Sunday is International Worker's DaySunday is International Workers' Day - commemorated every May 1st. Demonstrations are taking place around the world, with many protests against poor working conditions and low salaries.

The escalating climate crisis and land-use change are driving a global increase in extreme wildfires, with a 14% increase predicted by 2030 and a 30% increase by 2050, according to a UN report involving more than 50 international researchers.In 2021, the world lost an area of forest greater than the size of the United Kingdom, according to a report by Global Forest Watch – a trajectory that is set to fall short of global commitments made by world leaders at the United Nation’s COP26 climate summit in Scotland last year.

Inflation in China grew 1.5 percent on a year-on-yearInflation in China grew 1.5 percent on a year-on-year basis in late March, caused by higher prices of several products amid the new surge in Covid-19 cases, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.