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Could Cycle Superhighways boost house prices?
New analysis suggests houses near London’s Cycle Superhighways enjoy valuations that are 80 per cent higher than average. Could the sudden surge in the number…
EU, Japan strenthen ties to face COVID-19 crisis
EU and Japan leaders at a video conference Tuesday signalled close coordination in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, stressing the importance of global solidarity, cooperation…
’Deeply troubling’: Covid-19 to spur record drop in global energy investment
A sobering report published today by the IEA predicts that global energy investment will plummet by $400bn in 2020, in a major turnaround from the…
More peacekeeping operations, fewer troops in 2019: report
The number of international peacekeeping missions rose slightly in 2019, but the number of personnel deployed continued to decline, researchers said Wednesday. The number of…
EU’s Von der Leyen to unveil trillion-euro recovery plan
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen will on Wednesday propose a roughly one-trillion-euro post-virus recovery fund for Europe, but will have to win over…
Global report: WHO says the Americas are centre of pandemic as cases surge
The Americas have emerged as the new centre of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, as a US study forecast deaths…
Global healthcare groups join calls for green, healthy Covid-19 recovery
More than 40 million healthcare professionals from around the world have urged global leaders to build a healthy, climate-friendly economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis,…
In land of big data, China sets individual privacy rights
China is poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country…
COVID-19: Immunity to coronaviruses may only last just six months, says new study
Immunity to reinfection from human coronaviruses may last only last six months, according to a study from the University of Amsterdam. It casts doubt over…
Scientists fight online virus misinformation war
With cat photos and sometimes scathing irony, Mathieu Rebeaud, a Swiss-based researcher in biochemistry, has nearly tripled his Twitter following since the coronavirus pandemic began….
Climate change in deep oceans could be seven times faster by middle of century, report says
In the new research, scientists looked at a measure called climate velocity – the speed at which species would need to move to stay within…
Hong Kong’s security chief warns of growing ’terrorism’ as govt backs Beijing’s planned security laws
Hong Kong’s security chief said “terrorism” was growing in the city, as government departments rallied on Monday behind Beijing’s plans to introduce national security laws…
Experts warn of bioterrorism after pandemic
The Council of Europe has warned of a potential increase in the use of biological weapons, like viruses or bacterias, in a post-coronavirus world. Terrorists…
Analysis: Can the aviation industry survive the coronavirus crisis?
It was yet again another bad week for the airline industry, with more relentlessly depressing news. The aero-engine maker Rolls Royce announced it is cutting…
Australia begins wide-ranging enquiry into deadly bushfires
Australia on Monday began the first hearings of a powerful inquiry into the causes of catastrophic bushfires that swept across the country, killing 33 people,…
In developing countries the coronavirus deaths are younger
In Brazil, 15 percent of deaths have been people under 50 — a rate more than 10 times greater than in Italy or Spain. In…
UN launches new initiative to fight COVID-19 misinformation through ‘digital first responders’
A new UN initiative aims to push back against the tide of lies and hate that has risen in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, by…
UK seeks to end reliance on Chinese imports
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a plan to end the UK’s reliance on China for medical supplies. If necessary, the UK is prepared…
Coronavirus : U.S. unemployment surges to nearly 39 million
Corona pandemic shortly: Italy records 156 new deaths from coronavirus; France records 83 deaths UK says around 17% of people in London may have coronavirus…
China to allocate $57 billion to environment protection
China’s finance ministry will allocate a total of 407.3 billion yuan ($57.22 billion) to ecology and environment protection in 2020, up from 390.6 billion yuan…














