March, 2020
China-US retaliatory actions choke media freedom
March 20, 2020 · By Richard Fang, Hong Kong for www.ucanews.com
In an escalation of its showdown with the United States, China has effectively expelled journalists attached to three leading US newspapers in the latest tit-for-tat actions that started last month. On March 18, China’s foreign ministry ordered the reporters of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post to return media passes, which expire this year, within 10 days. Beijing said its […]
Read More...Pope says Covid-19 offers chance to help our neighbor
March 20, 2020 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
People must use this time of the coronavirus pandemic to rediscover the importance of small, concrete gestures of affection and care toward others, Pope Francis said. “Sometimes we only experience a virtual form of communication with one another. Instead, we should discover a new closeness. More concrete relationships made of attention and patience,” he said […]
Read More...Philippine officials voice food aid fears as virus spreads nial
March 20, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Local government authorities in the Philippines fear they cannot fulfill President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to aid millions of locked-downed families on Luzon, the country’s biggest and most populated island. Duterte earlier promised he would “take care” of all residents under enhanced community quarantine by instructing local authorities to deliver basic necessities to them. However, some […]
Read More...Welsh government plans to ban single-use plastics from next year
March 19, 2020 · By PA Media for www.theguardian.com
Plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers look set to be banned in Wales under proposals from the Welsh government. It said the ban would be part of wider measures to make Wales the world’s top recycling nation. The plastics affected include straws, stirrers, cotton buds, balloon sticks, plates and cutlery, food and drinks […]
Read More...Study: global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels
March 19, 2020 · By Patrick Greenfield and Kalyeena Makortoff for www.theguardian.com
The world’s largest investment banks have funnelled more than £2.2tn ($2.66tn) into fossil fuels since the Paris agreement, new figures show, prompting warnings they are failing to respond to the climate crisis. The US bank JP Morgan Chase, whose economists warned that the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity last month, has been the largest financier […]
Read More...Pope goes on Roman walkabout, prays for end to pandemic
March 19, 2020 · By FRANCES D'EMILIO for apnews.com
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis left the Vatican to make a surprise visit Sunday to two churches in Rome to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic — a move that came even as Italian health authorities insisted people stay home as much as possible to limit contagion in the heart of Europe’s […]
Read More...Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal.
March 18, 2020 · By Climate NASA for climate.nasa.gov
Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal. – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The average temperatures for March 2020 are higher than years past, it will affect our live more than the CoViD-19 ever will. -PREDA Foundation The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely […]
Read More...‘Pedophile’ arrested after arriving in Manila
March 18, 2020 · By By: Faye Orellana - Reporter for newsinfo.inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines – A suspected pedophile fell into the hands of authorities during an entrapment operation, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Tuesday. Piotr Kmita, 43, the suspected American pedophile, was arrested shortly after he arrived at the NAIA Terminal 1 on board a China Eastern Airlines flight from Pudong, China, while meeting his victim. […]
Read More...Girl rescued in Philippines after Sydney man arrested for child abuse
March 18, 2020 · By Luke Henriques-Gomes for www.theguardian.com
Police have rescued a 12-year-old girl whose abuse was allegedly livestreamed by a Sydney man on social media following a joint investigation between Australian and Philippine authorities. The girl was freed on Friday by Philippine national police and Australian federal police officers at a property in the city of Rizal, about a two-hour drive from […]
Read More...How the body responds to Coronavirus infection
March 18, 2020 ·
How the body responds to Coronavirus infection According to the CDC, the virus can spread person-to-person within 6 feet through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It’s also possible for the virus to remain on a surface or object, be transferred by touch and enter the body through the mouth, nose […]
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