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Energy Institute sets science-based targets to reach net-zero emissions
The Energy Institute (EI) has announced a new ambition to become a net-zero organisation, agreeing to science-based targets to reducing emissions by almost 68% by…
Online child abuse rising during lockdown warn police
Police forces across the world are warning that criminals and paedophiles are using the coronavirus lockdown to target children. Data gathered by the BBC reveals…
Nestlé Tests Out Refillable Food Dispensers in Switzerland
Nestlé put reusable and refillable dispensers to the test at three shops in Switzerland. The Swiss multinational food and beverage company called the pilot for…
First poverty, now pandemic threatens access to electricity
One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone…
We want money not medals, say protesting French health workers
Hundreds of healthcare workers demonstrated outside a hospital in Paris on Thursday to demand better pay and more resources for a public health sector on…
U.S. planning to cancel visas of Chinese graduate students: sources
The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students believed by President Donald Trump’s administration to have links with…
Pandemic puts up to 86mn children at risk of poverty: study
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push as many as 86 million more children into poverty by the end of 2020, a joint…
Hong Kong security bill backed by China’s parliament
China’s parliament has backed a new security law for Hong Kong which would make it a crime to undermine Beijing’s authority in the territory. The…
Young could be scarred throughout working life
The International Labour Organisation has said young people are disproportionately being affected by the coronavirus health crisis. In a new report the ILO, which is…
EU wants to borrow $8.5 billion for vaccines, health care
The European Commission has proposed spending billions to help the EU reduce its dependency on foreign medical supplies. It said nations need to address ”vulnerabilities”…
Improve water supply in poorer nations to cut plastic use, say experts
Focusing on improving the water supply in developing nations could be a powerful way to fight the scourge of plastic waste in the oceans, experts…
For Trump and Biden, Snapchat becomes new presidential campaign field
The photo-sending app that boasts 229 million users — better known for filters that turn your face into a puppy or a vampire — is…
Coronavirus: EU to announce huge recovery package
Economies across the 27-nation EU bloc have been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, but several southern states had big debts even before the crisis. Germany…
Heavy rains may mar quality of Ugandan coffee crop: official
The quality of Uganda’s coffee crop may decline in the coming months as heavy rains across the east African nation have reduced the amount of…
Rio Tinto admits damaging Australian Aboriginal heritage site
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has admitted damaging ancient Aboriginal rock shelters in the remote Pilbara region — blasting near the 46,000-year-old heritage site to…
Fast fashion: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis
Across Pakistan, thousands of garment workers are battling against forced layoffs and months of unpaid salaries, as the deepening economic crisis caused by Covid-19 hits…
’Billions of years of evolutionary history’ under threat
Scientists say more than 50 billion years of evolutionary history could be lost as humans push wildlife to the brink. ”Weird and wonderful” animals unlike…
’This makes Chinese medicine look bad’: TCM supporters condemn illegal wildlife trade
Supporters and practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have warned that the discipline is threatened by those who continue to trade in endangered animals. The small…
Child labour, marriages on rise in Yemen as COVID spreads: U.N. agency
The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday its work in Yemen was near a “potential breaking point” as coronavirus spreads in the war-damaged country, with…
’Infodemic’: Scientists fight online coronavirus 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….
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