Climate change will cause shift in tropical rain belt, study says
By 2100, billions of people are at risk of facing more flooding, higher temperatures and less food and water. A new study published in ” Nature Climate Change ” found …
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25% of wild bee species have gone missing since the 1990s
Challenge for gardeners: Don’t poison bees Bee species around the world are facing devastating declines , and researchers are warning that we are running out of time to save them. …
Will Biden ease the sky-high tension between the U.S. and China?
Beijing — When it comes to U.S.-China relations, the Biden administration has inherited a relationship under enormous strain. The two powers have clashed over issues ranging from trade, the status …
Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in India revels on Inauguration Day
New Delhi — None of Kamala Harris’ relatives still live in her ancestral village in southern India, but that didn’t dampen the festive mood there on Wednesday as she prepared …
Trapped Chinese miners ask for porridge and pickles
Trapped Chinese miners ask for food Beijing — It will soon be Day Ten of a meticulously slow mine rescue operation in China’s eastern Shandong province. State media say 22 …
Jailed Russian opposition leader calls on supporters to “resist”
Alexey Navalny arrested in Russia Moscow — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who was detained Sunday immediately upon his return to Moscow after recovering from nerve-agent poisoning, was put before …
Canadian choir uses technology to sing together while social distancing in cars
Canadian choir uses technology to sing together while social distancing in cars The Luminous Voices Chamber Choir in Calgary, Canada, improvised a way to sing together while social distancing in …
COVID-19 variant first found in U.K. could be dominant in U.S. by March
Staying vigilant: Latest on COVID-19 variants The new coronavirus variant first seen in the United Kingdom is likely to become the dominant strain in the United States by March, the …
Entire Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet resigned Friday to take political responsibility for a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labeled thousands of parents …
Pope Francis, predecessor Benedict, get a 1st shot of COVID vaccine
Feds order states to vaccinate more people Rome — Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict have had their first doses of a coronavirus vaccine, the Vatican confirmed on Thursday. …