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  The World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated across the globe every year on 8 May to celebrate and honour the millions of volunteers and members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) who provide a lifeline to communities in need across ...

  With the start of level four lockdown, more businesses will be returning to their offices and vehicles. The next few weeks will be critical because if all those that are returning to work do not continue to follow the safety guidelines proposed by the World Health Organisation, infection rates ...

Countries should maintain essential health care to non-Covid-19 patients while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. This is a message from Secretary-General Patricia Scotland ahead of the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting taking place virtually on 14 May. Some countries have temporarily suspended cancer treatment and surgery to help hospitals manage an influx ...

  The onset of a coronavirus-induced global recession has affected both labour markets and financial flows across the world. At the confluence of these two are remittances, which have increasingly been among the top contributors to GDP in many emerging markets over recent decades. The issue is particularly pertinent for ...

    Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks another milestone as the British luxury automaker records another chapter in its long story this Monday. It was on this day in 1904 that The Hon Charles Rolls first met Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel, Manchester – an encounter after which the motor ...

LIQUI MOLY Managing Director, Ernst Prost, speaks on misguided thriftiness. In this Monday’s letter  to his colleagues, the CEO of the oil and additive specialist, LIQUI MOLY, explains why misguided thriftiness has nothing to do with entrepreneurial activity and why it is particularly important to invest during difficult times. Enjoy the interesting circular ...

  In the days preceding lockdown, a number of people left to spend the time with their families or even found themselves stranded at holiday destinations. Thus, as lockdown is being lifted, the roads between major cities will likely be very busy as people return home. Even the roads within ...

  LIQUI MOLY Managing Director Ernst Prost, in this memo to his staff, speaks on why social issues are important, especially in times of social distancing, and what advantages an empty desk offers.  Dear Liqui Moly / Meguin family! “Your products suck and your advertising is really shitty.” Howard Stern, ...

  Nissan said on Monday that it has joined as one of the founders of ‘IP open access declaration against COVID-19’, a collective global effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In what has been described as an unprecedented move, this declaration brings together businesses, government and academia to promote ...

  The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has congratulated all journalists in the country and across the world, especially those in the frontline covering the Covid-19 pandemic, on the occasion of this year’s World Press Freedom Day. The Guild, in a statement signed by its President, Mustapha Isah and Social and Publicity ...