World Leaders, Private Sector Urged to Establish an International Green Bank to Win Climate Change Battle
NAIROBI, Feb 15 (IPS) – As the effects of climate change escalate and natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and droughts become more frequent and severe, threatening lives and livelihoods, humanity is losing the climate battle.Read the full s…
Peru reopens Machu Picchu after agreement with protesters
Peru’s Machu Picchu, an Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened on Wednesday after being closed nearly a month ago amid antigovernment protests, the culture ministry announced.
Jane Fonda to attend Vienna Opera Ball with 90-year-old date
American actor Jane Fonda says she accepted an Austrian building tycoon’s invitation to attend the Vienna Opera Ball because he offered to “pay me quite a bit of money.”
Who will replace Nicola Sturgeon? Scottish leadership runners and riders
From trusted deputy first minister John Swinney to Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf, here are the possible names in the hatNicola Sturgeon has quit as Scotland’s first minister in a shock announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh.Sturgeon is the long…
US Backs Moderna, Says Government Should Face Covid Vaccine Lawsuit
The USgovernment should face a patent lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccines, not vaccine maker Moderna Inc, the Department of Justice told a Delaware federal court on Tuesday.
Strike at German airports grounds nearly 300000 passengers – Reuters
Strike at German airports grounds nearly 300000 passengers ReutersLufthansa cancels over 1,300 flights as airport workers strike CNNGermany: Flights cancelled as strikes wipe out air travel BBCLufthansa Cancels Nearly A…
Protecting Our Children Online #GOP #MikeLee #SenatorLee #SenatorMikeLee #MaryPatriotNews [Video]
Senator Mike Lee questions Michelle C. DeLaune, President and CEO National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and John Pizzuro, CEO of Raven, during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing entitled “Protecting Our Children Online.” During the hearing, Senator Lee highlighted the Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking (PROTECT) Act which would require pornography sites to verify the age of all participants in pornographic images; require sites to obtain verified consent forms from individuals uploading content and those appearing in uploaded content; and mandate that websites quickly remove images upon receiving notice they uploaded without consent. Lee also discussed the Shielding Children’s Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act, which would direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue a rule requiring all commercial pornographic websites to adopt age verification technology to ensure children cannot access pornographic content.
Teen who killed 10 Black people at Buffalo supermarket given life in prison
Sentencing for Payton Gendron disrupted as man in courtroom charges towards him before being restrainedA white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, last year was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after li…
DB Schenker, MSC lock in net-zero biofuel deal to cut shipping emissions
MSC vessels that transport containers for DB Schenker will use a blend of biofuel under an agreement designed to generate substantial cuts in CO2 emissions this year.