160 articles from TUESDAY 5.10.2021

Millions of people rely on Facebook to get online. The outage left them stranded.

One of the last messages that Vaiva Bezhan sent on Facebook Messenger on Monday afternoon, Central European Time, was a bit of a cliffhanger—and incredibly time sensitive. The Lithuanian photojournalist is co-organizer of the Afghan Support Group, one of many volunteer initiatives trying to help evacuate vulnerable Afghans in the wake of the Taliban takeover by any means possible. She was...

Animals farmed: UK supply chain crisis, meat plant workers exploited and Billie Eilish’s Cop26 plea

Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web We’ve been running a startling investigation into Europe’s multibillion-pound meat industry, revealing how it has become a global hotspot for outsourced labour, hiring thousands of workers through subcontractors, agencies and bogus co-operatives on inferior pay and...

Zero net emissions by 2050: a huge challenge for airline industry

How can passengers take 10 billion flights a year without contributing to global warming? The question of "greening" the international aviation sector by 2050 constitutes a colossal task whose stakes—and sheer numbers—can make the head spin, according to the airlines themselves.

Could machines sucking carbon out of the air help fight the climate crisis? – podcast

Meeting the Paris agreement’s goal of keeping global temperature rises to below 2C by the end of the century requires drastic cuts to fossil fuel use and carbon emissions. The problem is, even if we do this we’ll still need to draw down the carbon dioxide that’s emitted in the meantime. To find out how, Shivani Dave speaks to Phoebe Weston and Damian Carrington about the natural and...

Russian actor and director prepare for space launch to record first movie in orbit

Crew will blast off for 12-days of filming on the International Space Station as part of a mission to beat the US to making the first film in spaceRussia is set to launch an actor and a film director into space in a bid to best the United States to the first movie in orbit.If successful, the Russian crew will beat a Hollywood project announced earlier this year by Mission Impossible star Tom...

Coronavirus live news: California deploys National Guard, Pfizer jab ‘highly effective’ against hospitalisations

Extra help called in for overwhelmed hospitals in California; two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech are about 90% effective at preventing hospitalisations for at least six months, research reveals; Russia’s daily Covid cases hits highest level in monthsNew Zealand ends Covid elimination strategy in favour of suppression approachEngland sees sustained decline in hospital admissions for the first time...

Why are so many pregnant women not taking the vaccine?

Only 31% of pregnant Americans are fully vaccinated. I felt responsible for this bean-like bundle forming in my body. But the conflicting advice made it hard for me to decideThese are the first three things I did when I found out I was pregnant in February. I took about six more tests. Then, I called the doctor’s office to make an appointment. A few days later, I signed up for a Covid-19...