Scientists in Germany have stripped the Southern Schneeferner in the Alps of its status as glacier after extreme heat this summer hastened its demise. Experts say many of Europe's glaciers are likely doomed to vanish in the coming decades due to human-caused climate change. The announcement Monday by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences means Germany now has only four glaciers …
Amid China’s ongoing crackdown on multiple sectors in civil society, the country’s state council published a set of guidelines last week, aiming to promote a “civilized” internet by strengthening supervision over news websites and online platforms by asking them to promote socialist values. The escalation of suppression has scared a lot of people in China, which results in a lot …
Coronavirus is likely to vanish in less time than the time taken by Spanish Flu, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Speaking in a video conference from Geneva, WHO general said that the Spanish flu of 1918 had also taken two years to overcome, but current advances in technology could enable the world to halt the Covid-19 pandemic in a …
