Countries are being urged to strengthen their carbon-cutting targets by the end of 2022 in a draft agreement published at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit. The document says vulnerable nations must get more help to cope with the deadly impacts of global warming. It also says countries should submit long-term strategies for reaching net-zero by […]
One of Germany’s top virologists has warned that a further 100,000 people will die from Covid if nothing’s done to halt an aggressive fourth wave. Case numbers have soared and Germany on Wednesday registered its highest rate of infection since the pandemic began, with almost 40,000 cases in a day. “We have to act right […]
Mauritius has closed all schools as the number of Covid cases continue to rise. Education Minister Leela Devi Dookhun-Lutchoomun made the announcement in a statement on national television on Tuesday. She said all classes would be held online from Thursday. The country has recorded 1,856 cases of Covid in learning institutions since 18 October. The […]
France has formally handed back 26 artefacts that it looted from what is now Benin in 1892, when it was governed under the French empire. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon, to Paris to formally sign over the artefacts. President Talon said he felt “overwhelming emotion” at the return of the […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has “tied the knot” with her partner during an Islamic ceremony in Birmingham. She and Asser Malik took part in a nikkah ceremony, where bride and groom consent to be married. The 24-year-old activist said it was “a precious day” in her life. The Pakistani women’s rights activist found […]
Climate change-related disasters, such as prolonged drought, floods and locust infestations, have displaced thousands of Somali farmers from their land, threatening food security in the Horn of the African nation. Somalia contributes less than 0.003% of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere — but the impact of global warming is evident in the well-being of […]
The United Nations said Tuesday that 22 of its Ethiopian national staff were detained by the federal government in Addis Ababa, following raids reportedly targeting ethnic Tigrayans. Six of the U.N. staffers have been released. “We are of course actively working with the government of Ethiopia to secure their immediate release,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric […]
The Duke of Sussex has said he warned Twitter boss Jack Dorsey about political unrest in the US – just a day before the deadly 6 January riots. “I warned him his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,” Prince Harry said at the RE:WIRED tech forum in the US. “That email was sent […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is returning to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow – urging nations to “pull out all the stops” to limit warming. The first draft of an agreement setting out how countries will cut emissions to avoid temperature rises of above 1.5C is due to be published later. The agreement – known […]
The Borough of Brooklyn in New York City in the United States of America has named a street at Bed-Stuy after Ghana to highlight the country’s leading role in building bridges among the global African Family. Bed-Stuy has been a centre of African American culture since the early 20th century and home to many cultural […]
