By Lily Bohlke Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday a new state fund for supporting abortion providers, in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.She directed the State Department of Health to put $25 million into a fund to expand capacity and ensure access, as well as $10 mil...

A Scottish paper asked readers whether the nation should follow Australia’s lead in locking up people who may be infected with the virus   Scotland’s largest newspaper has floated the idea of creating internment camps to forcibly detain residents who have tested positive for Covid-19 or who are “su...

By Trimmel Gomes A record number of manatees have died this year, more than a thousand, and conservation groups warn hundreds more will die from starvation and illness, the result of Florida's toxic sewage and polluted waters.At a memorial service today in Port St. John, participants are encouraged ...

A new analysis released from South Africa suggests that two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are considerably less effective in battling the Omicron variant than earlier strains.   The study, published by Discovery Health in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council...

A significant study has found that the share of wealth owned by the world’s super-rich soared during the coronavirus pandemic, while 100 million people sank into extreme poverty. According to the World Inequality Report, released on Tuesday, the top 1% took 38% of all additional wealth accumulated. ...

Scientists have raised the alarm about the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, first identified in Botswana, with an “extremely high number” of mutations that may drive new waves of infection. So, how dangerous is it?   The World Health Organization (WHO) named the B.1.1.529 variant of the novel coronavir...

Sporadic clashes broke out at massive Saturday demonstrations in major European cities, as thousands of people took to Vienna, Paris and Rome to express their discontent with Covid-19 restrictions. On Saturday, the Austrian capital Vienna saw the most significant protest turnout since the start of ...