Despite promises of solidarity on Covid-19, rich countries are snapping up the supply of promising vaccines
When 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the world’s first clinically authorized and tested Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week, the end of the Covid-19 pandemic seemed...
Sudan’s PM arrives in Ethiopia to discuss ‘security matters’
Sun, 2020-12-13 11:56 Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok arrived in Ethiopia on Sunday to discuss security matters with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. Last...
Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after attack on school
Author: By SAM OLUKOYA | AP ID: 1607856665362134700 Sun, 2020-12-13 10:44 LAGOS, Nigeria: Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary...
How will sea levels change with climate change?
Sea level changes are not happening uniformly across Earth’s oceans. Here’s why.
Our favorite books of 2020 covered climate change, Mars, the end of the universe and more
A good read became a cherished distraction this year as many of us stayed home more than ever during the pandemic. Biographies of scientific...
Clashes erupt in US capital as anti-Trump activists counter pro-Trump protests
Author: Sun, 2020-12-13 06:44 WASHINGTON: Conservative groups claiming without evidence that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from President Donald Trump staged protests across...
Historic US COVID-19 vaccine campaign launches with convoy of trucks
Author: Reuters ID: 1607836350821700300 Sun, 2020-12-13 05:01 Tractor trailers loaded with suitcase-sized containers of COVID-19 vaccine will leave Pfizer Inc’s manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo,...
UN chief calls on all countries to declare a state of climate emergency
Sun, 2020-12-13 08:51 NEW YORK: Over 70 leaders from across all levels of government, as well as the private sector and civil society, spoke...
Bomb and gun attacks in Afghan capital kill 3
Author: Associated Press ID: 1607840389681798300 Sun, 2020-12-13 06:14 KABUL, Afghanistan: Separate bomb and gun attacks on Sunday left at least three dead in Afghanistan’s...
Ukraine seeks World Heritage status for Chernobyl zone
Author: Ania TSOUKANOVA, Dmytro GORSHKOV | AFP ID: 1607822843861071400 Sun, 2020-12-13 05:17 CHERNOBYL Ukraine: A soft snow fell as a clutch of visitors equipped...
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