Clearing land to feed a growing human population will threaten thousands of species
Humankind’s growing need for food is running up against thousands of other species’ need for space. By 2050, humans may need to clear an...
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts with dramatic lava fountains
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted beginning Sunday (Dec. 20) night local time, with dramatic lava fountains and huge puffs of gas and steam being launched...
Interpol expects ‘dramatic’ jump in crime over vaccine shipments
Author: AFP ID: 1608543191049919500 Mon, 2020-12-21 09:27 BERLIN: Interpol chief Juergen Stock predicted Monday a sharp rise in crimes with robbers seeking to get...
No evidence Pfizer vaccine won’t work against new strain: EMA chief
Author: AFP ID: 1608560705981118700 Mon, 2020-12-21 14:21 THE HAGUE: The head of the EU’s medicines regulator said Monday it appeared the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would...
Indian farmers start hunger strike to pressure Modi on reforms
Author: Reuters ID: 1608543707839947600 Mon, 2020-12-21 09:34 Farmers leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform...
Gargantuan chunk of ‘cosmic web’ discovered. It’s 50 million light-years long.
Astronomers discover one of the longest filaments of the cosmic web. And it may help solve the puzzle of the universe’s missing matter.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned
A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August — with the lethal nerve agent...
Boris Johnson to hold crisis meeting amid chaotic fallout from new coronavirus variant
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was due to chair an emergency meeting with ministers Monday after the announcement of a potentially fast-spreading new coronavirus...
Cancer survivor explains why vulnerable need vaccine sooner
Millions of clinically vulnerable adults in the UK, some of whom only have a few months or years left to live, sit further down...
Ugandas School Plan for Refugee Children Could Become a Global Template
KAMPALA/KIKUBE/RWAMWANJA, Uganda, Dec 21 (IPS) – Thirteen-year-old Wita Kasanganjo is a pupil at Maratatu Primary School in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement based in Uganda’s...
Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions 
World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia, food insecurity in the Middle East 
Collective action needed to tackle global information crisis, UN-led dialogue hears 
Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk