Football's world governing body FIFA says it's "deeply concerned" at images that have recently emerged on social media of the Congolese Under-20 women's national team. [...]

Greta Thunberg 'Rickrolls' climate concert with crazy dance moves

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has "Rickrolled" an audience, all in the name of climate activism. [...]

Haiti gang wants $17M ransom for kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries

The gang that kidnapped a group of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has asked for $1 million each for their release, a top Haitian official said Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. [...]

IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath to leave post in January

Gopinath to return to Harvard University's economics department [...]

India: Businessman arrested for allegedly molesting actress

The woman was on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai when the alleged incident took place. [...]

Business leaders from UAE, India, Israel meet at Dubai forum

Business leaders come together for trilateral India-UAE-Israel Economic Summit in Dubai. [...]

Oil & gas giant Total downplayed climate threat: study

PARIS, France (AFP) – The French oil and gas major Total deliberately downplayed the threat of global warming from the 1970s onwards, according to research based on interviews with former company executives and internal company documents. The findings, published by a trio of historians Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Global Environment Change, follow similar revelations about US oil giant ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. The pattern that emerges is one of oil and gas giants […] [...]

Biden’s vision for green US imperiled by Senate coal-state tycoon

by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) – President Joe Biden has pledged to enact the toughest environmental policies in US history but his plans look dead on arrival thanks to one senator who has pocketed a fortune from fossil fuels. The $150 billion Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) — a cornerstone of Biden’s sweeping domestic agenda — would reward utilities that switch to renewable energy and penalize those that do not. […] [...]

Detected COVID-19 cases in PHL climb to 2,731,735

(Eagle News) — Detected COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,731,735 on Tuesday, Oct. 19, after the Department of Health reported 4,496 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 63,637 were active. Of these, 79 percent are mild, 5.2 percent asymptomatic, 2 percent critical, 4.8 severe, and 8.97 percent were moderate. Recoveries are now at 2627126 with the addition of 9609 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 40972 with the […] [...]