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A photo of the Akademic Lomonosov reactor in the distance. — Courtesy photo

May 24, 2020

World’s first floating nuclear power plant commissioned for service

Matthew AmlôtDUBAI — The world’s first floating nuclear power plant has been fully commissioned to begin operation in northern Russia.The floating nuclear power plant (FNPP), named Akademic Lomonosov, was commissioned on Friday. Andrei Petrov, the director of Rosenergoatom (the electric energy division of Russia’s state nuclear energy firm), signed the relevant decree. Floating power stations allow facilities to be docked in remote regions that would otherwise be hard to develop.“Today ...

Josip Juratovic seen in this file photo.

May 16, 2020

EU at crossroads

By Josip JuratovicLJUBLJANA/BERLIN — “The European Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.”Similar to provisions of the German Constitution, Article 1 ...

Rohingya refugees use a handwashing station, installed to help combat the spread of COVID-19 at a settlement in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. – courtesy photo UNHCR

May 15, 2020

Support stepped up for Rohingya camps as first COVID-19 infections confirmed

GENEVA — After confirmation that the first cases of COVID-19 infection have been identified in a vast and overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh, UN humanitarians on Friday announced additional measures and appealed for funds to prevent the disease from spreading.In Geneva, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic relayed government confirmation that one Rohingya refugee had tested positive for the new coronavirus, in the Kutapalong settlement in Cox’s Bazar, along ...

London is recording fewer than 24 new coronavirus cases a day and could see the virus eradicated within weeks.

May 15, 2020

London could be 'virus-free' in two weeks: Analysis

LONDON — London is recording fewer than 24 new coronavirus cases a day and could see the virus eradicated within weeks, according to data that suggests around 12 percent of England has already been infected and that the virus kills around 0.63 percent of cases.Analysis by Public Health England and Cambridge University researchers calculated that the 'R' reproduction rate, the average number of people an infected patient passes the virus ...

Global trade and economic policy experts called for support and reform of global trade systems and governing institutions to ensure economic and social prosperity at the 4th annual Global Solutions Summit.

May 14, 2020

G20 experts: Reform of economy and trading systems key for prosperity in post-pandemic era

BERLIN — Global trade and economic policy experts, including Gabriel Felbermayr of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Paris Peace Forums’ Pascal Lamy, Susan Aaronson of CIGI and German Minister for the Economy Peter Altmaier, called for support and reform of global trade systems and governing institutions to ensure economic and social prosperity at the 4th annual Global Solutions Summit.“We must protect our rules-based trading system from backlash ...

With many countries across Europe have started easing their lockdowns, allowing people to move around more and businesses to reopen, the WHO warned there was no way to guarantee that easing the restrictions would not trigger a second wave of infections. — Courtesy photo

May 13, 2020

Coronavirus may never go away, warns WHO expert

GENEVA — The world had a “long, long way to go” to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, World Health Organization’s top emergencies expert warned on Wednesday.Addressing a virtual press conference here, Michael Ryan, the WHO's emergencies director said: "We have a new virus entering the human population for the first time and therefore it is very hard to predict when we will prevail over it.""This virus may become just ...

May 13, 2020

Favipiravir’s effectiveness positive in corona therapy after trials: RDIF, CemRar

MOSCOW — The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and the ChemRar Group Wednesday announced a positive first interim results of the multicenter randomized open comparative clinical trial of the drug Favipiravir on patients hospitalized with COVID-19.According to the data received, 60% of the 40 patients who took Favipiravir have tested negative for coronavirus after five days of treatment, which is two times higher than in the ...

Maria Branyas was born in Mexico in 1907 but she moved to San Francisco in the United States two years later and arrived in the Catalan province of Girona during World War 1 with her Spanish journalist father. — Courtesy photo

May 13, 2020

113-year-old woman in Spain beats coronavirus

MADRID — In Spain, a woman at the age of 113, who is described as the oldest woman in the country, has beaten the deadly coronavirus, reports said on Tuesday quoting the Spanish authorities.Maria Branyas was born in Mexico in 1907 but she moved to San Francisco in the United States two years later and arrived in the Catalan province of Girona during World War 1 with her Spanish journalist ...

May 12, 2020

WTTC unveils ‘Safe Travels’ — new global protocols to restart the sector

LONDON — The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector has unveiled a range of new worldwide measures to restart the sector.The measures have been designed to rebuild confidence among consumers so they can travel safely once the restrictions are lifted.The new Safe Travels protocols provide consistency to destinations and countries as well as guidance to travel providers, operators, and travelers, about ...

In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, an isolation center has been built to provide health care to Rohingya refugees, in the event of a major outbreak of COVID-19. — Courtesy IOM

May 9, 2020

UN virus hunters continue search for animal link to human COVID-19 infections

GENEVA — The key work of tracing the animal transmission source of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection in humans is ongoing and must be carried out to prevent future health emergencies, a top UN health agency scientist said on Friday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed more than 3.5 million cases of infection and 250,000 deaths globally.Since the respiratory disease emerged in central China in late December, health officials have ...

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