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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that without further action, humanity was on course for a global temperature increase of 2.8 degrees Ceslius.Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned fossil fuel giants for ignoring their own climate science, accusing the oil and gas industry of seeking to expand production despite knowing “full well” that their business model is incompatible with human survival.”Some in Big Oil peddled the big lie,” Guterres said during a special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “And like the tobacco industry, those responsible must be held…

The UN Secretary General has accused fossil fuel producers and their financial backers of “racing to expand production, knowing full well that their business model is inconsistent with human survival.” Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, António Guterres said the commitment to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is “going up in smoke.” “We are flirting with climate disaster. Every week brings a new climate horror story,” he said. Guterres pointed blame squarely at the fossil fuel industry when addressing the Davos crowd, composed of billionaires, politicians and business leaders, including dozes of high…

LARGE ROLLING SUITCASES, BOXES OF GIFTS As the COVID-19 surge intensified, some were putting the virus out of their mind as they headed for the departure gates. Travellers bustled through railway stations and subways in Beijing and Shanghai, many ferrying large wheeled suitcases and boxes stuffed with food and gifts. “I used to be a little worried (about the COVID-19 epidemic),” said migrant worker Jiang Zhiguang, waiting among the crowds at Shanghai’s Hongqiao Railway Station. “Now it doesn’t matter anymore. Now it’s okay if you get infected. You’ll just be sick for two days only,” Jiang, aged 30, told Reuters.…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc on Wednesday said it will halt operations in Japan due to volatile market conditions. All Coinbase Japan customers will have until Feb. 16 to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings, the company said in a blog post. Coinbase’s decision to exit comes only a few weeks after rival exchange Kraken said it, too, would cease its operations in Japan this month. Several firms have suffered from waning investor appetite for crypto after major exchange FTX blew up in September. Higher interest rates and worries of an economic downturn have also piled pressure on the crypto…

According to Ukrainian authorities, a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb left 18 people dead on Wednesday, including Ukrainian officials and three children.An emergency services helicopter crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital. Nine people who died were aboard the helicopter.Among those killed were Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych, according to Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine’s National Police. Monastyrskyi is the most senior Ukrainian official to die since the war with Russia began last February.RUSSIA TO EXPAND SIZE OF MILITARY TO 1.5 MILLION TROOPS,…

A NSW MP who sensationally defected from Labor in October has accused the party of attempting to “hoodwink” voters in the state by “suppressing their real agenda.”Bankstown MP Tania Mihailuk made the accusation a day after announcing she was joining One Nation and in a bid to be their upper house candidate in the upcoming March election.Ms Mihailuk had been sitting as an independent MP after quitting the Labor Party last October, weeks after NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns sacked her from the frontbench on live radio.Stream your news live & on demand with Flash for $8/month and no lock…

A new stream of funding is available to charities and non-profits in Guelph and the surrounding area. The Guelph Community Foundation is teaming up with the United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin in the distribution of funds locally through the Community Services Recovery Fund.The federal government is providing a one-time investment of $400 million to help communities across Canada continue in their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.“The Guelph Community Foundation will oversee $475,000,” said GCF executive director Chris Willard. “That will typically go in amounts between $10,000 and $200,000.”The funding can be used toward service delivery, purchasing required equipment like computers,…

CNN  —  The Supreme Court’s reversal of abortion rights last year deviated so much from traditional decision-making that it might have soon appeared an aberration. But now into 2023, the six conservative justices are plainly positioned to remake the law across the board. Their actions in a series of pending cases, reaching out for issues before they’ve been aired in lower courts and taking precipitous steps on culture war dilemmas, demonstrate that they will continue to defy norms and the usual judicial bounds. “We are a court of law, not policymakers,” Justice Neil Gorsuch admonished his colleagues in late December,…

The price of bitcoin has surged nearly 30 per cent against the dollar in January, raising hopes among its faithful followers that the crypto market is emerging from the credit crisis that gripped it for much of last year.The token, the most actively traded in the industry, has soared to more than $21,000 in the past week, breaking out of the tight range around $17,000 upon which it had settled following the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange in November.The cryptocurrency has joined traditional financial assets such as stocks and bonds in rallying this year as investors become increasingly confident…

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, explains why rates of lower and upper respiratory tract infections are well above the averageVideo LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowCoughs that last a long time this winter may be the result of people picking up one infection after another, a GP expert has said. Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chairwoman of the Royal College of GPs, said doctors have noticed that the current round of respiratory infections seems to be lasting longer than usual. She said figures from the College’s research and surveillance centre show that rates of lower and…