The United Nations is calling for an end to discrimination against older people and for recognition of their contributions to society, as it marks the International Day of Older Persons …
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Indian Capital Gears Up to Tackle Air Pollution Ahead of Winter
The Indian capital of New Delhi will enforce a 15-step action plan to curb pollution ahead of the arrival of winter, when a haze of toxic smog envelops the world’s …
your ads here!Nobel Prize Season Arrives Amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger
This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. The secretive …
your ads here!Plastic Galapagos: How New Life Is Sprouting on Ocean Trash
Scientists are discovering a new chapter in the evolution of life on Earth. It’s like a new Galapagos Island has sprouted in the Pacific Ocean. But this one is made …
your ads here!Cholera Surging Globally as Climate Change Intensifies
Cholera is surging around the globe, the World Health Organization warns. Flareups of the deadly disease have been reported in 26 countries in the first nine months of this year. …
your ads here!Challenges and Hope as India Makes Home for African Cheetahs
Eight cheetahs have been brought from Africa to India this month to conserve a species that became extinct in the South Asian country seven decades ago. While the project is …
your ads here!New Asteroid Strike Images Show Impact Much Bigger Than Expected
The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as astronomers indicated that the impact looks to have been …
your ads here!UN: Food Loss, Waste Exacerbate Global Hunger, Climate Change
U.N. agencies are calling for an end to food loss and waste as the United Nations marks the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Thursday. A U.N. …
your ads here!Uganda Fights Deadly Ebola Outbreak as President Assures It’s Under Control
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has assured the country that an Ebola outbreak is under control and that no restrictions on movement are needed. The country’s health officials confirmed cases of …
your ads here!Biden Convenes First White House Hunger Conference in Decades
One in 10 US households is food insecure — and that has been the case for decades. On Wednesday, in the first conference of its kind in 50 years, the …
your ads here!Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Said to Succeed in Slowing Cognitive Decline
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug developed by Eisai and Biogen significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline in a large trial of patients in the early stages of the disease, the companies …
your ads here!As Ebola Spreads, Ugandan Medical Interns Strike Over Safety
As Uganda reports more deaths from the latest Ebola outbreak in the country, medical interns at the hospital handling most of the cases have gone on strike. The interns say …
your ads here!Ebola Cases, Fatalities Rise in Uganda
A highly contagious strain of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda is causing a quick and significant rise in the number of cases and fatalities, the World Health Organization said. …
your ads here!Australia Played Role in NASA Asteroid Defense Test
NASA successfully crashed its DART spacecraft into a faraway asteroid Monday, in a test of the world’s first planetary defense system. The experiment, designed to avert a potentially catastrophic meteorite …
your ads here!Category 3 Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall Over Western Cuba
Hurricane Ian has made landfall over western Cuba just hours after evolving as a major hurricane. Forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center say Ian is carrying maximum sustained winds …
your ads here!NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid in Defense Test
A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic slam occurred at a harmless …
your ads here!NASA’s Asteroid-Deflecting DART Spacecraft Nears Planned Impact With Target
Ten months after launch, NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed to prevent …
your ads here!Uganda Says Ebola Caseload Rises to 16 as Outbreak Grows
Uganda said on Sunday its Ebola caseload had jumped to 16 people while a further 18 people also likely had the disease, fueling fears of a spreading outbreak that involves …
your ads here!Why is a NASA Spacecraft Crashing Into an Asteroid?
In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, …
your ads here!NASA Scraps Tuesday Artemis Moon Launch Due to Storm
NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen as it approaches Florida. …
your ads here!4.4M Americans Roll Up Sleeves for Omicron-Targeted Boosters
U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have received the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts bemoaned …
your ads here!Study: Asian Coastal Cities Sinking at Fastest Rate
Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new …
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