Coronavirus expected to cost 400 million jobs in Q2
The UN Labor agency released data related to global working hours in the second quarter of 2020, The pandemic is expected to have resulted in a 14% drop in global working hours in the second quarter of 2020, the International Labour Organization has said. The United Nations’ labor agency said this updated fall in working hours was the equivalent of 400 million full-time job losses globally in the second quarter
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Coronavirus “unleashing a human development crisis”, says UN
According to a report published by The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Coronavirus pandemic had a significant impact on the society as human development set to fall for the first time on record this year. “For vast swathes of the globe, the pandemic will leave deep, deep scars,” Achim Steiner, the UNDP’s administrator, said in the report
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Irish Airline Ryanair cutting 3,000 jobs
Irish Airline Ryanair cutting 3,000 jobs
Ryanair DAC, an Irish budget airline founded in 1984, announced that the company will lay off 3,000 employees along with negotiations regarding pay cuts and unpaid leaves. Coronavirus pandemic reduced the number of passengers at the airline by more than 5 million. The majority of its airplanes were grounded from mid-March and the company expects to resume at-most 50% of its scheduled flights during the second quarter
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Global Tourism Industry struggling for survival
Global Tourism Industry struggling for survival
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on travel, with the UN World Tourism Organization estimating that international tourism could decline by up to 80% this year over 2019. Countries are now planning for the future for the survival of tourism. New Zealand and Australia have committed to creating a "travel bubble" allowing visits between the two countries. Vietnam and Thailand could look at creating a travel corridor between two countries
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A body double of Kim Jong-Un?
A body double of Kim Jong-Un?
Kim Jong-Un has been in the news lately due to his health problems, Some of the photos of North Korean dictator at a public event have sparked wild theories that it could have been a body double. It is a “well-known fact that Kim uses body doubles,” the International Business Times (IBT) says, recent presence of the North Koran leader at a public event seems suspicious to some experts
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