Guilty verdicts in Charlie Hebdo terror trial
A French court found guilty on Wednesday 14 accomplices of the French Islamist militants behind the January 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical...
How a girl’s ‘death mask’ from the 1800s became the face of CPR dolls
The story behind the face of the CPR dummy.
A mink in Utah is the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal
A wild American mink in Utah has tested positive for the coronavirus — the first wild animal found to be infected with the virus,...
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...
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...
Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF 
Malaysia: UN agency urges safeguards after refugees returned to Myanmar 
A new map points out U.S. rivers most worth protecting 
New Ocean Report Warns of Rising Seas, Ocean Heat and Acidification