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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KJxanr03U In the couple of weeks leading up to COP26, scientists continued to sound the alarm bell over the perilous state of the climate. The World Meteorological Organization in the latest edition of its Greenhouse Gas Bulletin showed that despite a brief letup over the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, the abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...

As the world endured another stretch in the stockades of coronavirus, the start of the week brought mixed messages, with the crisis easing in previous hotspots across Asia and continental Europe while asserting itself over other parts of the globe. China reported no new deaths courtesy of COVID-19 for the first time since January, and cases stayed low in...

In November 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency released a highly anticipated report into allegations of misconduct within Russian athletics. Finding that the Russian authorities had engaged in a widespread pattern of doping, cover-ups, and extortion, WADA recommended the banning of Russia from all international athletic endeavour. The International Association of Athletics Federations - recently rebranded as World Athletics -...