Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol building
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Germany extends coronavirus lockdown until February
Germany’s lockdown has been extended for another three weeks; photo / Jens Buettner / dpa / AP. Germany’s state and federal governments agreed on January 5 to extend and expand coronavirus lockdown rules in the country for another three weeks. … Read More
Israel ‘will not allow’ Iran to get nuclear bomb amid uranium enrichment
Netanyahu says Iran’s decision to enrich uranium to a greater purity ‘cannot be explained in any way, other than a desire to continue realising its goal’ of getting a bomb. Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif Israeli leaders have vowed not … Read More
Top 30 Cities of India Shall Have No Water, Says Rishi Raj Agarwal
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India only has 4% of the world’s freshwater resources despite a population of over 1.3 billion people. SaveWaterSaveCity.com and an NGO initiated by Rishi Raj Agarwal has taken an uphill task to create awareness among all people the importance of … Read More
Disease X to haunt 2021? Alarm bells in medical world after ‘patient zero’ with new zoonotic virus found in Congo
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The fears of a new lethal disease have increased after the woman tested negative for a range of tests including Ebola making scientists nervous about the spread of a new lethal virus. The novel Coronavirus is also believed to have … Read More
Water scarcity
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Water use has been growing globally at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century, and an increasing number of regions are reaching the limit at which water services can be sustainably delivered. Essentially, demographic growth and … Read More
World Food Programme Chief Warns of “Catastrophic” Humanitarian Crisis in 2021
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In Yemen, at least eight civilians were killed and 13 others injured Thursday in an artillery attack on an industrial compound in the port of Hodeidah. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government blamed Houthi rebels for the deaths. The latest fighting in Yemen … Read More
Hundreds evacuated as wildfires tear through Western Australia
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Jan. 5 (UPI) — Hundreds of residents in Western Australia were forced to flee from their homes Tuesday as a series of out-of-control wildfires ripped through the state amid scorching temperatures. Gusty winds combined with temperatures of almost 100 degrees in … Read More