✍️✍️ Jobs Update ✍️✍️ — October 11
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Hey folks! Hope we’re all doing well. I’ve been down sick all weekend, so I’m going to take the week off to get straight. But don’t fret, we have a brand new update to the job board ready for you. 🤘
New jobs are below. And below that is Outside The Newsroom, where our Sophie has taken us around the world for the most important news from the past week.
Speak to you soon and have a great week!
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Europe 🇪🇺
UK Ends Furlough Scheme: Having been introduced in March 2020, the UK has ended a temporary job retention scheme that paid 80 percent of wages to 11.6 million workers who would have otherwise lost their jobs due to Covid-19. Although job vacancies in the UK hit record highs last month, almost one million workers were still benefiting from the furlough scheme when it ended.
Climate Crisis Disrupts Italian Coffee: After years of failing to cultivate coffee on the island of Sicily, farmers were pleasantly surprised to produce approximately 30kg of coffee this year. They had Europe’s hottest ever summer to thank for the successful harvest, during which temperatures reached record highs of 48.8°C in Syracuse.
French Catholic Church Pedophilia: An independent report revealed that around 3,000 pedophiles have operated within France’s Catholic Church since 1950, and collectively abused 330,000 children. The Pope claims he is “shamed” by the Church’s failure to put the victims at the “center of its concerns.”
Sarah Everard Murderer Sentenced: Wayne Couzens was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, the 33-year-old woman he falsely arrested while she was walking home in London. A review revealed that the former police officer was linked to several indecent exposure allegations.
Spain Under-35s €250 Monthly Rent: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has proposed young people aged 18-35 should be offered a monthly benefit of approximately €250 to help them move out of their family homes. According to Eurostat, Spaniards move out of their family homes at an average age of 30, compared with 26.4 across the EU.
Middle East 🌍
Pandora Papers Expose Leaders’ Secret Wealth: A leak of almost 12 million documents has revealed that Middle Eastern leaders are among the members of the world’s elite to have been exposed for using offshore firms to hide their wealth, avoid taxes and launder money. Leaders from Lebanon, Qatar, Jordan, the U.A.E. and Bahrain are implicated.
Cyclone Shaheen Hits Oman and Iran: A tropical cyclone swept through Oman and Iran this week, killing at least 13 people and damaging infrastructure, including electrical facilities and roads. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding and winds reached speeds of up to 150kmh, causing more than 5,000 people to move into temporary shelters.
UN Finds Libya War Crimes: An investigation has revealed that Libyans have suffered human rights abuses including murder, enslavement, extra judicial killings and rape since 2016, with women, migrants and detainees suffering disproportionately. Libya has been plagued with violence since the country’s first civil war in 2011.
Interpol Criticized for Allowing Syria to Rejoin: The International Criminal Police Organization has lifted restrictions on Syria to allow the country to rejoin the communications network, after being suspended from directly sending and receiving messages in 2012. Critics say Interpol’s decision will allow President Bashar al-Assad to pursue Syrian refugees and dissidents living abroad.
U.S. Calls for Return to Iran Nuclear Deal Talks: After former president Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018, Joe Biden has called for an “imminent” return to talks, as long as Iran is willing to engage. However, experts warn that the benefits of the deal may soon be unrecoverable, claiming time is running out.
Africa 🌍
Tunisia Appoints First Woman PM: Despite being a political outsider, geologist and university lecturer Najla Bouden will become Tunisia’s first ever woman Prime Minister after the country’s President Kais Saied seized judicial power and dismissed the government in July. Bouden’s executive powers will be limited, however, and faces a country in economic and political crisis.
Ethiopia Asks to Expel “Meddling” UN Officials: The Ethiopian government has ordered seven senior UN officials to leave the country after accusing them of “meddling” in internal affairs. This comes after the U.S. accused the country’s Prime Minister of blocking humanitarian aid destined for the conflict-ridden region of Tigray, where the UN believes more than 400,000 people live in famine.
WHO Endorses Malaria Vaccine Rollout: The World Health Organization has declared this week historic after recommending a widespread rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine. Although the vaccine’s efficacy rate for preventing malaria cases is only 39 percent, experts predict it could save tens of thousands each year. Since 2000, 7.6 million people have died from malaria.
WHO Workers Sexually Exploited Aid Workers: A report has found that WHO staff members and aid workers sexually abused women in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2018 and 2020, where they had been sent to tackle Ebola. More than 50 women reported sexual abuse, including rape, and claimed they were offered work in exchange for sex.
Algeria Bans French Military Planes: Algeria has banned French planes from entering its airspace as part of an ongoing diplomatic dispute between the two countries. The news comes after French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to reduce the number of visas granted to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, all former French colonies.
Asia Pacific 🌏
North/South Korea Reopen Hotline: A military hotline between the two Koreas proven to release tension and prevent clashes has reopened after being cut off by North Korea in August. The move was a retaliation to South Korea’s collaboration with the U.S. in military exercises.
China-Taiwan Tensions Rise Over Airspace: The U.S. has condemned China’s National Day celebrations which involved sending almost 100 fighter jets into Taiwanese airspace over a three-day period, deeming them “provocative.” The foreign minister of Thailand, where the population lives in fear of Chinese invasion, admitted China’s show of aerial force was “threatening.”
India’s Deadly Farmers Protests Kill Nine: Protests against controversial farming laws in India have escalated once more in the state of Uttar Pradesh, this time resulting in nine deaths. While India’s ruling BJP party argues the reforms will modernize Indian agriculture, farmers say they will destroy their livelihoods.
New Japanese PM Takes Office: Fumio Kishida was elected leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party last week and will now take office as the country’s 100th prime minister. The new PM, whose 20-person cabinet has an average age of 61 and comprises only three women, vowed to prioritize measures to counter a Covid-19 resurgence in the winter months.
Australia Reopens Borders: Next month, Australia will finally reopen its international borders, which have been closed — even to its own citizens — since March 2020. According to PM Scott Morrison, citizens will be eligible to travel once their state reaches an 80 percent vaccination rate. The country’s travel restrictions have been widely deemed some of the most restrictive in the world.
Latin America 🌎
Ecuador Experiences Worst-Ever Prison Riot: A gang-related prison riot in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil that killed 118 people and injured 79 is thought to be the deadliest in the country’s history. Up to 2,000 prisoners will be pardoned while authorities tackle the problem of overcrowding, prioritizing the release of women, elderly and disabled inmates.
Huge Fire Devastates Honduran Island: A fire on the small island of Guanaja, 70kms off the coast of Honduras, has destroyed homes and businesses, forcing about 400 people to flee by boat. While no casualties were reported, four people were injured in the blaze. Home to approximately 6,000 people, the Honduran island’s main economy is tourism.
Venezuela Introduces New Currency: After years of crippling hyperinflation, Venezuela has introduced a new version of the Bolívar currency, with six less zeros than the former. To put things into context, in the old currency, a large bottle of soda could cost more than eight million Bolívars — a thick wad of notes — and many transactions were simply done in U.S. dollars.
UN Calls For Protection of Haitian Migrants: Mass deportations of Haitians does not offer often vulnerable migrants sufficient protection from the deteriorating economic and social conditions in their home country, says the International Office for Migration and UN agencies. A former U.S. envoy also stated that mass deportations of Haitian asylum seekers are “not the answer.”
Facebook Crash Leaves Latin America in Chaos: In Latin America, where Facebook’s services — especially WhatsApp — are used by a majority of the population for personal and business purposes, small businesses were shaken by this week’s six-hour outage. The impact was felt particularly in Brazil, where 81 percent of smartphone users check WhatsApp at least once an hour.
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