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Coronavirus outbreak anywhere can be a threat to people everywhere – especially in poor countries.

As this tiny virus, a ten-thousandth of a millimeter in diameter makes its way through different continents and countries, around the world many are concerned about the number of deaths or the devastation the virus can cause in poor countries. If Covid-19 pandemic can affect United States and other rich countries with the best healthcare system, still resulting in thousands of deaths, then one can imagine the high risk these poor people will take during this time.     Even in the United States, according to a recent article in The Economist, "children have fallen behind in their lessons—and too often gone hungry. The suffering has been skewed by race. A 40-year-old Hispanic-American is 12 times more likely to die from covid-19 than a white American of the same age. In São Paulo black Brazilians under 20 are twice as likely to die as whites. As the world has adapted some of these iniquities have got worse. Studies suggest that about 60% of jobs in America paying ov...

Yemen war - why the world is ignoring - When a Thought of War Comes, Oppose It By a Stronger Thought of Peace

Yemen war - why the world is ignoring When a Thought of War Comes, Oppose It By a Stronger Thought of Peace The United Nations declared that Yemen is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world and millions are at risk of starving to death in crisis driven by war.  Yet according to a report from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) just 15 percent of Americans are even aware of the crisis.  Also a recent report from IRC suspected cholera cases have hit one million in Yemen - a country ravaged by war. The United Nations  reckons three-quarters of Yemen’s 28m people need some kind of humanitarian aid. So, why the world is ignoring the war in Yemen - one of the Arab world's poorest countries that has been devastated by a war since 2015  - and poor and innocent Yemenis, as a result, have become the pawns in the regional power-struggle between super powers in the Middle East. Unfortunately, civilians have borne the major brunt of the fighting and more than 8...