After a day of high-level talks in Colombia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday a regional partnership to address deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.”We’ll give much-needed financial assistance to help manage protected are…
Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for lifesaving transplants.Pigs have been the most recent research focus to
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a vaccine mandate for city workers Wednesday.The order calls for employees, including police officers and firefighters, to have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by October 29 or else
Authors of a new report on Africa’s climate warn the continent is heating up more and faster than other regions in the world, and they said Africa needs immediate financial and technological assistance to adapt to the warming environment.The African
The Israeli Antiquities Authority said Tuesday that a diver swimming in the Mediterranean Sea has recovered a large sword that experts believe to be about 900 years old, dating back to the Crusades.The antiquities authority’s Director of Marine Archaeo…
Laos has confirmed 285 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 32,314 including 7,005 active cases and 40 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.Of the new confirmed cases,
As a legal battle plays out in the courts, the Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state.The Justice Department asked the high court Monday to reverse a
The Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry held a virtual meeting with relevant authorities and farmers nationwide to discuss documents related to an export-oriented cow farming project.Chaired by Director General o…
