A study using high-resolution satellite imagery to analyze cemeteries has found that deaths have almost doubled in Aden, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Yemen. This discovery provides a true understanding of the extent to which an epidemic has spread to a sensitive country. The research was carried out …
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Heavy fires have broken out at Kilimanjaro, a major tourist attraction in Kenya and Tanzania, and Africa’s highest peak. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and has not yet been captured, according to Tanzanian National Park officials. Brief media release on Twitter Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) said the fire …
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According to new research, the world’s richest 1% of the population was responsible for more than half of the world’s poorest half of carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 to 2015. Carbon dioxide emissions have increased by 60% over a 25-year period, but emissions of the richest 1% have tripled compared …
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Before traveling to Washington to meet Donald Trump earlier this month, the Mexican president had a coronavirus test. Until then, Andrés Manuel López Obrador had never been examined, arguing that it was not necessary, despite the fact that several cabinet members had been infected with Covid-19. The President, known as …
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The UN Secretary-General will deliver one of his sharpest speeches to date today, attacking “myths, illusions and falsehoods” about international progress on equality. In an unusually worded speech, António Guterres called for a major overhaul of the UN security council, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to address …
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