Category: Environment
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World’s Worst Measles Outbreaks “Over the last three months, health workers in the Philippines have vaccinated 5.5 million people against measles. The government hopes to inoculate a total of 20 million — one fifth of the population — by the end of September.” #Philippines #Measles #Vaccines THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Bollywood and the politics of hate If Bollywood does not stop and reconsider, it risks not only losing whatever creative independence it has so far enjoyed, but also going down in history as an industry that displayed remarkable sycophancy and cowardice in supporting a destructive ideology. #Bollywood #India #Politics #Election2019 Wall Street slides as U.S.-China trade fears…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Save us from the Satans’: Survivors of Sri Lanka church attack pray Fourteen children, many of whom were having breakfast in the church portico, were killed and several dozen worshippers in this largely low-income congregation were wounded, according to Zion church officials. #Religion #Terrorism #SriLanka #Conflict 1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US successfully removes ‘sexual health’ references from UN resolution on sexual violence Under this policy, if foreign aid and medical groups promote or perform abortions, the US is cutting off funding for nearly all health assistance programs, including nutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, tropical diseases and maternal and child health, including water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Aid…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Thousands block roads in Extinction Rebellion protests across London “Make no mistake, people are already dying,” the letter said. “In the majority world, indigenous communities are now on the brink of extinction. This crisis is only going to get worse … prime minister, you cannot ignore this crisis any longer. We must act now.” #ClimateChange #London #Nature #Rebellion…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Henry Willis
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the Ph.D. student at the University of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Canada’s probable next PM is courting the far right to win Scheer has a long history of courting white nationalists by appealing unabashedly and overtly to their ugly, nativist, xenophobic and racist temperaments (to describe them as “ideas” is antithetical to the word). #Canada #Election2019 #WhiteSupremacy The Fight for Africa’s Fish Foreign trawlers- Mostly Chinese- are plundering the…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Cyclone Idai: How the storm tore into southern Africa It formed off the eastern coast of Mozambique in early March and hit the country’s coast a first time before heading back out into the Mozambique Channel. It intensified, weakened and intensified again before hitting the Mozambique coast for a second time on 14 March. Winds…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Dr. Christian V. Braneon
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the professor, engineer, scientists, community advocate, and…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Bobby Seale
Welcome to the “Black History Month” edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week in February, we will highlight a historical black male figure that embodies what it meant to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor…
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