GENEVA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Friday officially confirmed 2023 as the warmest year since records began, edging closer toward the threshold of 1.5 degrees C
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Lobbyists thwart efforts to protect U.S. workers from heat: The Guardian
LONDON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — Some big businesses in the United States are lobbying against efforts to implement workplace heat protection standards as the country has been enduring a scorching summer, T
Corporate America has grown silent on gun violence: CNN
Passersby walk past the gun-free zone signage near Times Square in New York, the United States, Sept. 1, 2022. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)Guns are among the hottest hot button issues right now. In
Lack of shelters for Los Angeles bus riders poses health risk: study
LOS ANGELES, March 7 (Xinhua) — A lack of bus stop shelters in the U.S. western county of Los Angeles posed a health risk to local residents, among whom poor marginalized Angelenos were hit hardest,
2022 Olympic legacy shining as winter sports flourish in China
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — For Li Jiahua, an avid skier in the eastern Chinese city of Xuzhou, hitting the ski slopes in chilly northern China used to be his must-do activity in the winter. But sinc
World\’s ocean heat grows to record high: study
BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — The world continued to see ocean heat reaching new records, as the year 2022 was the warmest in recorded human history, according to a recent study.Conducted by a team of