Nigeria’s cratering economy threatens to spread poverty and violence
Policy missteps, entrenched corruption and an over-reliance on crude oil mean that a country that makes up a quarter of Africa’s economy risks becoming its biggest problem.
G7 global infrastructure plan faces obstacles as Chinese alternative
The initiative, titled "Build Back Better World" (B3W), aims to provide extensive infrastructure investment to developing nations.
Global power grids pushed to breaking point by summer heat and rising demand
Mix extreme heat and longer droughts, surging power demand, rising fossil fuel prices and a bumpy transition into renewables, and the result is a severe global power crunch.
Biden and Putin paper over splits as both claim summit victories
Putin got one thing he craved — legitimacy on the international stage. Biden argued he confronted Putin over cyberattacks and Russia’s treatment of democracy activists.
Regeneron drug reduces COVID-19 patient deaths in large study
The results suggest there would be six fewer deaths over 28 days for every 100 patients given the company’s casirivimab and imdevimab combination of monoclonal antibodies.
G7 offers hope for new nature pact but pandemic threatens deadline
Agreement on the text of a new global treaty to safeguard plants, animals and ecosystems may not be reached without in-person talks, officials and observers have said.
U.K. not adapting fast enough to climate risks, warns expert panel
"Adaptation action has failed to keep pace with the worsening reality of climate risk," the advisory body to the British government wrote in a 1,500-page report
Irreversible warming tipping point possibly triggered, Arctic mission chief says
Markus Rex said scientists found that Arctic sea ice had retreated "faster in the spring of 2020 than since the beginning of records."
Coronavirus was likely present in U.S. from December 2019, study says
A new antibody testing study published Tuesday has found further evidence that the coronavirus was present weeks before the first confirmed case was announced.
Global fossil fuel use similar to decade ago in energy mix, report says
As the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide emissions has grown to record levels, calls have grown for governments to make steeper emissions cuts.
Novavax COVID-19 shot highly effective against variants in trial
The company plans to apply for regulatory clearance globally, with much of the first available doses going to low- and middle-income countries.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed back his plan to lift coronavirus restrictions by four weeks as a more infectious variant spreads rapidly across the U.K. and threatens to undermine the country’s effort to vaccinate its way out of the pandemic. The government in London ...
