KOHIMA, May 11 (NEPS): A large number of residents of the Naga Hospital Colony, Kohima, joined the mass social service in the colony on Saturday. The social service that started at 6 am and continued till 9 am was conducted under the banner of the Naga Hospital Colony Panchayat, Kohima.… Read the rest
Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur
As El Fasher stands on the ‘precipice of a massacre’, rights groups call for sanctions after new testimony describes atrocities carried out by RSF paramilitaries in Sudan
Gruesome new testimony details one of the worst atrocities of the year-long Sudanese civil war – the large-scale massacre of civilians as they desperately tried to flee an ethnic rampage in Darfur last summer.
Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks
Campaigners say last-minute compromise plays into the hands of petrostates and industry influences
Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first global treaty to cut plastic waste.
Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’
Levy on oil and gas majors in richest countries would help worst-affected nations tackle climate crisis, says report
A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the escalating climate crisis, according to a report.
Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid. Has anything changed since?
Rates are improving in the US as healthcare organizations take steps to confront the continuing crisis. Still, new mothers often feel alone: ‘People don’t know what to do’
Maggie Doherty
fter five months of maternity leave with her second baby, a daughter born on 26 March 2020, Pam Lins felt she was ready to return to work and start a new role.… Read the rest