Books
China Literature Loses Big During the Pandemic
China Literature, China's top online publishing and bookselling platform, lost $465 million in the first six months of the year, prompting executives to say the company business model and culture…
Year: 2020
Christianity
German church leads crowd funding to buy vessel to aid stranded Mediterranean migrants
Germany's main Protestant church led a crowdfunding effort that purchased the rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 that is ready for work in the Mediterranean Sea to help migrants trying to reach…
Europe
Balkans’ fact-checkers join Facebook against disinformation
Balkans’ fact-checkers join Facebook against disinformation
Europe
Revised COVID-19 case definitions
WHO has published revised interim guidance on public health surveillance for COVID-19 cases. This document includes revision of suspected and probable case definitions to integrate increased knowledge on the clinical…
FORB
Human Rights Without Frontiers condemns the death penalty of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu on blasphemy charges
Human Rights Without Frontiers condemns the death penalty of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu on blasphemy charges
Europe
Measles and rubella elimination: verification process continues amid COVID-19 pandemic
Public health systems and independent national verification committees in countries of the WHO European Region have shown continued commitment to measles and rubella elimination even with the COVID-19 pandemic creating…
Health
Real Life Heroes: on a journey towards quality healthcare
In the remote Lamu region, on the northeast coast of Kenya, quality healthcare is hard to come by. Every month, medical staff from Safari Doctors, an NGO founded by Umra…
Books
European E-book, Audiobook Sales See Pandemic Pop
Sales of e-books and audiobooks have been robust across Europe throughout the pandemic despite storefront closures, according to a new report from Bookwire.
Health
Coronavirus and schools: Access to handwashing facilities key for safe reopening
Coronavirus and schools: Access to handwashing facilities key for safe reopening
Europe
Belarus: UN rights chief condemns violence against protesters, calls for grievances to be heard
The flow of free information is “crucial” in a democratic society, the UN human rights chief said on Wednesday, spotlighting the landlocked eastern European nation of Belarus, “especially in a…