The Week in Stories Around the Globe


Sudan Refugees Face Life-threatening Risks from Floods, Coronavirus, UN Say
s

The U.N. refugee agency says heavy flooding in Sudan is putting the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities at increased risk at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is spreading. 


#COVID19
 #Sudan #Africa #Nature

Nearly all Black Lives Matter protests are peaceful despite Trump narrative, report finds

“There have been some violent demonstrations, and those tend to get a lot of media coverage,” Dr Roudabeh Kishi, Acled’s director of research & innovation, told the Guardian. “But if you were to look at all the demonstrations happening, it’s overwhelmingly peaceful.”

#Trump#BlackLivesMatter #Uprising2020

China’s Population To Drop By Half, Immigration Helps U.S. Labor Force

The population of China is projected to decline from 1.4 billion in 2017 to 732 million by 2100, a drop of 48%, according to a new report published in the medical journal The Lancet and authored by University of Washington School of Medicine Professor Stein Emil Vollset and 23 coauthors.

#China #Population #Economics

Space Wasn’t Always A Big Place

Space may be the biggest thing we know of, but the size of our observable Universe is a recent achievement. Space wasn’t always so big, and the evidence is written on the Universe for all of us to see.

#TheUniverse #Scicene #Space

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