What will the US return to the Paris Agreement mean for earth?
Within hours of becoming president of the US, Joe Biden has moved to recommit his country to the Paris Agreement - the internationally binding treaty...
Step up adaptation to climate change now or risk ‘enormous toll’, scientists warn
More than 3000 scientists on Friday called for a far bigger global push to protect people and nature from the effects of a heating planet,...
World Bank provides Lebanon with $34M to buy vaccines
The World Bank approved $34 million in emergency financing to Lebanon to allow the country to purchase vaccines against the coronavirus. For more stories from...
Rich nations ‘hugely exaggerate’ climate finance: study
Rich countries have over-reported finance to help countries adapt to the impacts of climate change by $20 billion over the last decade, leaving at-risk communities...
How world leaders are reacting to Joe Biden’s inauguration
Here is how world leaders are reacting to U.S. President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, replacing Donald Trump. JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA, IN...
Global stocks waver as COVID-19 fears trump recovery hopes
Global stock markets wavered on Monday as soaring COVID-19 cases offset investor hopes of a quick economic recovery, even after data showing that the Chinese...
Independent pandemic review panel critical of China, WHO delays
An independent panel said on Monday that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial COVID-19 outbreak,...
Helen Clark-led Covid-19 independent review panel criticises China, WHO
An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial Covid-19 outbreak, and criticised the...
Mesut Ozil confirms new shirt number
Mesut Ozil’s imminent transfer to Fenerbahce is getting closer, with the player already appearing to have confirmed his new shirt number, the UK Metro reports....
Britain invites G7 leaders to Cornish resort for June summit
Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major developed economies...
Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million
The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple...
‘Heart-wrenching milestone’: Covid death toll reaches 2m
The worldwide coronavirus death toll has surpassed 2 million, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple vaccines...
‘QAnon Shaman’ Jake Angeli charged over pro-Trump riots
Federal agents arrested two more Capitol Hill rioters whose images had gone viral, of one carrying off the House speaker's lectern and another who wore...
Banished by Twitter, an isolated Trump faces looming impeachment threat
With only days left in his presidency, Donald Trump - silenced by Twitter and shunned by a growing number of Republican officials - faces a...
Global temperatures reached record highs in 2020, EU scientists say
Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the...
Uganda’s Bobi Wine asks ICC to investigate rights abuses
Uganda’s main opposition leader asked the International Criminal Court on Thursday to investigate President Yoweri Museveni and senior officials for sanctioning human rights abuses in...
Japan leads 2021 world’s powerful passports, Nigeria 97th (See full list)
Japan maintains its lead into 2021 as the world’s most powerful passport. The Asian giant has held the top spot since 2018. The Henley Passport...
WHO’s Tedros ‘very disappointed’ China hasn’t granted entry to coronavirus experts
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that China has still not authorised the entry of a team...
Pope recognizes the resignation of the archbishop of Belarus, who has upset Lukashenko
Pope Francis on Sunday accepted the resignation of the head of the Catholic Church in Belarus, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, who spent time in exile last...
Covid-19 ‘might get more intense’ across world over coming weeks, warns Michael Baker
The new Covid-19 variant found in the UK is set to become more prevalent across the world due to its more transmissible nature, an epidemiologist...
Coronavirus vaccine: How will it affect the future of flying
Here are factors to consider as the vaccine begins its rollout. PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR Neal Imperial addresses Filipino students at Ben-Gurion Airport as they wait to...
New Covid-19 variant raises transmission ‘R number’ by 0.7- BBC
The new variant of Covid-19 is "hugely" more transmissible than the virus's previous version, a study has found. And while not more deadly, more transmission...
World Health Organization lists Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use
Pfizer and BioNTech's messenger RNA vaccine was 95% effective at preventing disease symptoms after two doses 21 days apart. An illustrative photo of the Pfizer...
Iran execution of man convicted of murder when 16 draws UN condemnation
Persons convicted of crimes as juveniles have been executed regularly since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. People stage a protest against the...
WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries
The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing...
The top 10 diplomatic events of 2020
2020 is a year that will go down in history as one with one major diplomatic event after the other. (FROM LEFT) Prime Minister Benjamin...
