Huge methane cache beneath Arctic could be unlocked by the moon
The moon’s tides affect how much methane is released from seafloor sediments and the implications are huge.
This mom makes sure Santa sends reassuring notes to kids who can’t celebrate on December 25
Families everywhere are set for the most wonderful time of the year. But in some households, Mom or Dad can’t be around for Christmas...
Ivory from a 16th century shipwreck reveals new details about African elephants
In 2008, miners off the coast of Namibia stumbled upon buried treasure: a sunken Portuguese ship known as the Bom Jesus, which went missing...
Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous Peoples Lands
QUEZON CITY, Philippines, Dec 17 (IPS) – Beverly L. Longid is the Global Coordinator of International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL)....
Arent We Missing Food Security Experts in the Incoming President-Elect Biden-Kamala Harris Administration?
URBANA, Illinois / ABUJA, Dec 17 (IPS) – Food insecurity across the U.S. continues to be on the rise because of the effects of...
France’s Macron has tested positive for COVID-19
Author: Reuters ID: 1608198443893286800 Thu, 2020-12-17 09:44 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday. “The...
India’s Supreme Court suggests government delay farm laws
Author: AP ID: 1608199614573353400 Thu, 2020-12-17 10:01 NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that the government consider delaying implementation of new agricultural...
BioNTech: 140,000 in Britain jabbed with coronavirus vaccine
Author: Reuters ID: 1608202421373494600 Thu, 2020-12-17 10:50 FRANKFURT: Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 140,000 people in Britain, and the feedback...
US Joint Chiefs chairman meets with Taliban on peace talks
Author: AP ID: 1608204880653644700 Thu, 2020-12-17 11:30 KABUL: The top US general held unannounced talks with Taliban peace negotiators in the Arabian Gulf to...
EU states to start COVID-19 vaccinations in 10 days
Author: Reuters ID: 1608208441583800400 Thu, 2020-12-17 12:32 BERLIN: European Union states will start vaccinations against COVID-19 in 10 days as Europe tries to catch...
UN marks 81 years of global cooperation 
Women ‘first to suffer’ under siege, first to step up as frontline responders in Sudan 
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West Bank: Guterres alarmed as Israel imposes sweeping closures after deadly Hebron attack