Pandemic caused 8.8% decline in CO2 emissions – Study
Restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic led to an 8.8 per cent worldwide decline in carbon dioxide emissions in the first half of 2020, an Institute said. The Potsdam Institute…
Biggest World War II bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
The biggest World War II bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. More than 750 people had been evacuated from…
India says COVID-19 vaccine expected from multiple sources early 2021
India’s federal health minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said the vaccine against COVID-19 was expected to be available from multiple sources in the country by early 2021. Vardhan was quoted…
Facebook, Twitter identify, suspend over 3,500 accounts using fake identities to spread false information
Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc said on Thursday they had taken down more than a dozen disinformation networks used by political and state-backed groups in multiple countries to deceive users…
U.S. govt. appeals judge’s ruling that blocked U.S. ban on TikTok downloads
The U.S. government said in a court filing on Thursday it was appealing a judge’s ruling that prevented it from prohibiting new downloads of the Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok….
China Joins Deal To Get Covid-19 Vaccines To Poorer Nations
China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control…
WTO Confirms Okonjo-Iweala, South Korea’s Yoo As Last Two DG Contenders
The World Trade Organisation is set to have its first female leader after Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee made it through Thursday to the final run-off. Whoever…
Trump declared ‘symptom-free, says contracting the virus was a blessing from God
U.S. President Donald Trump has been symptom-free for 24 hours and his vital signs are in the normal range, his physician said on Wednesday. Trump was hospitalised for coronavirus complications…
Libyan authorities arrest men suspected of burning Nigerian man to death
Three Libyans killed a Nigerian man by setting him on fire in Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, in what a U.N. agency described as “another senseless crime against…
UN Refugee Chief Tests Positive For COVID-19
The UN refugee chief said Wednesday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 after leading the first day of the agency’s main annual meeting in person. Filippo Grandi, who kicked…