US military to spend $2.2b to build mini nuke reactors
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MOSCOW VISIT / CIA chief warned Russia against Nato attacks
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Half of world’s soils are in poor condition: UN
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NEPAL FLASH FLOOD, LANDSLIDE / Desperate families search for missing
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‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dead
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Russian strikes hit Kyiv, other cities
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Collapse of glacier sparks deadly floods
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FLOOD ALERT / New barrier lake heightens threat: China
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Oil tanker hit by projectile in the Strait of Hormuz
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Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed 'Lake America'
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EU mulls Turkey sanctions
European Council chief Charles Michel yesterday said that Turkey has not de-escalated its stand-off with Greece in response to diplomatic
4 December 2020
UK vows 68pc emissions cut by end of decade
Britain will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than two-thirds this decade, in what the government said would be the fastest
4 December 2020
Probe leaves Moon for Earth
A Chinese space probe has lifted off from the surface of the Moon to return to Earth, an ambitious effort to bring back the first lunar samples in
4 December 2020
China turns on ‘artificial sun’
China successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported yesterday, marking a great
4 December 2020
Hunger surges to record levels in Yemen: UN
Malnutrition in conflict-hit Yemen has reached record levels, narrowing the window of opportunity to prevent a famine, the UN has said, as the coronavirus and funding shortfalls threaten a humanitarian perfect storm.
4 December 2020
Ex-presidents of US to publicly receive Covid vaccine
Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton as well as President-elect Joe Biden are volunteering to take a coronavirus vaccine on camera if it will help promote public confidence.
4 December 2020
WHO looks at e-certificates for vaccination
The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes for an end to the pandemic were boosted after Britain became the first country to approve use of a Covid-19 vaccine.
4 December 2020
China ‘greatest threat’ to global democracy, freedom
Beijing yesterday lashed out at a claim by the US intelligence chief that China is the “greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide”, calling it a “hodgepodge of lies”.
4 December 2020
Brexit talks near climax
European doubts over a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain boiled over yesterday, with France threatening a veto even as intense negotiations entered what could be their final hours.
4 December 2020
White House communications director Alyssa Farah resigns
White House communication director Alyssa Farah announced her resignation Thursday, in what appeared to be a tacit acknowledgement of
4 December 2020
Among first acts, Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing
Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he’s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
4 December 2020
Time Kid of the Year Gitanjali Rao aims to ‘solve world’s problems’
TIME, TIME for Kids and Nickelodeon announced 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao from Colorado as the 2020 Kid of the Year, the multiplatform initiative recognising extraordinary young leaders who are making a positive impact in their communities.
4 December 2020
‘We lost everything’: Central Americans flee north after back-to-back hurricanes
Back-to-back hurricanes Eta and Iota internally displaced more than half a million people in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, according to International Organization for Migration data. The UN agency has said at least a third could be displaced for more than three months, hampering their ability to earn a living and rebuild their lives.
4 December 2020
Biden says he’ll publicly get a Covid-19 vaccine, keep Fauci
US President-elect Joe Biden has said he would publicly take a coronavirus vaccine to demonstrate its safety to the public and pledged to retain the nation’s top adviser on the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, when he takes office next month
4 December 2020
Protests break out in captured Ethiopian city, says Tigrayan leader
Debretsion Gebremichael, the leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigrayan forces, has said that protests were breaking out in the regional capital which fell to federal troops days ago in their month-long war.
4 December 2020
UN removes cannabis from list of most dangerous substances
The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry.
4 December 2020
Obama, Bush and Clinton to volunteer for Covid-19 vaccine publicly, reports CNN
Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have said they would volunteer to get their Covid-19 vaccines publicly to promote confidence among people in the vaccine’s safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorises one, reports CNN.
3 December 2020
Ex-French president Giscard d’Estaing dies of Covid at 94
Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, a leading advocate of European integration who led his country into a new modern era, has died of
3 December 2020
Chinese probe completes moon sampling
A Chinese space probe sent to gather material from a previously unexplored part of the moon has completed its mission and is preparing to send back
3 December 2020
China’s Crackdown on Xinjiang: US blocks imports of ‘slave labor’ cotton
The United States will block imports of cotton it says are harvested with “slave labor” in China’s Xinjiang region, authorities have announced.
3 December 2020