London: According to a recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme, countries have the potential to achieve an 80% reduction in plastic pollution within the next two decades. Plastic pollution is a global scourge that affects diverse environments, including the Arctic, oceans, and even
New York: The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel that the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a “significant area of concern”, adding that it needs regulation. “I am nervous about it,” CEO Sam Altman said about
New York: A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. Sizzling temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees
United Nations: The world economy faces the risk of a prolonged period of low growth amid lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as also because the challenges of the ever-worsening impact of climate change, stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and heightened uncertainties remain unaddressed, according
Beijing: Two Chinese warships have ventured into the Western Pacific for live-fire exercises, the military said on Tuesday, shortly after one of China’s two aircraft carriers returned from a patrol, in its latest projection of force into more distant waters. The destroyer Dalian and guided-missile frigate
Washington: In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires. Their analysis, published Tuesday in Environmental Research Letters, found that carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the so-called "Big 88"
Geneva: Amy Pope of the United States elbowed aside her European boss to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration, winning her bid to become the first woman to lead the UN migration agency. Pope, 49, defeated IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino of
Moscow: Russian officials denounced comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was becoming subservient to China, saying Western countries must get used to a world underpinned by the Kremlin's close ties with Beijing. The Russian criticism focused on an interview Macron gave to the Paris
Karpathos, Greece: They may live in a tourist paradise, but many villagers on Greek islands despair of a central government they say does little for them. "We are second-class citizens," said retired sailor Manolis Melaisis, sitting outside a cafe in Diafani on the island of Karpathos. "No
Nairobi: Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border after more than a decade, Kenya's interior minister said as ties warm between the two neighbours following years of tensions. The announcement came after a high-level joint ministerial meeting in Nairobi on cooperation including on