Tag: decades
Polio has been detected in the world’s metropolises for the first time in decades – read seven questions and answers about the situation
The virus, which has been almost suppressed worldwide, has been detected in big cities. Here we collected questions about urban polio cases. They are answered by a leading expert Carita…
Tennis is undergoing a generational change the likes of which has not been seen in two decades – is this the start of the reign of Carlos Alcaraz, 19?
A change of power is underway in tennis, the likes of which has not been seen on the men’s side for 18 years. Spanish Carlos Alcaraz19, won the singles championship…
How do superpowered tardigrades survive decades of dehydration?
They are known to be true creatures of the extreme: tardigrades survive in particularly hostile environments, some species even resist the vacuum of space! And a new study has just…
Global warming: “billions of people will be overexposed to extremely dangerous temperatures” in the decades to come!
The image showed the average number of days per year that the Hazardous Heat Index threshold was exceeded in the historical record (1979-1998). From b) to g), the same quantity…
At least eight people died in floods in South Korea – the worst heavy rains in decades
The streets and subway stations of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, were filled with water. The floods were particularly devastating in poor areas where many people live partially underground.…
The ice cover of the Alps is now shrinking at a record pace in the grip of a heat wave – the situation was only supposed to come to light decades later
Glaciers are now melting at a record pace in several countries around the world, according to statistics collected by the Reuters news agency. Researchers and local residents are very worried…
Activists executed in Myanmar – first death penalty in decades
Since the military coup in February last year, the regime in Myanmar has cracked down on those who oppose the new rule. According to the organization AAPP, which charts the…
In Canada, Pope Francis apologized for the abuse and mistreatment of children that continued in Catholic schools for decades
The Pope apologized to indigenous peoples at an event in Canada. Around 150,000 indigenous children were forced into schools run by the Catholic Church. 20:21•Updated 20:36 Pope Francis has apologized…
Myanmar’s junta has carried out the first executions in decades
Among those executed was former MP Phyo Zeya Thaw, who belongs to the party of the country’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Tanja Paananen, Jenni Mehtonen Myanmar’s junta…
Burmese junta executes prisoners, first death sentences in decades
The Burmese junta carried out the execution of four prisoners, the first in more than 30 years, despite local and international pressure to commute the sentences to life imprisonment. The…