The Hammock We walk judiciously along the jetty, Careful not to stray to the edge Lest in the darkness we fall And join the sleeping crabs and the seaweed, Inching toward the beach. At the jetty’s end there is a shelter A sanctuary for those seeking solitude, Watching the ocean in its many moods. And …
“The Trump administration is reportedly considering blocking US citizens and permanent residents from re-entering the US if an official “reasonably” believes they could have Covid-19. Once upon a time, an American passport let you cross borders with ease – now it makes you persona non grata around the world. Not only are most Americans banned …
British government ministers speak frequently about ”it” and how they are striving to bring “it” back. But survey by Britain Thinks found that only 12% of people want to live their lives “exactly as ‘it’ was before” the advent of Covid 19. Only 6% of Britons want the same type of economy as they had …
By the end of the century, polar bears will have largely disappeared from the Arctic, a study published in Nature suggests. The authors examined the possible impact on the bears of two climate change scenarios: a “business-as-usual” one, in which greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at their present rate; and a second in which …
A total of 50.8 million people around the world were recorded as internally displaced in 2019, forced from their homes by conflict and disaster. This is the highest number ever, and 10 million more than in 2018. The figures come from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) in Norway. The most displacements were recorded in …
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