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Over the last 50 years, animal populations have shrunk by an average of 70%.
A new report by the Zoological Society of London and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has found a decline in wildlife populations across the world over the past 50 years. Latin America and the Caribbean saw a 94% average population loss and Africa saw a 66% decline, while North America experienced only a 20% drop and…
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Grant was a journalist who collapsed at the World Cup.
Grant Wahl, a journalist who had covered eight consecutive FIFA World Cups, died at the age of 40 in Qatar in December 2005. Wahl’s family has said that he received death threats for wearing a rainbow shirt while reporting on soccer organization’s activities in the nation. Wahl had volunteered to cover football as a junior…
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Here is one for her future.
Brittney Griner has been released from Russia after being jailed for over five months on charges of possessing hashish oil. She was detained at Yaroslavl airport on September 10 and later sentenced to two years in jail. “When I first saw Brittney, she was a very strong young woman,” former WNBA player Lisa Leslie said…
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There was a deal that freed a woman but left a man in Russia.
The US has released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout as a part of a deal that also saw former US Air Force Special Warfare Captain Brittney Griner being freed from custody. “I’m grateful for President (Joe) Biden’s willingness to honour my family’s request for my release,” Griner said. “I’m looking forward to returning home to…
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Lionel Messi is looking to inspire La Celeste.
Argentina and Netherlands will face each other in the World Cup knockout stages for the third time after they faced off in 1998 and 1978. They last met in the semi-finals eight years ago, a goalless game that Argentina ultimately won on penalties. Both the teams have lost their last two matches at the World…
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The basketball player was freed from a Russian prison.
Paul Whelan, a former US marine held by Russia for allegedly spying, has been released from the country in exchange for Maria Butina Griner. The swap took place after the US released Russian arms control officer Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap on Wednesday. Whelan had been detained in 2018 after he was charged with…
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The obstacles need to be conquered for invention to happen.
China is the only Asian country that is ranked low in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2020. China is behind other nations in patents, trademarks and the size of its domestic market. The country is also not ranked high for GII metrics related to international relations such as student numbers…
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Biden is going to bring Paul Whelan home from Russia.
US President Joe Biden said that Russia is treating Paul Whelan, a US citizen held in a Russian penal colony since 2014, differently than Brittney Griner, who was released on Thursday. Biden added that Russia’s accusation that Whelan was a spy made him higher up than the other two men released in April. “Sadly, Russia…
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Is it true that elite woman athletes are not safe?
American basketball player Brittney Griner has been jailed in Russia for nine years over a drug conviction. According to Griner’s lawyer, the 23-year-old was found in possession of traces of hashish oil in her handbag. Griner, who is a part of the US women’s national team, is the first American female basketball player to be…
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A US citizen was sentenced for causing the death of a British teenager.
Anne Sacoolas, the 45-year-old US woman accused of killing 19-year-old British motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a traffic accident near a US military base, pleaded guilty on Thursday. Britain’s attempt to extradite SaCoolas to face charges of causing death by dangerous driving was declined by US authorities. SaCoolas has been ordered to be disqualified from driving…
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There are a lot of great Apple Deals.
Amazon and Best Buy’s deals have slashed prices of several Apple products including the iPad Air, MacBook Air, Mac Mini and Apple Watches during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. The cheapest iPad Air on sale at Amazon is priced at $810. Walmart has the best price on the 11-inch iPad Pro, which features…
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The University of Virginia canceled classes in the wake of the fatal shooting of 3 football players.
At least three people were killed and two others were injured after a shooting at the University of Virginia on Sunday, campus police and university president Jim Ryan confirmed. The shooter, identified as 22-year-old Jeffrey Jones, was later killed in a gun battle with the police. The shooting is the third major mass shooting at…
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Egypt’s climate scientists share the hope of the 27th Conference of Parties.
The world is on a highway to “climate hell”, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) on Monday. “We always want more,” he said. Countries need to conduct more of their own climate studies, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, which already experiences low rainfall and arid…
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His posts on social media got him in trouble.
Rapper Ye has been accused of racism and antisemitism after he posted pictures from his fashion show and social media posts. Ye tweeted that he would soon go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE”. The rapper has been accused of racism and antisemitism in recent days after his fashion show and social media posts.
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Bezos says he’s going to give most of his money to charity.
Jeff Bezos has said that unity is one trait that will be necessary to confront climate change. “I…felt so proud to have been part of that little seed money that will hopefully grow into something great and help to heal this world,” he added. The Bezos Courage and Civility Award was given this year to…
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There is trade at stake for the US and China economies.
The US has imposed sanctions on Chinese technology firms over alleged theft of American trade secrets. The Trump administration also said that it expects China to “act in a fashion that protects US intellectual property and technology” and “act in accordance with the rules of international trade”. This comes after the US imposed sanctions on…
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Top aide says that Trump wanted I.R.S. investigations.
Former US President Donald Trump’s ex- chief of staff, John Kelly, has said the US government, whether it’s the Internal Revenue Service or the Justice Department, should never be “weaponised” or used to retaliate, The New York Times reported. “I would say, ‘It’s inappropriate, it’s illegal, it’s against their integrity and the I.R.S. knows what…
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A new study finds that over 50 species have previously been thought to be silent.
A University of Arizona study has identified 53 species of animals that make sounds by recording the sounds of each species. Of these, 50 species, including turtles and amphibians, were identified as tuataras (a reptile that’s now found in New Zealand), caecilians (a limbless amphibian), and the South American lungfish. The sounds made by caecilians…
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Dave Chappelle talks about racism, Trump and more in SNL monologue.
American comedian Dave Chappelle, during his stand-up performance at a US synagogue, joked that Kanye West was “adopting the delusion that Jews run show business”. “I know the Jewish people have been through terrible things all over the world,” he added. Chappelle further said that it’s “not a crazy thing to think” that West “adopts…
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At a Dallas airshow, there were 6 confirmed dead after 2 planes collided.
At least six people died after two World War II-era military planes crashed while participating in an air show at the Dallas Executive Airport in the US, officials said. A Commemorative Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress and a P-63 Kingcobra crashed just after taking off from the airport during the ‘Wings Over Dallas’ show. The…
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Biden promised the U.S. will work with southeast Asian nations.
US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Cambodia. The summit will also include a three-way meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan before Biden leaves for G20 Summit in Indonesia. Biden met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the first day of the…
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Biden will address the Climate Summit in Egypt.
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has urged rich and poor countries to “cooperate or perish” as the world is on a highway to “climate hell”, warning that it is “on a highway to climate hell”. Guterres asked the US and China to work together to avert the crisis. “Cooperate or perish,” the UN chief told leaders…
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It might cost 1.3 million lives because of vaccine-hoarding.
World leaders have said that there is not enough money in the world to help Pakistan and other developing countries recover from climate disasters. US Secretary of State John Kerry had said there’s not enough money in the world to help Pakistan. This comes after World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said, “If you can’t…
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How to take a break from social media.
Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das in an interview with WIRED said the central bank would not be moving its interest rates up until inflation is back down to 2%. Das added, “It is unlikely that we have seen the full effects on households and businesses of the latest rate increases we have implemented, and…
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What is the UN Climate Summit?
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said on Monday that corporations should help pay for the costs associated with climate change. “Cooperation or perish,” he added. Guterres further said that the world is “on a highway to climate hell” and urged the US and China to work together to avert it. The world is likely to face…