities used by the USDA’s […]