The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Marriage and Other Gender-Based Violence
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 21 (IPS) – I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new...
Wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes broke all kinds of records in 2020
2020 was a year of unremitting extreme climate events, from heat waves to wildfires to hurricanes, many of which scientists have directly linked to...
Here’s the science of the winter solstice
Today’s winter solstice will boast the year’s fewest hours of daylight for the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s why.
More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant
Author: By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and SYLVIA HUI | AP ID: 1608521959699433200 Mon, 2020-12-21 06:31 BERLIN: A growing list of European Union nations and Canada...
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 16,643
Author: Reuters ID: 1608525716289476000 Mon, 2020-12-21 04:30 BERLIN: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 16,643 to 1,510,652, data from the...
Philippines to get 30mln doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Author: Reuters ID: 1608534798909655600 Mon, 2020-12-21 07:08 MANILA: The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine by July next...
Elon Musk tweeted about a bitcoin rival. It soared 20%
What started off as a meme-inspired parody cryptocurrency has now become the center of a series of tweets in a bitcoin sound-off from Elon...
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce partnership with food charity
Author: Reuters ID: 1608500508885668000 Sun, 2020-12-20 21:32 Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced Sunday that their new charity has partnered with the World...
With improvised raft, Philippine soldier risked all for typhoon rescue
Mon, 2020-12-21 01:33 MANILA: When deadly Typhoon Vamco struck the Philippines in November, an army soldier in a remote northern part of Luzon Island risked...
Iran’s foreign minister arouses Afghan anger
Author: Mon, 2020-12-21 01:37 KABUL: Senior Afghan analysts on Sunday criticized comments by the Iranian foreign minister, where he suggested fighters from Fatemiyoun, an Iranian...
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions 
Indigenous Peoples Call for Meaningful Influence in Climate Discussions — Nia Tero 
What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers 
Yemen: Türk alarmed by rising civilian toll, urges restraint