Lebanon: Direct COVID-19 Assistance to Hardest Hit
A street vendor pushes his cart in Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, wearing a face mask to try to protect against the spread of COVID-19, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon, March 30, 2020.
Matthew Medinsky
Full Moon In Libra: Deep Perspectives & Transformations
We are having a Full Moon in Libra on April 7th-8th, depending on your time zone.
Myanmar: Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19
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A member of the Yangon City and Development Committee disinfects government offices to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
© 2020 AP Photo/Thein Zaw
(Bangkok) – Myanmar authorities should immediately move to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus by
Qatar: Protect Migrant Workers During Pandemic
(Beirut) – Qatari authorities should ensure that migrant workers receive adequate protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, a coalition of 16 nongovernmental organizations and trade unions said in a letter on March 31, 2020 to Qatar’s prime minister and interior minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani.
The groups include
Coronavirus Is Proving The Human Race Can Come Together, For Anything, At Anytime
If we can shut down the world for months for the coronavirus, can we shut down the world for a week to clean up our oceans? Can we shut it down to spark a massive reforestation project? Human beings are full of potential, and we can, if we wanted to,
US Congress, China, and COVID-19
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, October 8, 2018.
Why Did Bubonic Plague Doctors Wear Creepy Beak-Nosed Masks?
With the current pandemic firmly entrenched and the death toll rising, it’s not surprising that people are looking to history for answers.
A Deadly Lack of Affordable COVID-19 Treatment in the US
A woman waits outside the emergency check-in entrance at the Providence Medical Center in Portland, Ore., on March 24, 2020.
Donald Trump Signs The “Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020″ Into Law
President Donald Trump signed into law a pair of bills designed to boost wireless and broadband networks: the Secure 5G and Beyond Act and the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act
Why the US Should be Supporting, Not Undermining, International Justice
Permanent premises of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands.© 2018 Marina Riera Rodoreda/Human Rights Watch When U.S.
Philippines: Coronavirus Curfew Violators Held in Dog Cages
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A screenshot of an officer with five youths locked inside a dog cage after breaking curfew in Laguna province, the Philippines on March 20, 2020.
© 2020 Facebook
(Manila) – Philippine authorities should respect the basic rights of people detained for violating the government’s COVID-19 regulations, Human Rights Watch said
Thailand: COVID-19 Clampdown on Free Speech
Thai Prime Minister Gen.Prayut Chan-Ocha delivers a televised speech in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2020.
Cambodia: COVID-19 Clampdown on Free Speech
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A policeman (center) and others wear face masks as a preventive measure against COVID-19, at a market in Phnom Penh on March 17, 2020.
© 2020 TANG CHHIN Sothy/AFP via Getty Images
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities should stop arresting people for expressing concerns about COVID-19’s impact in Cambodia and
Lebanon: COVID-19 Worsens Medical Supply Crisis
Lebanese nurses at a ward where the first case of coronavirus in the country was being treated, at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in the southern outskirts of Beirut, on February 22, 2020.
New Moon In Aries: Pursuing Wholeness
We are having a New Moon in Aries on March 24th.This is initiating a new 29.5-day lunar cycle and a new wave of energy for the coming month.