A plane with 90 tons of assistance from the UN arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday to help the country fight the coronavirus pandemic. The cargo includes 28 thousand sets of personal protective equipment for medical workers, oxygen concentrators, baby beds, water quality control equipment and hygiene kits, the organization said. “This is the first United Nations humanitarian aid in support of...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has stated that the labor market is facing the worst crisis since World War II due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Quarantine measures led to the fact that temporary full or partial closures of enterprises affected 2.7 billion people, that is, 81% of the total workforce in the world. The most affected are the hotel business, administrative...

The Venezuelan government criticized the plan proposed by the US authorities to resolve the domestic political conflict in the country. Washington believes that it is necessary for Caracas to create an interim government, which would include representatives of the opposition. Head of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, Jorge Arreaza, called this plan an attempt to intervene in the country's internal...

The global economy has entered a recession, said the IMF Head Kristalina Georgieva. She believes that recovery in the next year will not be possible unless the coronavirus pandemic is restrained. The coronavirus has already plunged the global economy into recession, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said in an interview with CNBC. The extent to...

The North American international auto show, which was supposed to take place in June, was canceled; the venue will be repurposed into a hospital for those infected with coronavirus, NBC News reported. It is reported that the decision on the cancellation was made after the US Federal Emergency Management Agency decided to use the site where the car dealership was supposed to go as a hospital for...

For the second time in its history, US authorities have charged a serious criminal offense to the incumbent head of a foreign state, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The US authorities accuse Mr. Maduro (who, however, has not been recognized as a legitimate leader for a long time) of "direct participation in the drug trade" and his desire to "flood the United States with cocaine." Washington...

Washington is increasing pressure on Saudi Arabia, trying to push Riyadh to limit oil production in a situation where the collapse in world prices is increasingly affecting the American economy. The US believes that America has fallen victim of the Russian-Saudi oil war. At that, opponents of US President Donald Trump accuse him of unjustified support for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al...

84 new cases of infection with coronavirus were registered in South Korea on Wednesday; the total number of cases rose to 8320 people. Although the peak of the epidemic is over, the authorities are tightening the procedure for entering the country and postponing the start of the school year for the third time. At the same time, the general elections scheduled for April 15 will be held on time. As...

The coronavirus epidemic in Iran, which is becoming increasingly rampant, has forced Tehran to launch a diplomatic counteroffensive. The goal is to get rid of unilateral US sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The country’s government appealed to the UN Secretary General and world leaders, urging them to intensify their efforts to abolish Washington's punitive measures that prevent an...