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People stand in front of a closed pet shop after the government announced to euthanize around 2,000 hamsters in the city after finding evidence for the first time of possible animal-to-human transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Orders Hamster Cull After COVID-19 Hits Pets

Jessie Pang 18/01/2022

The government said it would euthanise around 2,000 hamsters...

A general view from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight shows ash covered homes and vegetation over Nomuka in Tonga

Tonga: UN Picks up Distress Signal, Extensive Damage and More Deaths Feared

Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon 18/01/2022

The UN had earlier reported a distress signal was...

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In Major Move, Global Coalition Pushes for Moratorium on Solar Geoengineering

Vasudevan Mukunth 17/01/2022

Scholars are calling for an 'International Non-Use Agreement on...

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Scholars Float Political Intervention Against Solar Geoengineering

The Wire Staff 17/01/2022

'Solar geoengineering deployment cannot be governed globally in a...

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Notorious ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Fined $64M, Banned From Pharma Industry

Martin Shkreli testifying before the US Congress in February...

Healthcare worker collects COVID-19 test swab samples from people at a market area in Delhi

‘India’s Omicron Experience Will Be Same as South Africa, Less Severe Perhaps’

Karan Thapar 16/01/2022

Professor Shabir Madhi, who is Professor of Vaccinology and...

A Planet SkySat image shows a plume of smoke rising from the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai before its eruption

Concerns Mount for Tonga After Tsunami Triggered by Underwater Volcano

Praveen Menon 16/01/2022

Internet and phone lines went down at about 6:40...