French TotalEnergies plans to spin off its oil sands business in Canada and list the new company on the stock exchange as it no longer fits with its strategy, which now has a focus on low-carbon energy, the company said at an investor presentation.
Change-makers from around the world have been recognized by the Right Livelihood Awards for the role they’re playing in trying to make the world a better place.
The 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opened at the world body’s headquarters in New York on September 13.
The Swedish-based NGO Right Livelihood on Thursday named Adan, Elman, and Kamugisha winners of the 2022 Right Livelihood Award for their courage in promoting human rights and peace.
Four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine (Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia) that held so-called “referendums” on joining Russia will be incorporated into the country on Friday.
China has pledged to enhance cooperation in disaster prevention and mitigation as well as global climate response with Pakistan and provide more assistance to Pakistan in its flood relief efforts and post disaster reconstruction.
Hurricane Ian brought high winds, heavy rains, storm surges and intense flooding to Florida on Wednesday, making landfall in the afternoon and moving inland through the evening.
On Monday morning, Hurricane Ian had wind speeds of 75 miles per hour.
Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study says.
Scientists of the Lomonosov Moscow State University found a link between the shrinking ice cover in the Barents Sea and the increase of winds in the region, which consequently stimulates more active mixing of water layers, the university’s expert Vladimir Ivanov told TASS.