‘COVID guilt’ is setting up toy industry for its best Christmas in years
As families cancel plans to get together, toys are a safe way to make kids feel better.
A toy display at Nebraska Furniture Mart on Dec. 4 in The Colony.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Celebrating the holidays might be pretty ho-hum, but one area that’s booming is toys.
After a terrible year of remote school, canceled birthday parties and little vacationing, parents and grandparents ridden with so-called “COVID guilt” are spending a lot more on puzzles, crafts and games. And this is setting up the U.S. industry for its best Christmas in years and maybe ever.
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Thursday, 17 December, 2020 - 07:30
Sudanese protesters from the city of Atbara, the cradle of Sudan s revolution, arrive in the capital Khartoum to celebrate the downfall of dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 | AFP Asharq Al-Awsat
Sudan has experienced a whirlwind of change since its popular revolution kicked off two years ago, bringing an end to the three-decade reign of strongman Omar al-Bashir.
But experts warn the country is now at a critical juncture as tensions have flared between the military and civilian leaders who share power in a fragile transitional government. A rupture between civilians and the military is a constant risk, said Rebecca Hamilton, associate professor at American University s Washington College of Law, urging a surge of international support for the civilian side.
Two years after mass protests, Sudan risks rupture
An economic crisis, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, is bringing yet more pain to the country of over 40 million.
Thursday 17/12/2020
Sudanese protesters demonstrate outside the army complex in Khartoum, April 2019. (AFP)
KHARTOUM – Sudan has experienced a whirlwind of change since its popular revolution kicked off two years ago, bringing an end to the three-decade reign of strongman Omar al-Bashir.
But experts warn the country is now at a critical juncture as tensions have flared between the military and civilian leaders who share power in a fragile transitional government.
“A rupture between civilians and the military is a constant risk,” said Rebecca Hamilton, associate professor at American University’s Washington College of Law, urging a “surge” of international support for the civilian side.