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Fight against climate crisis top priority for 21st century: UN Chief
Describing the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged to take climate action and ‘make peace with nature’
Pandemic could push 72 mln more children into "learning poverty": WB
COVID-19-related school closures risk is pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into "learning poverty" - meaning that they are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10, the World Bank has said.
Nearly 100 world leaders to speak at UN session on COVID-19
Nearly 100 world leaders and several dozen government ministers are scheduled to speak at the U.N. General Assembly’s special session that opens Thursday to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, which has claimed 1.5 million lives and shattered economies in both rich and poor countries.
Biden facing growing pressure over secretary of defense pick
President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense.
UN General Assembly president calls for disability-inclusive recovery from COVID-19
UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir on Wednesday called for a disability-inclusive recovery from COVID-19.
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
China: Moon probe preparing to return rock samples to Earth
China’s latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed them within the spacecraft for return to Earth, the government announced Thursday.
Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges
Don’t travel over the upcoming holidays. But if you must, consider getting coronavirus tests before and after, U.S. health officials urged Wednesday.
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate bid to ease staffing shortages.