Politics

Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Brazil's Labour Ministry bans sacking of unvaccinated workers

Brazil's Labour Minister Onyx Lorenzoni has signed a resolution banning the dismissal of workers because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The ministerial document also labels such a requirement on the part of employers as “discriminatory.”
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Peru's largest copper mine halts operations due to peasants' strike

Peru's Antamina copper mine had to halt operations Sunday due to a strike by a rural community that decided to block one of the roads through which output is carried.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action

By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director – In 1785, Robert Burns reflected on how humanity has come to dominate our planet: “I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, has broken nature’s social union,” he wrote. The Scottish poet’s words still ring true two centuries later.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 21:50 UTC
Bolsonaro tells WHO boss he was the only leader under investigation for genocide regarding COVID-19

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was recorded telling World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom he was the only head of state charged with crimes against humanity for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation is said to have taken place on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 20:35 UTC
Biden tells Glasgow attendees the 2020s will determine the next generations regarding climate change

US President Joseph Biden Monday said the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow should mark “the starting point of a decade of ambition and innovation” to fight climate change, which he believed is an “existential threat.” The summit is often billed as essential to putting the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord into action.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 20:24 UTC
British PM says world leaders facing climate change were like James Bond against the end of the world

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday insisted on the responsibilities world leaders are facing, during his opening speech at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26).
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:37 UTC
Anti-COP-26 protesters kept at bay by lack of COVID-19 vaccination

Climate activists have denounced Glasgow's COP26 summit as “the most exclusive” of all those that have been held. The Global Climate Justice also pointed out developing countries did not have access to that forum.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:34 UTC
UK and France have yet to agree on de escalation of the fisheries dispute

The United Kingdom on Sunday disavowed a French announcement that PM Boris Johnson and president Emmanuel Macron had agreed to de-escalate a dispute over fishing rights. Earlier a French official has advanced that the two leaders had agreed to address the issue in a private meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:31 UTC
Antarctica and the “Glasgow Glacier”, a symbol of why COP26 must deliver

While the world gathers in Glasgow over the next fortnight to make progress on tackling climate change, 10,000 miles away the city’s namesake will provide a stark reminder of why urgent action is needed.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Prince Charles warns G20 leaders of their duties regarding climate issues

Prince Charles of Wales has warned world leaders gathered at the G20 summit in Rome that they were having an “overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn” regarding climate issues, ahead of the COP 26 summit in Glasgow.