With record low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. So then coffee with friends a shopping trip or a visit to family are all back on the agenda for millions more people as coronavirus restrictions are lifted and some of the hardest hit countries france has been locked down for 8 weeks now people can return to shops hairdressers and even take public transport after its lowest number of deaths in 7 weeks spain is opening outdoor cafes churches and mosques turkey its Shopping Centers and schools in the netherlands and india is restarting part of its train system despite a jump in fractions the rail network which is relied on by tens of millions of people every day has been shut down since late march and in China Shanghai is disneyland has reopened cinemagoers and other recreational venues will follow over the. Few weeks lets begin in paris where its just gone with the end of the is there for us and 2 months on from the start of all this there is some easing of restrictions house on g
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Serving. Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. I am very delighted to welcome you to our event today. Its on the conservative case for class actions a book written by professor fitzpatrick that galvanized this debate. We have three outstanding speakers, panelist i should say. Our first is the head of the class action practice here at gibson, dunn crutcher. Is litigated and defended countless class actions including over 20 dismissals of class action cases. You may have a sense of where his position is on that. He is a graduate of georgetown, undergraduate, and University Virginia law school where he was on the long review, and is alo the author of the chapter in the popular guide series on so please welcome christopher chorba. [applause] our next panelist is the profession selfie wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame where he was runnerup valedictorian, but he made up for that when he went to Harvard Law School and one the diploma. [inaudible] a lot easier, a lot easier. And he
Across the globe its starting to spread more rapidly across Africa South Africa is the best a country. With more than 1200. 00 confirmed infections placed in forcing a tough new 3 wake national lockdown. The mayor of moscow has ordered residents to stay at home for monday people might only leave their homes in the case of a marriage and seek to shop for essential zal to work if they have to. The spanish coast guard has rescued over 70 migrants at sea near the Canary Islands the migrants were brought to port in gran canaria antenna raif where they underwent temperature checks before being allowed to disembark. This is day w news from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our website w dot com. Gary main stock in hindi teaching gary Rehabilitation Center is a spark of hope for the 300 children who come here every day 700 more are on the waiting list the center is located just a kilometer away from the form a Union Carbide pesticide plant in bhopal which in gary trust was founded
Worlds children attended school now its more like 700000000. 00 thats almost 90 percent of all school age kids. d the right to an education is even laid down in the 1948 un declaration of human rights. Education should be one of the global Success Stories and yet theres a widening gap between education standards across the world children in developing countries around 100 years behind those of industrialized nations. So why is that while many children in developing countries have to work outside of school. And Armed Conflicts can prevent them from attending school regularly. In wealthier countries young people typically attend school for an average of 12 years and do. Vela ping countries for just 6 and a half years. And there are differences within industrialized nations themselves to a childs background too often determines that success at School Poverty can be a huge obstacle when it comes to gaining a good education those who can often spend a lot of money on their kids or willing p