As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues, another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity as it has increased from 99.5 years to 135.6 years. The effects will be felt in the long-term, according to the World Economic Forum, which in its annual Global Gender Gap Report found that the goalposts […]
A large container ship ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal on March 23, choking traffic in both directions along the crucial international trade artery and created what is being referred to as the world’s largest shipping jam. Several attempts to refloat the 2.20 lakh tonne and 400 metre-long ship, named ‘Ever Given’ have reportedly failed. […]
India named Bangladesh’s father of the nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Oman’s longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos for the Gandhi Peace Prize, an official statement by the government said. The prestigious prize for the year 2019 is being conferred on late Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman in recognition of his vision to strengthen […]
Australia’s south east was lashed by another round of intense rainfall on Monday with thousands of people ordered to evacuate and more than 200 schools closed. Australian authorities are planning to evacuate from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain expected to continue for […]
Finland has taken the top spot for the fourth consecutive year as the happiest country in the world despite the pandemic’s devastating effects according to the UN-curated World Happiness Report 2021. The report saw Denmark in second place, then Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands. New Zealand was again the only non-European nation in the top […]
Moderna Inc has begun testing its Covid-19 vaccine on children and infants between the ages of six months and 12-year-old in a study, as the pharmaceutical company seeks to expand approval for its vaccine to children, the company said on Tuesday. The phase 2-phase 3 trial is being conducted in conjunction with the National Institute […]
The world’s oldest person plans carry the Olympic torch for 100 metres in Japan this May as the pandemic-delayed games finally get under way. Kane Tanaka, 118, will be pushed in her wheelchair for most of her stretch of the torch relay, but said she wished to walk the final few steps to the next […]
The Golden Globes 2021 ceremony took place from both Los Angeles and New York, with nominees taking part from locations around the world on Monday (March 1). Like everything else, the coronavirus pandemic also affected the awards season. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the event from Rainbow Room in New York and Beverly Hilton […]
To prove that people have received the Covid-19 jab, Israel is the first country to announce implementation of passports that grants privileges to immunised residents. Israel has already managed to at least partially vaccinate half its population. The Israeli digital vaccination certificate (known as the Green Pass) gives people the ability to visit restaurants and […]
A report has warned of a “catastrophic” decline in freshwater fish, with nearly a third threatened by extinction, threatening the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world. The report, The World’s Forgotten Fishes, is by 16 conservation groups, including WWF, the London Zoological Society (ZSL), Global Wildlife Conservation […]