Covid-19 long haulers call for urgent action to address persistent health problems
This article has been updated. The health problems faced by Long Covid sufferers need to be addressed urgently, say six women in Britain who have just published an open letter drawing attention […]
Covid-19: concerns mount over fast tracking as SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race accelerates
This article has been updated with the news that AstraZeneca has resumed the UK trials of AZD1222. The SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race is accelerating, but one of the main contenders, the British-Swedish pharmaceutical […]
Conservationists organise online hangouts to mark International Orangutan Day
Conservationists around the world are today (Wednesday) joining forces to mark International Orangutan Day and raise awareness about the critically endangered primate whose DNA is 97 percent the same as humans. The […]
A year after Nóra Quoirin’s death, her parents remain convinced she was abducted
One year ago – on August 13 – the body of Franco-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin was found in a Malaysian jungle about two kilometres from the Dusun resort where she had been […]
Global Witness report: 2019 ‘deadliest year on record’ for environmental defenders
At least 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019, according to a new annual report, ‘Defending Tomorrow’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. About 40% of those killed […]
Covid-19: as vaccine race gains pace, the origins and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 intrigue scientists
This article has been updated to include the new report by exiled scientist Li-Meng Yan et al. (Updates at the end of the article.) Six months on from the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 […]
Covid-19: hydroxychloroquine treatment rejected by giants of the global health establishment
This article has been updated. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has removed the drug hydroxychloroquine from its Solidarity trial, in which possible treatments for Covid-19 are being tested. The latest development is […]
Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases (audio digest)
The audio digest of “Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases” is now online:
Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases
Audio digest of this article: See updates (at the end of this article) about the WHO resuming its hydroxychloroquine trial and three of the authors of the controversial article about hydroxychloroquine published […]
Covid-19: world locks down as coronavirus spread accelerates
New information has been added to this article (updates at the end), but the statistics are as of the date of publication. Up-to-date statistics can be found here. At 18/4/2020 the number […]
MH370: six years on, next of kin call for the search to resume
Next of kin of passengers and crew who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 when it disappeared six years ago gathered at a remembrance event today in Putrajaya, south of Kuala […]
Alba the albino orangutan is thriving in the wild
A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive in the world, is thriving in the rainforest where she was released more than a year ago. […]
Hydropower project ‘imperils world’s rarest great ape species’
This article has been updated. There are reports that there will be a long-term delay in construction of the Batang Toru power plant. Conservationists say a 510-megawatt hydropower plant that is being […]
Supreme Court judge denies habeas corpus for Happy the elephant, but lawyers fight on
A judge in the United States has denied a habeas corpus application made on behalf of an elephant in the Bronz Zoo, but the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) says it is “deeply […]
Adani fined for providing false information about land clearing for coal mine
The Indian multinational conglomerate Adani, which is set to build the biggest coal mine in Australia, was yesterday (Thursday) fined AUD20,000 after pleading guilty to providing false or misleading information to the […]
Defence filed in civil suit about Nóra Quoirin’s disappearance and death
The woman who is cited as the defendant in the civil lawsuit brought by the parents of Franco-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin, who disappeared and died in the Malaysian jungle last August, says that, […]
Climate change takes centre stage at the Jaipur Literature Festival
The world’s climate crisis was a central theme at this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival, with several sessions focusing on the national, regional, and global effects of the Earth’s warming. The internationally acclaimed […]
Jaipur festival will celebrate literature, language, music, dialogue, and debate
The 13th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival, which will take place from January 23 to 27 in the Pink City’s Diggi Palace, will host more than three hundred authors, thinkers, politicians, […]
Nóra Quoirin’s parents demand justice after Malaysian authorities close case
This article has been updated to include the call by two French deputies for the case to be reopened. The parents of Franco-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin, who disappeared from a holiday resort […]
Bronx Supreme Court in the United States hears arguments in elephant rights case
The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has put forward arguments for a third time in the Bronx Supreme Court in the United States in support of the right to liberty of an elephant […]
