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COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 16 June
Top stories: Nigeria restarts first vaccine doses; Israel lifts requirement for indoor mask wearing; COVID-19 state of emergency lifted in Slovenia.
Small local innovators are highly effective at tackling big global issues. Here's why
We need to magnify the impact of highly effective local actors, to address today's big global issues.
IMF: Post-pandemic growth relies on these two things
Higher productivity is one of the key ingredients to higher economic growth and incomes. To ensure higher productivity policies must play a key role.
COVID-19 is creating a hunger catastrophe in India – here's an opportunity to break the cycle
COVID-19 has exacerbated hunger and poverty in India. Solutions should address food insecurity now and provide livelihood opportunities for the future.
Bye, bye, baby? Birthrates are declining globally – here's why it matters
COVID-19 is driving birthrates down globally – but it's not the only thing behind the global fertility decline. Here's what's happening and why it matters.
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 15 June
Top stories: United States passes 600,000 COVID-19 deaths; WHO warning on cases and deaths in Africa; Novavax reports its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective.
Human nature can combat climate change, says Belgium's Prime Minister
We can learn from the groundbreaking vaccine programmes, and the collective human spirit to protect, as we tackle climate change and aim for net-zero.
Here's how one social entrepreneur became a first responder to the Indian COVID crisis
Social purpose organization, Mann Deshi, is using its position on the frontlines of the pandemic to deliver critical COVID-19 relief.
Everything you need to know about the G7’s plan to donate 1 billion vaccine doses
The G7 are to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries, but some experts fear it offers only a small lifeline to global vaccine equity.
5 charts on the state of the global economic recovery
The global economy is set to expand 5.6% in 2021, but the recovery is uneven and this figure largely reflects sharp rebounds in some major economies.
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 14 June
Top stories: G7 pledges vaccine donations; AstraZeneca vaccine has 'favourable benefit-risk profile in all ages'; Planned easing of restrictions in England set to be delayed.
This chart shows just how little people want to return to the workplace
A study by YouGov has found that as many as 39% of participants were reluctant to return to work despite their reopenings following the ease of lockdown.