Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil's Munduruku tribe haunted by mercury's deadly threat
By Jimin Kang (Reuters) - By the time 38-year-old Irene Munduruku was rushed to a hospital in northern Brazil last year, she could not move her arms and legs. Her husband Jairo Munduruku recalls she w...
Aug 20, 2021
London police warn of two weeks of disruption from climate protests
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - London's police warned on Friday that protests by environmental activists planned for the next two weeks will cause disruption across the capital and will distra...
Aug 20, 2021
Thunberg protests in Stockholm on third anniversary of first school strike
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was back protesting outside the Swedish parliament on Friday, the three-year anniversary of her first school strike which grew into a global,...
Aug 20, 2021
Grace strengthens into hurricane, takes aim at Mexico
(Reuters) - Storm Grace has gained hurricane strength and is forecast to move across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Friday and make landfall along the coast of mainland Mexico on Friday evening or...
Aug 20, 2021
Uganda suspends work of 54 NGOs, increasing pressure on charities
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Friday it had suspended the operations of 54 non-governmental organisations, a move that one of the groups described as "political persecution"....
Aug 20, 2021
India says to exceed emission cut targets, further reduction hinges on climate fund
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is set to exceed its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and boosting the share of non-fossil fuels in electricity generation but any further co...
Aug 20, 2021
UK sanctions seven Russian intelligence agents over Navalny poisoning
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain published details on Friday of sanctions against seven individuals it said were Russian intelligence operatives suspected of involvement in the poisoning of Kremlin critic Al...
Aug 20, 2021
S&P 500, Dow set for worst week in two months on recovery, taper fears
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Friday, as concerns over a slowing economic recovery and the possible tapering of monetary stimulus put the Dow and the S...
Aug 20, 2021
UK's Raab defends Afghanistan crisis response after criticism
LONDON (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab defended his response to the fall of Afghanistan on Friday, dismissing as inaccurate media reports that he failed to help evacuate local transl...
Aug 20, 2021
England's COVID-19 prevalence drops to 1 in 80, ONS says
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England was around 1 in 80 people in the week ending Aug. 14, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday, slightly lower ...
Aug 20, 2021
