Denmark To Make Domestic Flights Fossil Fuel Free By 2030
Denmark's Prime Minister says she wants to make flying green
Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030.
In her New Year's address, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wants to "make flying green".
However she ... Read More
US flight Cancellations Hit New Holiday Peak Amid Covid And ...
Air travellers in the US have already seen days of disruption
Flight cancellations in the US have hit a new peak in a Christmas season hit hard by the Covid pandemic and bad weather.
Nearly 4,400 flights around the world were cancelled ... Read More
Covid: Omicron And Delta Driving Tsunami Of Cases – WH...
The combination of Delta and Omicron variants is driving a dangerous tsunami of Covid-19 cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' words came as the US and countries across Europe reported record new cases.
France reported Europe's ... Read More
India Blocks Foreign Funding For Mother Teresa Charity
The Missionaries of Charity run community kitchens, schools and hospices across India
India's government has refused to renew the foreign-funding licence for a charity founded by Mother Teresa.
The Missionaries of Charity has thousands of nuns supervising projects like homes for abandoned ... Read More
Covid: France Tightens Restrictions Amid Omicron Surge
France has announced tighter Covid restrictions amid concerns over the Omicron variant.
From 3 January, remote working will become compulsory for those who can and public gatherings will be limited to 2,000 people for indoor events.
The news comes as France recorded ... Read More
Climate Change: Huge Toll Of Extreme Weather Disasters In 20...
In South Sudan floods caused hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes
Weather events, linked to a changing climate, brought misery to millions around the world in 2021 according to a new report.
The study, from the charity Christian Aid, ... Read More
Covid: Christmas Flights Cancelled And New Curbs Amid Omicro...
Millions of people are facing travel disruption and increased Covid restrictions over Christmas, as the surging Omicron variant sees safety curbs tightened and flights cancelled.
Italy, Spain and Greece have made face masks compulsory outdoors again.
Catalonia, in northern Spain, has imposed ... Read More
WHO Chief Warns COVID Booster Programs May Prolong Pandemic
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - Director General of WHO
The World Health Organization’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Wednesday that blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programs will not bring a definite end to the global pandemic, but prolong it, as poorer ... Read More
Philadelphia Congresswoman Carjacked At Gunpoint In Broad Da...
Mary Gay Scanlon has been in Washington since 2018
A US congresswoman has had her car and possessions snatched from her at gunpoint in a daylight carjacking in the city of Philadelphia.
Mary Gay Scanlon's government phone and ID were among belongings ... Read More
Omicron Now Dominant Variant in United States
Travelers walk through Miami International Airport, Dec. 20, 2021, in Miami.
A man in the southwestern U.S. state of Texas may be the first in the nation to die of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is now the ... Read More