While Congress Debates About Green Crypto Mining, Liquidstar Is Taking Action
Published by Grit Daily Newswire Earlier this week, the US Congress debated the topic of making cryptocurrencies more environmentally friendly, reflecting the struggles of those in charge to understand the…
UN Chief: ‘Avalanche of Action’ Needed to Stem Global Crises
NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the world is facing “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent and united global action to be extinguished. “I want to begin…
Latin America, Asia Latest to Be Hit With Omicron Surge
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA — In Costa Rica, officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections. On the other side of the world, Beijing…
Climate, COVID, China: Takeaways from Online Davos Event
GENEVA — Government and business leaders have urged cooperation on the world’s biggest issues — climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic recovery — at the World Economic Forum’s virtual…
New Cases of COVID-19 in Africa Drop Significantly
GENEVA — The World Health Organization reports a significant drop in the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Africa for the first time since the omicron variant began widely circulating…
Superbugs Deadlier Than AIDS, Malaria, Study Shows
LONDON — More than 1.2 million people are dying every year directly from bacterial infections that are resistant to several antibiotics, according to a new study, making multiresistant bacteria far deadlier…
Covid-19: US-based African billionaire opens first full vaccine plant in Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa is hosting the first COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant on the continent where jabs will be produced from start to finish. The name of the company…
UNESCO and ARIJ join hands to enhance the safety of investigative journalists in the Arab region
UNESCO and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) launched in January 2022 a new project entitled “Aman360” (“Safety 360” in Arabic), marking the 10th anniversary of the UN Plan of Action…
COVID-19 Data Explorer: Global Humanitarian Operations Monthly Highlights, Special 2021 Edition
Global cases are currently rising, driven by the new and more transmissible Omicron variant. Cases in GHO countries increased in December for the first time in 8 months. Countries with…
UNICEF Rwanda Annual Humanitarian Situation Report: 31 December 2021
Through COVAX facility, UNICEF supported the delivery and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Rwanda. Over 4.3 million people (one third of the population) have received two doses of vaccine…