1st wild animal in US infected with SARS-CoV-2 found in Utah
A wild mink just tested positive.
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...
UN marks 81 years of global cooperation 
Women ‘first to suffer’ under siege, first to step up as frontline responders in Sudan 
The human voice 
West Bank: Guterres alarmed as Israel imposes sweeping closures after deadly Hebron attack