On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Sheikh Mohamed planted a mangrove tree
There was a planting of a sapling of a mangrove tree by UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Ngurah Rai...
Month : November 2022
Climate action initiative puts children at the center of UNICEF work
UNICEF launched a new climate finance initiative on Wednesday to support countries to cope with natural disasters and address the current impacts of climate change....
Building under construction collapses in the Kenyan capital Nairobi
In Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, a multi-story residential building collapsed Tuesday. No official word on casualties was available immediately. The Associated Press reports that rescue...
Space agency NASA launches Orion to the moon on its Artemis I mega rocket
The Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday,...
City testing cuts lead to COVID numbers rising in China
After authorities announced measures last week aimed at easing the impact of the country’s heavy Coronavirus curbs, COVID cases in China rose further, including in...
Bird flu outbreak reported on a small farm in South Africa
An outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu has been reported on a farm in the eastern part of South Africa, the Paris-based World Organization...
First female president elected in Slovenia
Preliminary results show Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia’s presidential election on Sunday and will become the country’s first female...
Africa is primed to become a global leader in green hydrogen
In a landmark report released by Masdar and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in 2022,...
Chinese capital closes parks due to 10,000 new COVID-19 cases
Beijing closed city parks and imposed other restrictions Friday amid a new wave of COVID-19 cases, even as millions of people in the west and...
Economists predict more pain for the UK as the economy shrinks
As forecasters warned of many months of contraction ahead, the British economy shrank in the three months to September, official statistics showed on Friday. Despite...