At a virtual BRICS Summit held in Beijing on Monday, China’s President Xi Jinping urged BRICS nations to work together to support both multilateralism and the multilateral trading system. According to Xinhua News Agency, Xi stated that BRICS countries, as representatives of the Global South, should stick to the BRICS Spirit – openness, inclusiveness, and […]
The two countries battle increasing forest fires, as temperatures are on the rise again. And the hot weather further continues to spike further, with Portugal expecting temperatures over 40°C (104°F) this week, after a blaze emerged in Mafra, only 25 miles away from Lisbon. 400 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the fire. Similarly, France saw
Close encounters to bears are often filmed with a mobile phone and could be dangerous for the animals’ future well-being, educator explains. Wildlife photographer Liz Barrett commented about an eight million views social media post featuring a viral video of a black bear encounter in Whistler, Canada from last month, while trying to underline that
According to a recent National Statistics Office report, 137,338 cruise passengers have visited Malta during the past three months. A total of 102 cruise liners were recorded in the second quarter of this year, with 113,367 transit passengers, accounting for 113 more for each cruise when compared to the same period last year. EU Member
Extreme weather has caused drought, glacier melt, heavy rainfall, deforestation across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, recent UN report shows. From the Amazon to the Andes and Patagonia, climate change continues to take its toll, with more and more repercussions for ecosystems, as well as human life, health and wellness. According to
Wanted: goat farmers, acupuncturists and zookeepers. Pandemic border closures have further exacerbated a serious skills shortage that has, for years, held Australia’s economy back. Many foreign workers swiftly returned to their home nations when parts of the Australian economy retreated into a long and uncertain Covid hibernation. Now, blinking in the spring sunshine, Sydneysiders, Melburnians
A popular agricultural pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children will no longer be sold in California starting in February, state officials announced. In conformity with this agreement, farmers will still be allowed to use the pesticide chlorpyrifos, but will have to stop at the end of 2020. If the manufacturer of
Previously solar panels used to represent a major investment for a household, but ever since the Solar Save America government program, these resource saving means are now available to anyone who needs them. What are the advantages of choosing the Solar Save America solar panel program? Homeowners choose to go solar for several reasons, the
The Orlando Police Department is currently investigating actions taken by Dennis Turner, the school resource officer who arrested Kaia and an 8-year-old student in separate events on the same day last week. According to the policy, any arrests of minors under the age of 12 needs approval from a supervisor, which police say Turner did
On Sept. 12, the U.K.’s Department of Transport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) revealed in a new report that a Condor Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Cancun, Mexico, in February was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot’s coffee was accidentally spilled on the plane’s aircraft control panel. The splatter caused an
