Global News
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How climate change is fuelling a heat wave in India and Pakistan
The relentless heat, with temperatures soaring beyond 100 degrees Fahrenheit for days, particularly in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan, has killed at least 90 people, led to flooding from glacial melting in the Himalayas, contributed to power shortages and stunted India's wheat crop, helping to fuel an emerging global food crisis
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The era of borderless data is ending
Driven by security and privacy concerns, as well as economic interests and authoritarian and nationalistic urges, governments are increasingly setting rules and standards about how data can and cannot move around the globe
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Russia intensifies Donbas offensive as war enters fourth month
Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its neighbour's advances in many areas—including the capital Kyiv—but Russia is now focused on securing and expanding its gains in Donbas and the southern coast
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Time to tax the growing billionaire club: Oxfam at Davos
A new billionaire was minted every 30 hours during the pandemic while one million people could fall into extreme poverty at the same pace, the international charity told leaders at the Davos summit
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Biden warns of potentially 'consequential' monkeypox spread
Several cases of monkeypox have been detected in North America and Europe since early May, sparking concern the disease, endemic in parts of Africa, is spreading
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Russian blockade of Ukraine may unleash famine
Silos and ports across Ukraine are now brimming with millions of tonnes of grain with nowhere to go as the country is slowly suffocated by the siege
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US launches $3.5 bn plan for CO2 capture, storage
The money will fund four major umbrella programs that include a variety of projects to capture CO2 from the air and factories and then store it, the Department of Energy said in a statement
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Ukraine war casts a chill in Norwegian Arctic town
War may be far away but tensions from the Ukraine conflict are causing an unprecedented chill in a remote Arctic town where Russian and Ukrainian coalminers have worked side by side for decades
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Most automakers fall short on climate goals: report
Japanese auto giants Toyota, Honda and Nissan are especially far off the mark, with non-polluting cars accounting for only 14, 18 and 22 percent, respectively, of their planned production in 2029
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Women footballers to now get paid as much as men in the US
The US men's and women's national soccer teams will receive equal pay under new contracts that feature an unprecedented split of World Cup prize money, the US Soccer Federation announced Wednesday
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Rare monkeypox outbreaks detected in North America, Europe
Canada was the latest country to report it was investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, after Spain and Portugal detected more than 40 possible and verified cases