Wednesday, 11 September 2019

News in brief - Wednesday 11th September

Student climate strikes
Students around the world are planning to strike on 20th September in protest of the lack of action taken by world leaders to address climate change; the Trades Union Congress and Amnesty International have spoken of their support and are encouraging workers to stop working for a time in the day to mark their protest

The fight against malaria
Experts are suggesting that it may be possible to rid the world of the mosquito-bourns disease malaria by 2050; it would be an ambitious task and cost a lot of money (around $6 bn), but it would mean that half a million people (mainly children) each year who die from malaria will now live healthier and malaria-free lives

Many still missing after Hurricane Dorian 
Around 2,500 people have been registered as missing after Hurricane Dorian swept through the Bahamas last week; 50 people are known to have died, but many more are feared dead or may possibly still be hiding in shelters in remote parts of the island complex