Since 2000, global warming has cost the United States and the European Union at least $4 trillion in lost output and tropical countries are 5% poorer than they would have been without climate change impacts, according to research by Stanford University.

Sri Lanka seeks at least $1.9 million damage from owner of fire-hit tanker

Sep 16, 2020

Nishara Jayaratne said the cost was for services provided by various departments including the Sri Lankan navy, air force, ports authority and Marine Environment Protection Authority, among others, up until Sept. 15.The vessel is chartered by Indian Oil Corp to import 2 million barrels of oil from Kuwait to Paradip in eastern India.

Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million: Reuters tally

Sep 16, 2020

The official number of global coronavirus cases is now more than five times the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World Health Organization data.

Around the world, there have been almost 1 million deaths, considered a lagging indicator given the two-week incubation period of the virus. That has well exceeded the upper range of 290,000 to 650,000 annual deaths linked to influenza.

India’s role in production of Covid-19 vaccine critical: Bill Gates

Sep 15, 2020

“We’ve been brokering the idea of taking a vaccine and manufacturing it in India, even if it comes from AstraZeneca, Oxford or Novavax or Johnson & Johnson. We’ve publicly talked about the arrangement where a Serum will be able to make very high volume of the AstraZeneca and the Novavax vaccine,” said Gates.

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