Global Slick

Corona pandemic which is spread all over the world as of now and it have already caused the people to sit inside their home to stay safe and stay away from corona. One of the severe damage caused by the pandemic is that, the shortage of food supplies and the World Food Programme (WFP) must find ways to continue saving and changing the lives of the most affected because of this virus threat. When we say 'most affected', it includes the millions of children who were receiving their meals from schools supported by WFP and not during this lockdown phase. Understanding the situation caused by corona pandemic, the WFP is finding adaptations to carry out their supportive measures during this time, as they did it before lockdown. His Highness discussion with WFP  w ith the ability to understand the people's difficulties in day-to-day life during pandemic, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, made discussion with David, Beasley, Executiv...

Corona Pandemic has awfully put a pause to each and every activity of people around the world. Every place is closed for people to go and everyone is staying home where they're under 'lockdown' or 'self isolation'. Even the holy places where people used to visit regularly is under 'lockdown'. Our world is filled with various religious beliefs and practices followed by people from various parts of world to exhibit their faith towards God. But, now people weren't able to follow their practices to their god because of corona virus pandemic; before 2 weeks it was Easter Sunday which Christians around the world used to celebrate but didn't due to corona. And now, the Holy month of Ramadan begins for the 1.8 billion Muslims of world's population which is their traditional time of observing dawn-to-dusk fasting, festivities and communal prayer, every year that is unlike this year. The Holy Mosques all over the world where Muslims used to awash wit...

Mankind will face widespread hunger if measures to ensure food security are not taken.  This was stated by Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), David Beasley.“If we do not prepare and take action now, then we may face a famine of biblical proportions in a few months,” he emphasized. According to Beasley, peace must be secured first.  Participants in hostilities must be given unhindered access to humanitarian assistance to people in need.  In addition, he added, it is necessary to invest $ 350 million in the creation of a network of logistics centers, thanks to which humanitarian aid will be provided throughout the world.  “Time is not on our side, so let's act wisely and quickly,” Beasley added. He also noted that 300 thousand people will die of hunger every day - if the UN does not provide the necessary support.  Hunger can reach about 30 countries.  The situation is aggravated not only by coronavirus, but also by the collapse of oil...

Potentially a huge step forward in the fight against COVID-19. Apple and Google announced a system for tracking the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing users to share data through Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmissions and approved apps from health organizations. The new system, which is laid out in a series of documents and white papers, would use short-range Bluetooth communications to establish a voluntary contact-tracing network, keeping extensive data on phones that have been in close proximity with each other. Official apps from public health authorities will get access to this data, and users who download them can report if they’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19. The system will also alert people who download them to whether they were in close contact with an infected person. Apple and Google will introduce a pair of iOS and Android APIs in mid-May and make sure these health authorities’ apps can implement them. During this phas...

The United Arab Emirates is heading in the right direction in terms of curbing the spread of coronavirus pandemic. As per the data complied by worldometers.info, the country has a high rate of recovery with 680 recovered cases so far and it has not reported any new deaths. Also, the Gulf nation, which has been quick in its response action to combat Covid-19, has in total 4,123 corona positive cases. Dr Jacob Cherian, specialist internal medicine, Medcare Medical Centre Marina and medical director for Medcare Medical Centres, pointed out UAE’s early intervention and extensive testing, as the key reasons for its faster recovery rates. Dr Jacob in conversation with the Khaled Times said,"Compared to other countries, the UAE adopted early intervention measures. The UAE closed schools and limited social gatherings when there were hardly any cases."He also applauded complete cooperation shown by residents as another reason for the lower death rates and high recovery rates. In ...

The Chinese authorities strongly protest the intention of the American side to revoke the license from the branch of the leading Chinese telecommunications corporation China Telecom in the United States, since such a discriminatory measure is contrary to generally accepted market standards.  This was announced on Friday by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Zhao Lijian. “We have already paid attention to the relevant information and express our strong protest,” he said at a regular briefing. “We insist that the US side comply with the principles of a market economy and stop making mistakes, under the pretext of protecting its own national security, politicize economic issues. The US should stop  use pressure on China companies to provide fair, equitable and non-discriminatory conditions for Chinese investors. " According to the diplomat, the Chinese government always requires that national enterprises engaged in commercial activit...

The French Embassy in Greece said that the agreement concluded between Turkey and the so-called Libyan National Accord Government (GNA) on the development of a gas shelf in the Mediterranean is invalid.The CESM Marine Strategic Research Center published a map that provoked the indignation of the Turkish media - reporters said that "the borders in the Mediterranean are incorrect."  In view of the incident, the French embassy stood up for CESM, because the Center is engaged in analytics under the auspices of the French Ministry of Defense.  However, the deal between Ankara and Tripoli cannot be considered a priori legal, since the Government of National Accord is illegitimate, respectively, Fayez Sarraj, who is considered the leader of the Libyan GNA, also has no right to conclude international treaties and agreements.  The so-called Government of National Accord (GNA) of Libya lost its legitimacy two years ago under the Shirat Accords. Regarding the position of the Fr...