Oil Giants Face Pressure to Act on Climate Change
Some of the world’s biggest oil companies are under pressure to take more action to address climate change.ExxonMobil ...
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Are UFOs a Threat? Pentagon Due to Deliver Report to Congress
Videos of Navy pilots pursuing flying objects with amazing capabilities have struck a nerve in Washington. Matt Dibble looks into ...
Kenya’s Gender-Based Violence Cases Quintuple During Pandemic
Kenya’s Department of Gender says reported cases of gender-based violence have nearly quintupled during the COVID-19 ...
Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 45 Percent
In a landmark case brought by seven environmental groups, a Dutch court Wednesday ordered energy company Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) ...
Former Aide to British Leader Says Government Failed Public in COVID-19 Response
A former chief aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee Wednesday the government failed the ...
Lunar Eclipse Coinciding with ‘Supermoon’ Visible Wednesday
The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a “supermoon” Wednesday, putting on a cosmic show for at ...
UN: COVID in India ‘Unlike Anything’ Experienced in Region
The situation in pandemic-ravaged South Asia is “unlike anything our region has seen before,” the regional director of UNICEF ...
US Health Secretary Calls For 2nd COVID-19 Origins Investigation
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to conduct a ...
Moderna Says COVID-19 Vaccine Safe and Effective for 12 – 17 Year Olds
The U.S. biotechnology firm Moderna said Tuesday that recent trials of its COVID-19 vaccine show it to be safe and effective on ...
Thousands Evacuated in India as Strong Cyclone Inches Closer
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to ...
US Doubles Funding to Prepare for Hurricane Damage
Ahead of what is forecast to be an above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin, the U.S. government is doubling funding ...
The Poor, The Rich: In a Sick India, All Are on Their Own
For the family of the retired diplomat, the terror struck as they tried desperately to get him past the entrance doors of a ...
At World Health Assembly, WHO Chief Pays Tribute to Lost Health Care Workers
The World Health Organization chief opened the agency’s annual World Health Assembly in Geneva Monday by paying tribute to the ...
Taiwan Criticizes WHO ‘Indifference’ After Summit Snub
Taiwan has criticized what it calls the “indifference” of the World Health Organization to the health rights of ...
Australia Urged to Offer Cash Incentives to Boost Slow COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
The Australian government is being urged to offer citizens cash and lottery tickets as incentives to boost slow rates of ...
India Nearing 300,000 COVID Deaths
India is nearing 300,000 recorded deaths from the coronavirus, after adding more than 3,700 deaths in the last 24 hours. The ...
Pandemic Treaty, Vaccine Equity Seen Topping UN Health Meeting Agenda
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic and preventing future pandemics is expected to dominate discussions during this week’s 74th World ...
CDC Investigates Reports of Heart Inflammation After COVID Inoculations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is investigating reports that young people have developed ...
China’s ‘Father of Hybrid Rice’ Dies; His Research Helped Feed World
Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died ...
Virgin Galactic Shuttle’s First Rocket-powered Flight Reaches Edge of Space
Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as ...
Biden Announces US-South Korea Vaccine Partnership
COVID-19, climate change and cooperation in high-tech industries were the focus of a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and ...
Pfizer, BioNTech Pledge 2 Billion Vaccine Doses to Poor Nations
U.S. and German vaccine partners Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday pledged to deliver 2 billion doses of their vaccine to low- and ...
Online Dating Sites Offer Incentives to Get Vaccinated, White House Says
The White House COVID-19 response team said Friday that major online dating sites are pitching in to encourage more people in the ...
Refugees in Uganda Battle Suicidal Thoughts Amid COVID Pandemic
Twenty-two-year-old Meta Josten from the Democratic Republic of Congo was already living a hard life in one of Uganda’s refugee ...