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World set for 2.7C rise on current emissions pledges, UN warns

World set for 2.7C rise on current emissions pledges, UN warns

-- 2021-10-26 22:14:05

Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, in another stark...

Three migrants drown on way to Greece, several missing

Three migrants drown on way to Greece, several missing

-- 2021-10-26 16:31:22

Three migrants drowned on Tuesday while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece after a boat carrying about 27 people sank, the Greek coast guard said. Greece is one of the main routes into the Europea...

COP26: Rich nations to meet climate finance goal three years late

COP26: Rich nations to meet climate finance goal three years late

-- 2021-10-25 23:06:20

Developed nations are set to be three years late meeting a pledge to commit a total of $500 billion to help poorer countries tackle climate change and realise this has damaged mutual trust. British p...

COP26 success hangs in the balance, British PM says

COP26 success hangs in the balance, British PM says

-- 2021-10-25 19:30:35

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday it was "touch and go" whether the upcoming United Nations COP26 global climate conference will secure the agreements needed to help tackle climate c...

Greenhouse gas levels hit record, UN agency says

Greenhouse gas levels hit record, UN agency says

-- 2021-10-25 19:09:27

Greenhouse gas levels hit record, UN agency says Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing t...

Guilt, grief and anxiety as young people fear for climate's future

Guilt, grief and anxiety as young people fear for climate's future

-- 2021-10-24 17:13:18

Overwhelmed, sad, guilty are some of the emotions young people say they feel when they think of climate change and their concerns world leaders will fail to tackle it. Broadly referred to as climate...

Kremlin critic Navalny wins EU rights prize for ‘immense bravery’

Kremlin critic Navalny wins EU rights prize for ‘immense bravery’

-- 2021-10-20 21:05:39

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was awarded the European Parliament's annual human rights prize on Wednesday for his efforts to challenge President Vladimir Putin's grip on power. Navalny, 45, w...

Germany may miss COVID-19 vaccine donation goal

Germany may miss COVID-19 vaccine donation goal

-- 2021-10-19 19:16:40

Germany may miss its target to donate 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this year due to conditions imposed by manufacturers and delivery shortfalls, a health ministry official said in a letter to Br...

EU has exported over 1.0b COVID-19 vaccines to over 150 countries

EU has exported over 1.0b COVID-19 vaccines to over 150 countries

-- 2021-10-18 16:29:21

Over one billion COVID-19 vaccines produced in the European Union have been exported to more than 150 countries since December 2020, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Mo...

Britain considers ways to boost security of lawmakers

Britain considers ways to boost security of lawmakers

-- 2021-10-17 21:38:16

Britain is considering a number of options to boost the security of lawmakers after a parliament member was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents, interior minister Priti Patel said on S...

Russia fighter jet escorts US military plane   

Russia fighter jet escorts US military plane  

-- 2021-10-17 15:31:11

A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet has been scrambled to escort a US B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan, just days after an incident with a US naval destroyer in the same region, reports Reuters...

Russia’s daily Covid deaths pass 1,000-mark

Russia’s daily Covid deaths pass 1,000-mark

-- 2021-10-16 14:46:42

Russia reported a record high 1,002 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, the first time the number has passed the 1,000-mark since the beginning of the pandemic. It pushed the national death toll to 222,3...

UK lawmaker stabbed in eastern England has died

UK lawmaker stabbed in eastern England has died

-- 2021-10-15 20:43:27

British Conservative lawmaker David Amess has died after being stabbed Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested to this end. The E...

British lawmaker stabbed multiple times in church

British lawmaker stabbed multiple times in church

-- 2021-10-15 19:18:37

A 69-year-old British lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has been stabbed several times while meeting his constituents at a church, witnesses and media said, reports Reuters...

UK lab suspended over false negative COVID tests

UK lab suspended over false negative COVID tests

-- 2021-10-15 18:21:07

British health officials say 43,000 people in southwest England may have been wrongly told they don't have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory. The UK Health Security Agency s...

COVID-19 health passes mandatory for workers in Italy

COVID-19 health passes mandatory for workers in Italy

-- 2021-10-15 18:06:07

Italy made COVID-19 health passes mandatory for all workers from Friday in a test case for Europe, with the measure being applied mostly peacefully across the country despite scattered protests. Prim...