WHO warns of rise in new COVID-19 variants in Africa
The recent emergence of COVID-19 new variants has called for concern in Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the new variant seems to have...
Gaza’s drill – preparation for war or a PR stunt?
It is a rare sight; the different factions deciding in an “act of unity” to join hands in the operation. Members of Palestinian militant groups...
UNICEF ignores PA recruitment of kids to violence
PMW gave evidence, but group looked only at Hamas, PIJ A Palestinian boy wearing a Hamas headband attends a protest against Israel's plan to annex...
Global health in 2020: less walking but people lost more weight and slept longer
Did 2020 turn you into a hunk, a chunk, or a drunk? Looking back at 2020, one would imagine that spending most of the year trapped...
WHO warns COVID-19 vaccination not guarantee of virus eradication, cautions of another pandemic
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has said COVID-19 vaccination is no guarantee that the virus would be eradicated. WHO’s Head of Emergencies Programme, Mike Ryan,...
How the Five Eyes countries share immigration and refugee data
New documents show how the Five Eyes countries share data on immigrants and refugees. Photo: 123rf.com They also reveal the extent of co-operation between the...
Covid-19 variants, found in UK and South Africa, spreading globally
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said a variant of the coronavirus, which could be up to 70 percent more transmissible, is spreading rapidly in...
BBC: Jesus was ‘Palestinian’ despite term’s use century after crucifixion
References to Jesus as "Palestinian" were also made on the December 13th edition of BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Sunday Morning,’ without any explicit mention of Jesus'...
COVID-19: WHO issues warning coronavirus won’t be last pandemic
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has warned that COVID-19 (coronavirus) would not be the last pandemic in the world. WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
Analysis: Jailed Ex-Diplomat’s Uzbek Family Turns To UN Over His Treason Conviction
Kadyr Yusupov Last week, Kadyr Yusupov marked his third straight birthday in jail. A 69-year-old career diplomat for Uzbekistan, Yusupov was detained shortly after a...
COVID-19 vaccines should reach everyone worldwide – Pope Francis
Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis has asked that the vaccine against COVID-19 be made available to every person in the world. DPA reports that in his...
Scarred by 2020, Gen Z looks to a COVID-free future
Lives that had been focussed on school, university, sports or even going to K-pop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global...
Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID
Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made sombre by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said people should feel obliged to help the...
Fruity energy, spidery lenses: Nature-inspired solutions in 2020
Climate change and biodiversity loss are laying bare our dependence on the natural world for everything from the food we eat to the air we...
UN criticises Trump’s pardons for Blackwater guards jailed over Iraq killings
The UN has sharply criticised President Donald Trump's decision to pardon four former Blackwater contractors jailed over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians. A cyclist...
The Life of The Legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Fela Anikulapo Kuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist who made phenomenal strides in the mid to late 90’s on the...
Covid-19 cases recorded in Antarctica for the first time, meaning it has now spread to every continent
Antarctica, once the only continent not to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has now recorded its first cases. The Chilean army announced in...
WHO says no need for major alarm over new coronavirus strain
The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was...
Global COVID-19 cases surpass 75 million
Global coronavirus infections surpassed the 75 million mark on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as several nations around the world begin vaccinating against the...
Top UN inspector: Biden’s plan to rejoin the Iran deal will not be easy
Iran is now enriching and stockpiling uranium at levels well beyond the deal’s parameters, but nowhere near the levels it was at before the 2015...
US wants WTO DG race reopened — fresh setback for Okonjo-Iweala
The United States (US) has suggested that the process to find a new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be reopened, BBC...
WHO-led team expected in China in January to probe COVID-19 origins – experts
An international mission led by the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to go to China in the first week of January to investigate the...
ICC prosecutor sees ‘reasonable basis’ for crimes against humanity in Philippine drug war
The office of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor said there is a “reasonable basis” to believe that crimes against humanity were committed during Philippine...
‘Broken planet’: World needs to declare ‘climate emergency’ – UN
The UN secretary general has called on all countries to declare a climate emergency. Photo: 123RF António Guterres was speaking at a virtual summit on...