Eric Adams Promised Better for Battered Businesses. His First Year Brought Mood Shift but Scant Progress
In early March, barely two months after taking office, Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his plan…
COVID in 2023 and beyond – why virus trends are more difficult to predict three years on
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Ancient city of Petra flooded after 6 months’ worth of rain in a day, Jordan
Popular ancient city of Petra, Jordan experienced unusually heavy rains on December 26, 2022, resulting…
Why aren’t children allowed to vote? An expert debunks the arguments against
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Criticism of Israel gets conflated with antisemitism
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BP Faces Backlash Over Plans to Spend Much More on Fossil Fuels Than Green Energy
BP has worked hard—and spent big—to craft a public image as a forward-looking, environment-conscious oil…
UN refugee agency welcomes Indonesia’s ‘act of humanity’ in rescuing migrants adrift at sea
UNHCR issued a statement explaining that two groups of survivors had been brought to shore…
Asian shares slip as investors gauge China reopening policy
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Groups Sue to Stop Company’s ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination of Plastic Containers
A pair of nonprofit advocacy groups on Tuesday sued a Texas company in a bid…
UN migration agency to support 700,000 Ukrainians through ‘most challenging’ winter
Humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU), is enabling the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…