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Climate change: ‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5C warming limit
May 25, 2022 · By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent for www.bbc.com
Climate change: ‘Fifty-fifty chance’ of breaching 1.5C warming limit The likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis. UK Met Office researchers say that there’s now around a fifty-fifty chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C over the next five years. Such a rise […]
Read More...UN Human Rights Council to examine alleged human rights abuses by Russia
May 25, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
UN Human Rights Council to examine alleged human rights abuses by Russia The UN Human Rights Council announced it will convene a special session to address alleged Russian human rights violations during its war in Ukraine. More than 50 countries backed a request from Kyiv and demanded an extraordinary meeting of the UN’s top rights […]
Read More...Human trafficking is a modern burning bush,says Myanmar cardinal
May 25, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon decries the moral holocaust of the commodification of human fragility Human trafficking is a modern burning bush,says Myanmar cardinal Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has decried the scourge of modern-day slavery as it happens all over the world including in war zones where millions are fleeing. Spiraling conflicts in places like Ukraine […]
Read More...China’s silenced feminist: How Sophia Huang Xueqin went missing
May 24, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
China’s silenced feminist: How Sophia Huang Xueqin went missing BBC Eye investigates the disappearance of Sophia Huang Xueqin, a high-profile feminist journalist who kick-started China’s #MeToo movement. In the summer of 2021, Sophia was awarded a prestigious Chevening scholarship funded by the British government to pursue gender studies at the University of Sussex. But […]
Read More...Biden calls on Americans to reject ‘poison’ of White supremacy after Buffalo mass shooting
May 23, 2022 · By France24 for www.france24.com
Biden calls on Americans to reject ‘poison’ of White supremacy after Buffalo mass shooting President Joe Biden on Tuesday called out what he branded the “poison” of white supremacist ideology behind a deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, and said that racism is being stoked for political gain. Speaking in the city where a […]
Read More...Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
May 23, 2022 · By Justin Rowlatt, climate editor for www.bbc.com
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves Climate change makes record-breaking heatwaves in northwest India and Pakistan 100 times more likely, a Met Office study finds. The region should now expect a heatwave that exceeds the record temperatures seen in 2010 once every three years. Without climate change, such extreme temperatures would occur […]
Read More...Half of new nurses and midwives come from abroad
May 23, 2022 · By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent for www.bbc.com
Half of new nurses and midwives come from abroad Nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK in the past year have come from abroad. The total – more than 23,000 – is a record high and comes as the UK has struggled to increase the number of home-grown […]
Read More...Man Sentenced to Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors
May 23, 2022 · By The United States, Department of Justice for www.justice.gov
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 16, 2022 Man Sentenced to Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors A Florida man was sentenced today to life in prison for traveling from Florida to Vietnam to engage in sex acts with numerous Vietnamese minors he had met and communicated with […]
Read More...Judges given power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings
May 23, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Judges given power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings Courts are to be given the power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings using “fake children”. Sentencing Council guidance coming into force at the end of this month will clarify how to sentence cases considering “intended sexual harm” – even […]
Read More...Ukraine: The children’s camp that became an execution ground
May 20, 2022 · By Sarah Rainsford, BBC Eastern Europe correspondent, Bucha for www.bbc.com
Since Russian forces were pushed back from Kyiv at the end of March, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the Bucha region – many hastily buried in shallow graves. The BBC has learned that around 650 people were shot in what a senior police official has described as executions. Sarah […]
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