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Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. Des millions d'enfants risquent d'être poussés à travailler à cause de la pandémie de la COVID-19, au moment où le monde a enregistré la première hausse du nombre d'enfants au travail en deux décennies, a signalé l'ONU ce jeudi 10 juin 2021. Un rapport conjoint de l'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) et de l'Unicef, l'agence onusienne en charge du bien-être des enfants, estime qu'au début 2020, 160 millions d'enfants étaient forcés de travailler, soit 8,4 millions de plus en quatre ans.  Si les projections actuelles sur la hausse de la pauvreté dans le monde devaient se matérialiser, ce sont neuf millions d'enfants de plus qui vont être forcés de trouver du travail d'ici la fin de l'année prochaine, selon le rapport.  ...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. Severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti amid the pandemic, rising crime and low resources, Unicef says. More than 86,000 children under the age of five could be affected, compared to 41,000 last year, the UN agency said. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas, and more than 60% of its population live in poverty. The country has suffered from decades of political and economic crises as well as several natural disasters. Violence has also surged recently, with a wave of kidnappings. After a group of Catholic clergy were abducted last month,  the Church described the situation as "a descent into hell". Unicef also said acute malnutrition, which is a less dangerous category than severe acute malnutrition, increased ...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. From CNN Health's Lauren Mascarenhas There were 4.1 million global Covid-19 cases reported in the week ending May 23 -- a 14% decrease from the previous week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday. WHO also reported 84,000 new Covid-19 deaths worldwide, a 2% decrease from the prior week. The largest decline in new cases and deaths was in the European region, the report noted. However, WHO warned global Covid cases remained high overall. “Despite a declining global trend over the past four weeks, incidence of Covid-19 cases and deaths remain high, and substantial increases have been observed in many countries throughout the world,” the report said.  India reported the highest number of new cases by far -- 1,846,055 -- though that was a 23% decrease from the...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. By Malika Kallenga and Andy  Rose  (CNN) - Florida's new law prohibiting businesses from asking whether employees or customers have been vaccinated against Covid-19 may take a toll on its cruise business.  The CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. said Thursday it could cause the company to suspend Florida departures and move its ships elsewhere.  But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will not allow cruise lines to resume normal operations unless at least 98% of crew members and 95% of passengers have been vaccinated. TOURISM & CRUISES DeSantis ban on vaccine proof may send one company’s cruise ships out of Florida BY TAYLOR DOLVEN| TDOLVEN@MIAMIHERALD.COM If Florida won’t allow Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to require ...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box.  MIAMI– Bank of America has named Vania Laguerre its local market executive for Miami, responsible for connecting the resources of the company’s eight lines of business serving people, companies and institutional investors in Miami. She also helps deploy Bank of America’s resources to address local social and economic concerns and build strong communities. Vania Laguerre Senior Vice President, Local Market Executive “We are pleased to have Vania join the Miami leadership team as she brings a wealth of experience with more than 30 years at Bank of America,” said Gene Schaefer, Miami market president for Bank of America. “She is dedicated to making financial lives better for our clients and will play an influential role in strengthening the bank’s impact and involvement wit...

Haiti has one of the lowest death rates from COVID-19 in the world.  As of the end of April, only 254 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in Haiti over the course of the entire pandemic. The Caribbean nation, which often struggles with infectious diseases, has a COVID-19 death rate of just 22 per million. In the U.S. the COVID-19 death rate is 1,800 per million, and in parts of Europe. the fatality rate is approaching 3,000 deaths per million. Haiti's success is not due to some innovative intervention against the virus. Most people have given up wearing masks in public. Buses and markets are crowded. And Haiti hasn't yet administered a single COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Jean "Bill" Pape says a combination of factors have kept the death rate so low. Pape played a role similar to Dr. Anthony Fauci's in the U.S. The 74-year-old Haitian doctor served as the co-chair of a national commission in Haiti to deal with COVID-19, leading the country's effort to deal with the cri...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. Mathieu Dion,  Radio Canada 3 h 01 | Mis à jour à 7 h 38 Le géant numérique de la vidéo en continu Netflix serait exempté de la taxe sur les services numériques annoncée dans le récent budget fédéral. Le ministère des Finances confirme que cette nouvelle mesure exclurait les revenus provenant des frais d'abonnement des utilisateurs pour visionner des contenus.   Netflix devra payer la TPS/TVH, mais ses frais d'abonnement ne seront pas soumis à la nouvelle taxe fédérale de 3 %. PHOTO : RADIO-CANADA / MATHIEU DION La description de la mise en œuvre de la taxe de 3 %, qui entrera en vigueur le 1er janvier 2022, est inscrite à la toute fin du budget, à compter de la page 833. Selon ce que prévoit le gouvernement fédéral, on y comprend que son champ d’applicat...