Food Culture in Spotlight on UNESCO Heritage List
PARIS, Dec 23 (IPS) – Cuisine formed a notable portion of the latest inscriptions on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of...
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Ten Defining Moments for Women in 2020
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (IPS) – While 2020 will be remembered most for the way COVID-19 changed our lives in nearly every way and...
Octopus punches fish in the head (just because it can)
Octopuses sometimes partner with fish to hunt, but the partnership comes with risks (for the fish, that is).
‘Zombie’ greenhouse gas lurks in permafrost beneath the Arctic Ocean
Experts say we need to improve our patchy knowledge of subsea permafrost.
Air pressure makes Mount Everest ‘shrink’ by thousands of feet, new study finds
Seasonal changes in air pressure sometimes make Mount Everest’s “perceived elevation” to shrink by thousands of feet, a new study finds.
Nepal’s top court starts hearing challenge to PM Oli’s dissolution of parliament
Author: Reuters ID: 1608713611312150200 Wed, 2020-12-23 08:44 KATMANDU: Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s sudden dissolution...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail
Author: AFP ID: 1608711688132086700 Wed, 2020-12-23 08:19 HONG KONG: A Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon detained under a new national security law was granted...
UN to halt joint UN-AU peacekeeping in Darfur by year’s end
Author: AP ID: 1608718133882342900 Wed, 2020-12-23 10:07 CAIRO: UN Security Council members decided to end the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s western...
EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain; WHO to meet
Author: Martine PAUWELS with AFP bureaus | AFP ID: 1608731814032980400 Wed, 2020-12-23 13:31 LONDON: Europe on Wednesday began easing travel bans on Britain put...
These science claims from 2020 could be big news if confirmed
Discoveries about the cosmos and ancient life on Earth tantalized scientists and the public in 2020. But these big claims require more evidence before...
World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths 
Mothers get nearly eight times more paid leave than fathers – and women pay the price 
Nepal’s deadly glacier flood a ‘defining moment’ for the international community 
First human case of Shamonda virus reported in France as patient dies