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Thousands of people march through the streets of Glasgow to highlight the disconnect between the glacial pace of emissions reductions and the climate emergency already swamping countries across the world. The Scottish city is hosting the COP26 climate summit, where delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting to hammer out how to meet the Paris Agreement goals of limiting temperature rises to between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius. IMAGES
Lima, Aug 21 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds marched in this capital on Saturday to call for a return to in-person classes more than 17 months after Peru's schools were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic."We are on the list that nobody wants to be on: the list of countries that have forgotten education," Milagros Saez, spokesperson for the group Let's Return to Class Peru, told Efe during the protest in Lima."I think there are seven countries left in the world (besides Peru) without schools open and planes for return," she said. (Camera: MIKHAIL HUACAN).SHOT LIST: PARENTS, CHILDREN AND SUPPORTERS PARTICIPATE IN A MARCH TO CALL FOR THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS, IN LIMA, PERU.
Santiago de Chile, Jul 5 (EFE).-The lack of technical facilities and sanitary measures to prevent contagion led to the suspension of Chile’s constitutional drafting process Monday, a situation that caused criticism from the majority of constituents against the government.(Camera: JOSE CAVIEDES)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE PARLIAMENT IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE, CHILE.
Chelsea Lauren; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Azealia Banks has been subpoenaed in a class action lawsuit concerning Elon Musk's tweets about taking Tesla private at $420 per share. "The first round of Elon Musk bulls--- was stressful enough," Banks said. "I don't have the bandwidth for another row with him." Business Insider has also been subpoenaed. In 2019, a judge granted the motion to serve document-preservation subpoenas against Banks and Business Insider, as well as Grimes, The New York Times, and Gizmodo.
800 nurses from St. Mary Medical Center, in the Philadelphia area, walked out Tuesday to protest hospital understaffing. As the third wave of coronavirus cases hits the country, hospitals are reaching capacity as hospital workers continue to suffer from burnout. According to Business Insider, the US reported a record 67,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations on November 12. But the issues nurses are striking over — caring for too many patients at once, understaffed hospitals, and burnout — existed prior to the pandemic. One study in the Journal of Nursing Administration found adding 10% more nurses to hospitals can reduce the odds a patient will die by 4%.