A hodgepodge of canvas bags and reused plastic bags fill the lanes of check-out lines at Taiwanese grocery stores, as shoppers dutifully avoid the NT$2 charge for store-issued plastic bags – part of Taiwan’s policy to reduce single-use plastics, which first took effect in 2002. On January 1, 2018, Taiwan took this […]

Research Post April 30, 2020 模型预测新冠疫情将导致全球贫困增加与食物危机 David Laborde Will Martin Rob Vos 模型显示，如果不采取重大行动，全球卫生危机可能引发全球贫困和食物危机。

Country: Afghanistan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Nearly 2,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, including 61 deaths. A COVID-19 Humanitarian Plan for Afghanistan is seeking US$108 million to reach more than 6 million people.

Wandering albatrosses have long been considered exceptional creatures. They can fly 8.5 million kilometres during their lifetimes – the equivalent of flying to the Moon and back more than ten times. Their three-and-a-half-metre wing span is the same length as a small car and they can weigh as much as 24 puffins. […]

A United States Navy warship conducted a “freedom of navigation operation” Wednesday aimed in part at challenging China’s claims in the South China Sea, the second such operation in as many days near disputed islands that the US has accused Beijing of militarizing.