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...
How to watch tonight’s ‘great conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn
Here’s how to catch the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, something that hasn’t happened this spectacularly in nearly 800 years.
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...
A Pakistani Farmer is Using Technology to Stop Agricultural Exploitation
AMMAN, Jordan, Dec 21 (IPS) – Anas Shaikh is a Pakistani farmer on a mission to bring solutions to the many difficulties small and...
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...
Could a whale swallow a person whole? 
UN hails Libya election deal as Security Council urges Libyans to seize the moment 
Plight of Afghans going ‘from bad to worse’, but the world is looking away: Türk 
Flood-ravaged Nepal calls for climate justice