United Nations : International migration disrupted by COVID-19, says UN (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may have reduced the number of international migrants by around two million globally by mid-2020, a decrease of around 27 per cent in the growth expected from July 2019 to June 2020, the United Nations has said.

Environment : Jamaica failing to cope with plastic waste (PRIV)
(IPS, Kingston)
For decades, every time it rains heavily in Jamaica, a daunting deluge of plastic bottles and bags, styrofoam and other garbage trundles its way down a network of countless gullies and streams.

Opinion : Facing an existential threat, humanity must work together (PRIV)
(IPS, Nairobi)
COVID-19 is like a rainstorm, a thunderous and powerful rainstorm all over the world.