141 articles from MONDAY 1.11.2021
‘We are protected by prayers’: the sects hampering southern Africa’s vaccine rollout
With millions of followers, the stance of some Apostolic church leaders threatens to undermine fight against CovidHymnal melodies reverberate around the hillside in Kuwadzana, a Harare suburb. On a blisteringly hot Saturday, members of the Apostolic church, dressed in white, hum and sing together.Songs, long prayers and a little Bible reading punctuate the outdoor service. It’s a spectacle for...
World leaders in Glasgow for 'last, best hope' climate summit
More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in a "last, best hope" to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster.
'Nothing else here:' Why it's so hard for world to quit coal
Every day, Raju gets on his bicycle and unwillingly pedals the world a tiny bit closer to climate catastrophe.
Hope for a 'eureka' moment on climate change persists as COP26 begins in Scotland
Delayed by the pandemic for a year, the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) began in Glasgow Sunday. Though the chances of success have been described by the British hosts as "touch and go", many still hope for a breakthrough to limit the impacts of climate...
Why you should (only) talk to women about climate change
Watching the data roll in, I’m not alone in seeing an emerging and increasingly undeniable fact — the people we need to talk to most about the climate crisis are women, says climate communicator Sarah...
COP26: World needs to act, says PM, as Prince Charles joins call for action
Five things you need to know about COP26 - the United Nations climate change conference - on Monday.
Can you solve it? The playful genius of Hungarian puzzles
Logic puzzles in three dimensionsWhen it comes to the world of mathematical puzzles, Hungary is a superpower. Not just because of the Rubik’s cube, the iconic toy invented by Ernő Rubik in 1974, but also because of its long history of maths outreach.In 1894, Hungary staged the world’s first maths competition for teenagers, four decades before one was held anywhere else. 1894 also saw the...
Panic, lockdown and a rush to vaccinate in Tonga as first Covid case recorded
Pacific country has made it through nearly two years of the pandemic Covid-free, but a repatriation flight from New Zealand has led to the country’s first caseEarly on Monday morning, the normally quiet capital of the Pacific country of Tonga, Nuku’alofa city, was packed with cars.There were long queues outside vaccination centres, as well as banks, Western Union outlets and shops as people...
Cop26: it’s finally here
The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow where we will be bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian’s award-winning environment team. Today, environment correspondent Fiona Harvey explains why this climate summit is so criticalFor almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate...
Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past – podcast
Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organised their societies – and hint at possibilities for our own. By David Graeber and David Wengrow. Continue...
COP26: Charles to say 'war-like footing' needed
The Prince of Wales will address the opening ceremony of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
The regrets of the unvaccinated: why Covid-bereaved families are speaking out
The majority of those dying of Covid-19 in the UK and the US are have not been vaccinated. Bereaved relatives are telling their stories to try to convince others to get their jabsPhil Valentine was a Tennessee-based conservative talk radio host who was sceptical about the US government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. He was not completely ‘anti-vax’, but he did not think he was...
COP26: The issues that stand in the way of progress
As the serious business of negotiation finally begins in Glasgow, we look at the key barriers to progress.