Overseas butchers to get UK visas

Overseas butchers to get UK visas

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-10-15 14:10:15

Britain’s government said Thursday it will allow up to 800 more foreign butchers work in the UK on temporary visas, after farmers said a labour shortage in meat processing has caused them to cul...

Before travelling to space, save the planet: Prince William

Before travelling to space, save the planet: Prince William

-- 2021-10-14 19:59:13

Britain's Prince William has criticised some of the world's richest men for using their wealth to fund a new space race and space tourism rather than trying to fix the problems on Planet Earth instead...

Suspect in Kongsberg killings had converted to Islam, police say

Suspect in Kongsberg killings had converted to Islam, police say

-- 2021-10-14 16:34:31

The man suspected of killing five people in a bow-and-arrow attack in Norway had converted to Islam and police had been worried over signs of his radicalisation, regional police chief Ole Bredrup Saev...

Red-hot lava threatens homes in Spain's La Palma, as hundreds evacuated

Red-hot lava threatens homes in Spain's La Palma, as hundreds evacuated

-- 2021-10-13 10:19:06

Over 700 residents were ordered to abandon their homes on Tuesday on the Spanish island of La Palma as red-hot lava advanced towards their neighbourhood. As the river of molten magma descended from t...

Bangladesh’s batting lineup in the T20 World Cup

Bangladesh’s batting lineup in the T20 World Cup

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-10-12 16:15:42

After experiencing a lean patch on the spin-friendly pitches in the recently concluded two T20I series at home, Bangladeshi batters are about to face a different challenge altogether in the forthcomin...

Russian plane crashes in Tatarstan region, killing 16

Russian plane crashes in Tatarstan region, killing 16

-- 2021-10-10 15:09:36

An L-410 plane crashed near a city in Tatarstan region on Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring seven, the RIA news agency cited the emergency services as saying. The plane had been carrying a group...

Australia mulls making social media giants responsible for defamation

Australia mulls making social media giants responsible for defamation

-- 2021-10-10 11:13:00

The Australian government is considering a range of measures that would make social media companies more responsible for defamatory material published on their platforms, Communications Minister Paul...

French court rules against tighter porn curbs on legal technicality

French court rules against tighter porn curbs on legal technicality

-- 2021-10-09 09:03:37

A French court on Friday, citing a legal technicality, rejected a claim brought by two children's associations that aimed to tighten access to some of the world's biggest porn websites. Through their...

German police investigating 'Havana syndrome' cases at US Embassy

German police investigating 'Havana syndrome' cases at US Embassy

-- 2021-10-09 09:00:04

Police opened an investigation in August into several cases of so-called Havana syndrome among staff at the US embassy in Berlin, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. The syndrome - a mysterious set of ai...

Russia congratulates Nobel peace prize winner Dmitry Muratov

Russia congratulates Nobel peace prize winner Dmitry Muratov

-- 2021-10-08 16:28:04

The Kremlin on Friday congratulated Dmitry Muratov, an editor and journalist, on winning the Nobel peace prize despite the fact that his Novaya Gazeta newspaper has often criticised the Russian author...

UK eases Covid travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians

UK eases Covid travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians

-- 2021-10-08 10:18:46

The UK has eased travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Indians who have received a UK-approved jab. Starting 11 October, they will not have to self-isolate or take a Covid test when they a...

After Pandora Papers, EU plans new rules against tax avoidance

After Pandora Papers, EU plans new rules against tax avoidance

-- 2021-10-06 20:56:26

The European Commission will present by the end of the year new legislative proposals to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion, the EU tax commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told the European Parliament on W...

France seeks compromise over global corporate tax deal

France seeks compromise over global corporate tax deal

-- 2021-10-06 20:35:22

The world is on the brink of a global corporate tax deal but compromise is still needed over the final details, France's finance minister said on Wednesday as countries that have been holding out begi...

Two scientists get Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing tool to build molecules

Two scientists get Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing tool to build molecules

-- 2021-10-06 16:21:30

German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a "new and ingenious tool for molecule building". "Or...