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Hunger: The other way COVID will kill
Sep 14, 2020 09:03An outbreak of coronavirus pandemic-related nationalism — with countries blaming one another for the spread of the disease — has produced an escalating wave of trade barriers that has amplified the trouble on the roads. Rwanda has refused to allow Tanzanian truck drivers to haul goods into the country, forcing a time-consuming change of driver at the border.
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As global population grows, ecological threats and armed conflict could displace over 1 billion people by 2050
Sep 13, 2020 09:31An analysis released by an international think tank warns that as the world's population continues to climb toward and possibly surpass 10 billion by 2050, ecological disasters and armed conflict could forcibly displace roughly 10% of humanity—or about 1.2 billion people.
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How to stop COVID-19 fuelling a resurgence of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis
Sep 02, 2020 17:55AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB), three of the deadliest infectious diseases, together kill 2.4 million people every year, with TB alone responsible for 1.5 million deaths. And deaths from these diseases could almost double over the next year, according to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a consortium of donors that funds treatments. The reason: coronavirus. It’s a horrifying prospect, and calls for an urgent action plan.
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Spain rescues 58 migrants at sea near Canary Islands
Sep 02, 2020 15:40A Spanish coast guard boat brought 58 migrants to the port of Arguineguin in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday, after rescuing them from three dinghies in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Denmark’s pharmaceutical giant opens insulin production line in Iran
Sep 02, 2020 05:38The world’s top maker of diabetes drugs Novo Nordisk of Denmark has opened a production line in Iran, with Health Minister Sa'eed Namaki saying he hoped it would soon become a drug distribution and production center in West Asia.
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Russia: US war games in Estonia ‘provocative, extremely dangerous’
Sep 01, 2020 16:59Russia says live-fire exercises by the United States in Estonia, near Russia’s western borders, are “provocative” and “extremely dangerous” as they would escalate tensions in Europe.
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Imam Hussein, martyred for justice
Aug 30, 2020 10:27Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam, and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I.
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‘Mummified’ plants give glimpse of Earth’s future
Aug 24, 2020 15:57A study said fossil leaves from the remains of a 23 million-year-old forest suggest some plants may adapt to grow more quickly as CO2 levels rise. They have enabled the scientists to link for the first time the high temperatures of the period with high levels of atmospheric CO2. In their scientific paper, the team shows that some plants were able to harvest carbon dioxide more efficiently for photosynthesis — the biological process that harnesses light from the sun to produce food for the plant.
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Latin America passes 250K COVID-19 death toll amid warning of poverty surge
Aug 21, 2020 12:02The number of coronavirus fatalities across Latin America has surpassed the 250,000 mark as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the region that has become the world’s worst-hit so far.
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New Zealand’s prime minister postpones general elections
Aug 17, 2020 15:25New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has postponed the country’s general elections by a month under pressure from the opposition, which said the current coronavirus lockdown in the largest city of Auckland would work to their disadvantage.