2 dead by rocket explosion: Russia
Moscow: Russia’s Defense Ministry said two people died and four others were wounded on Thursday when a rocket engine exploded during a test. The Ministry said the explosion occurred at a military shooting range in Nyonoksa in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region, causing a fire. It said a total of six servicemen and civilian engineers were injured, and two of them later died of injuries.
UN: Plant-based diet can fight climate change
Geneva: Switching to a plant-based diet can help fight climate change, UN experts have said. A major report on land use and climate change says the West’s high consumption of meat and dairy produce is fuelling global warming.But scientists and officials stopped short of explicitly calling on everyone to become vegan or vegetarian.
They said that more people could be fed using less land if individuals cut down on eating meat.