In SUVs and on planes, richest one per cent drive climate-heating emissions
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Prone to frequent flying, a passion for SUVs and big spending, the richest one per cent of the world’s population produced twice as many planet-heating emissions as the poorest half of humanity over the last quarter-century, researchers said on Monday. That excessive consumption has left little room in the world’s “carbon […]
More than 150 nations join global vaccine plan but US, China absent
Geneva, Switzerland/London, UKReuters Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance led by the World Health Organization said on Monday, but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up. US President Donald Trump’s government has already secured future supplies through bilateral deals, prompting […]
Almost 80 per cent of displaced people have lost job, income due to virus – survey
Updated: 7.20am (AEST), 22nd September, 2020Oslo, NorwayReuters Some 77 per cent of people displaced by conflicts have lost a job or revenue since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey by the Norwegian Refugee Council showed on Monday. A record 79.5 million people worldwide, or one per cent of humanity, were displaced at the […]
World leaders to mark United Nations at 75 as pandemic challenges organisation
United NationsReuters World leaders will come together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193 member world body. As COVID-19, which emerged in China late last year, began to spread around the world, forcing millions of people to […]
In pandemic spotlight, public banks ponder a greener role
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Limping along after a COVID-19 body blow, the global economy needs investment by public development banks more than ever, officials say – and shifts in how they do business could set a precedent for a greener, more equitable future. From ending support for fossil fuels to expanding debt relief and protecting […]
Australian, British aid workers killed in blast in Solomon Islands
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Two men from Australia and Britain who worked for an aid agency that helps to dispose of unexploded bombs were killed in a blast in Solomon Islands, their employer said on Monday. It was not immediately clear if the employees of Norwegian People’s Aid were trying to defuse live munitions at the time […]
NASA mulls possible mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life
Washington, DCReuters NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbours life. An international research team last Monday described evidence of potential microbes residing in the […]
US election: Evangelicals at base of Trump hopes for Pennsylvania repeat
MARK SCOLFORO, writing for Associated Press, reports on the role white evangelicals in the key state of Pennsylvania could once again play in the upcoming US presidential election…
Study: Liberal congregations in US more politically active than conservative ones
RNS White evangelicals who comprise US President Donald Trump’s core base have attracted the lion’s share of attention for their political clout these past few years. But a new study of 1,262 congregations across the United States shows it is liberal congregations, and particularly Black churches, that have become substantially more engaged in political activity […]
Essay: Can Trump and McConnell get through the four steps to seat a Supreme Court justice in just six weeks?
In light of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg late last week, CAREN MORRISON, associate professor of law at Georgia State University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the what may happen next…