Lockdown in Chains
Dec 16 (IPS) – Kriti Sharma is a senior disability rights researcher and Shantha Rau Barriga is the disability rights director at Human Rights Watch.Long before the Covid-19...
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Energy Efficiency for Developing Countries: Pivoting from Fewer Inputs to More Outputs
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (IPS) – Energy efficiency (EE) is often marketed as a tool to save energy and money. The oft-repeated mantra is doing...
Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan ceasefire
Author: By KATHY GANNON | AP ID: 1608114144044975000 Wed, 2020-12-16 10:07 ISLAMABAD: A Taliban team, led by the co-founder of the insurgent movement, arrived...
UK still plans to ease coronavirus restrictions on holiday gatherings
Author: AP ID: 1608113751504959500 Wed, 2020-12-16 10:08 LONDON: Britain’s easing of restrictions for family gatherings over Christmas looks like it’s still on despite a...
Author: AFP ID: 1608119562895259200 Wed, 2020-12-16 11:47 GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a team of international experts would travel to China...
Germany enters harder lockdown as coronavirus deaths hit new high
Author: AP ID: 1608120725325370300 Wed, 2020-12-16 12:04 BERLIN: Germany reported a record level of coronavirus deaths as it entered a harder lockdown Wednesday, closing...
In one photo, a woman wearing a patterned dress walks down a deserted street in Bellagio, northern Italy, a small dachshund lapping at her...
These Arctic squirrels recycle bits of their own bodies to survive winter
Arctic ground squirrels can survive harsh winters with below-freezing temps by holing up for some eight months without eating. These hibernators “live at the...
Hundreds of graves reveal Spanish town’s secret Muslim history
An archaeological site in northeast Spain holds one of the oldest-known Muslim cemeteries in the country, with the discovery of 433 graves.
Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of climate change (Op-Ed)
As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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