Latest News

Vaccine hesitancy rising as climate-related disease spreads

Vaccine hesitancy rising as climate-related disease spreads

COVID increased vaccine hesitancy. With immunisation crucial to protect against the impacts of climate change, the test is how to restore vaccine confidence. As climate change causes more extreme weather events, increased rainfall and rising temperatures, it’s increasing the spread of infectious diseases. While this claim might sound like scaremongering, it is not a prediction — it’s already happening now in our cities, as exemplified by news reports of the streets of Paris being fumigated to limit the spread of tiger mosquitoes known to carry Zika and dengue. Vaccines are a key tool in the fight against these diseases. They

UN urges reversal of funding pause for Palestinian agency, promises staff accountability

UN urges reversal of funding pause for Palestinian agency, promises staff accountability

Doha/Geneva, Jan 28 (Reuters): U.N. officials implored countries to reconsider a pause in funding for the U.N. agency for Palestinians on Sunday, vowing that any staff found to be involved in Hamas’ attack on Israel would be punished and warning that aid for some two million people in Gaza was at stake. At least nine countries, including top donors the U.S. and Germany, have paused funding for the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) following allegations by Israel that a dozen of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the Oct. 7 rampage. “While I understand their concerns –

Republicans see an opportunity with Black voters, prompting mobilization in Biden campaign

The world has a wealth of high-stakes elections in 2024. Are they a test or a triumph for democracy Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

Washington (AP): Donald Trump isn’t known for fostering deep connections with the Black community. From his earliest days as a New York real estate developer, Trump has faced accusations of racist business practices. He spent years spreading the lie that Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, was ineligible to hold office. When he was president, Trump derided “shithole countries” in Africa and said four congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime-infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women are American citizens and three were born in the U.S. But as he

Nitish takes oath as chief minister of Bihar for record ninth time

Nitish takes oath as chief minister of Bihar for record ninth time

Patna, Jan 28 (PTI): JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Sunday took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record ninth time. He was administered the oath of office by Governor Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan here. Along with Kumar, BJP leaders Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary took oath as ministers in the new government. Kumar had earlier in the day resigned as the chief minister, saying ”things were not working well” for him in the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ and in the opposition bloc INDIA, and staked claim to form a new government with the BJP, which he had

1 … 1,293 1,294 1,295 1,296 1,297 … 1,508