Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events. It’ll get worse, too. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]
Day: January 18, 2023
Rivals lay claim to welfare
People queue outside Siam Rattana supermarket in the capital’s Wong Wian Yai area to buy essential goods in February 2021 when the government transferred money under a financial relief scheme to 13.8 million state welfare cardholders. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) […]
German Chamber of Commerce in Austria Organized New Year’s Reception 2023 in Graz
Graz and the surrounding area are among the most important regions, also for industry, which is relevant for the German economy. Graz is also highly relevant for German-Austrian economic relations, especially because of many German company branches. The Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of […]
Russia forces push forward despite ‘colossal losses’
It was a terrible week for Ukraine. On January 12, Russian forces took effective control of Soledar in Donetsk, their first capture of a town since July. Two days later, they unleashed 50 rockets on Ukraine’s cities. One levelled an apartment building in the city […]
Abducted Burkina Faso women flee gunmen as attacks spike
Piercing thorns and stones underfoot did not stop the young woman as she charged through thickets, baby strapped to her back, fleeing armed men who kidnapped her with dozens of others in northern Burkina Faso last week. Now back home in the town of Arbinda […]
Greenland temperatures hottest in 1,000 years: Study
New data has revealed that temperatures in Greenland are the warmest they have been in 1,000 years, underscoring the growing impact of human-driven climate change on the natural world. A study published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday found that temperatures have risen 1.5 […]
US Fed chief Powell tests positive for COVID
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms from the virus, the US central bank said in a statement. Powell, who turns 70 next month, is up to date on his COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, and is […]
Mother and one-year-old son killed in rare polar bear attack
Authorities in the United States on Wednesday have identified a 24-year-old woman and her one-year-old son as the victims of a fatal polar bear attack in an isolated Alaska Native village. The fatal mauling happened on Tuesday in Wales, a coastal community that is no […]
UN chief blasts Big Oil for ‘peddling the big lie’ on climate
Some big oil companies ignored their own science on the dangers of climate change and “peddled the big lie” for decades about the safety of burning fossil fuels, the United Nations chief said. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
Heatwaves and floods hit cities worldwide but some have learnt to adapt. Here’s how
Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events. It’ll get worse, too. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]