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Over $1 trillion needed for developing nations’ climate transition, says ex-World Bank official

Smoke billows from an unauthorized steel factory, foreground, on November 4, 2016 in Inner Mongolia, China. To meet China's targets to slash emissions of...

How to spend a month abroad without missing work

New travel companies are making it easier for remote workers to live and work abroad without the long-term commitment.So-called "workcations" are on the rise,...

Covid-19 Slows But Doesn’t Stop Africa’s Craft Beer Brewing Women

Rwanda -- Brewer Josephine Uwase of Kweza Craft Brewery Kweza Craft Brewery Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela doesn’t know...

South Africa Covid variant detected for the first time in New York patient, Cuomo says

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 15,...

Report: South Africa Asks Indian Maker Of AstraZeneca Vaccine To Take Back One Million Doses

Topline The South African government has asked drugmaker Serum Institute of India (SII) to take back the one million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19...

Recovered Covid patients have been reinfected with new virus strains, WHO says

A lab technician uses a single channel pipette dropper to test material during Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test processing at a laboratory in...

South Africa Abandons Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine In Favor Of Unapproved Johnson & Johnson Shot

Topline South Africa has dropped plans to roll out the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after a new analysis suggests the shot provides “minimal protection” against...

AstraZeneca races to adapt Covid vaccine as South Africa suspends rollout

Dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is displayed from its box at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Britain January...

Britain scrambles to contain Covid mutations, spread of variant from South Africa

An emergency service worker collects Covid-19 test kits during a door-to-door mass testing operation in Maidstone, U.K., on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.Bloomberg | Bloomberg...

New coronavirus variants are fueling a ‘second wave’ in Africa, WHO warns

Funeral workers wearing personal protective equipment carry a casket during the burial of a COVID-19 victim, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, at...

Infectious U.K. Covid-19 Variant Detected In 60 Countries, WHO Says

Topline Amid warnings of a “catastrophic moral failure” over the unequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world, the World Health Organization said Wednesday...

A new Covid variant has been discovered in Brazil — here’s what we know so far

A patient arrives at the 28 de Agosto Hospital in Manaus, Amazon State, Brazil, on January 14, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic....

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