Central American countries are teaming up to conserve the region’s five great forests as part of a regional climate action plan released at U.N. climate talks in Madrid this week, the alliance behind the effort said.The coalition of governments, indigenous people, green groups and others announced a plan to protect …
your ad hereDRC, WHO Roll Out Measles Immunization Campaign
A measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 5,000 people this year, according to a report by the World Health Organization. The agency says there are a quarter million suspected measles cases in the country and all provinces have been affected, making it one of world’s fastest …
your ad hereInsecurity Threatens Progress in Containing Ebola Epidemic in Eastern DR Congo
The World Health Organization warns that gains made in tackling the Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being threatened by ongoing insecurity in the region.As of Dec. 10, WHO reported 3,340 cases of Ebola, including 2,210 deaths. Over the last week, 27 new confirmed cases of Ebola …
your ad hereIn Madrid: Voices of African Youth
Marine biologist Lara Muaves witnessed the impact of climate change firsthand this year, when two devastating cyclones tore through her native Mozambique, leaving hundreds dead, including her best friend.Nigerian social entrepreneur Mahmood Maishanu sees its footprint in crippling droughts that have hit his homeland. So has French-Moroccan activist Ayoub Makhloufi, …
your ad hereAn Ethiopian ‘Hero’ Works to Give Girls Back Their Dignity
Freweini Mebrahtu remembers when she returned to her home village in northern Ethiopia and saw women squatting over holes in the ground. Without any sanitary pads to use during their menstrual period, they were stuck in this undignified position.“How is that possible? And they were telling me that they don’t …
your ad here‘Future of Gabon’ at Stake in Counterpoaching Fight
Central Africa is fighting for the survival of the African forest elephant, with more than 70% of the population wiped out in the last 15 years.Gabon, home to more than half of Africa’s forest elephants, recently has seen a surge in poachers. Countries such as Cameroon and the Democratic Republic …
your ad hereWeinstein Lawyer Says 98% of Creditors Agreeing to Settle
Ninety-eight percent of The Weinstein Co.’s creditors are joining a tentative settlement that plaintiffs say includes $25 million for over two dozen actresses and former employees who claim Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them, a lawyer said Thursday. The attorney, Karen Bitar, provided the estimate to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer as she …
your ad hereGreta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year
Environmentalists and climate change activists worldwide are hailing Time magazine’s decision to make Greta Thunberg its 2019 Person of the Year. The teenage activist has attracted the world’s attention with her eloquent calls on political and industrial leaders to make courageous decisions on climate change. Her actions have inspired young …
your ad hereEU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality
European Union leaders on Thursday will push to agree to make their bloc climate neutral by 2050, luring reluctant eastern member states with promises of extra money for their heavily-polluting economies.The bloc’s 27 national leaders will meet in Brussels from 1400 GMT, a day after the bloc’s executive proposed a …
your ad hereHere are the States Where Robots Rule
The use of robots in the U.S. workplace more than doubled from 2009 to 2017, the bulk of them in manufacturing. But the extent of manufacturing job losses in the Midwest was masked by the economic boom of the past 10 years.“A growing economy independent of technology, independent of robotics, …
your ad hereUS to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections
As the 2020 U.S. elections draw closer, ensuring their transparency and protecting them from foreign manipulation has become paramount for American election officials and lawmakers. The aim is to prevent a repeat of Russia’s well-documented cyber meddling in the 2016 vote. Oleksandr Yanevskyy has this report narrated by Anna Rice. …
your ad hereIn Madrid, Two Different US Climate Messages
The climate talks in Madrid may be the last in which the United States government fully participates — at least under the Trump administration. But more local coalitions have been stepping up to fill the gap during the two-week conference, which ends Friday. From the Spanish capital, Lisa Bryant takes …
your ad hereA$AP Rocky Back in Sweden Four Months After Assault Conviction
New York rapper A$AP Rocky was back in Sweden on Wednesday for a concert, four months after receiving a suspended sentence over a Stockholm street fight.The gig alongside Swedish rap artists Jireel, Z.E and Dree Low is set for Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe, a golf ball-shaped arena that is the world’s …
your ad hereTrump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference
The Trump administration got bashing from its own countrymen during the 25th United Nations climate conference in Spain. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Democratic presidential contender, former Secretary of State John Kerry, and actor Harrison Ford all criticized the administration for abandoning the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate. …
your ad hereFormula 1 to Start Races in Vietnam Amid Booms in Tourism, Sports Enthusiasm
Formula 1 car racing will debut next year in Vietnam as the fast-growing host country tries to attract high-end tourism and its own moneyed citizens take an ever keener interest in sports.A racing circuit is due for completion next month in the capital Hanoi, Formula 1 says on its website. …
your ad here9-Year-Old Belgium Boy to Join PhD Program in US
A child prodigy from Belgium will enroll in a doctoral program in a U.S. university after his parents pulled him out of his Dutch college.Laurent Simons, 9, will attend an unnamed U.S. college and study for a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, his parents told CNN Tuesday.Simons was studying at the …
your ad hereNewspaper Criticizes Film’s Take on Olympic Bombing Coverage
After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years later, a movie to be released later this week, “Richard Jewell,” explores the roles played by law …
your ad hereBill Cosby Loses Appeal of Sexual Assault Conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday over issues including the trial judge’s decision to let five other accusers testify.The Superior Court ruling was being closely watched because Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the (hash)MeToo era. The same …
your ad hereCameroon Measles Vaccination Team Attacked, Motives Questioned
EBOLOWA, CAMEROON — Members of measles vaccination teams in southern Cameroon have been attacked and beaten by locals who say the serums triggered side effects that sent 12 children to local hospitals.Many rural Cameroonians distrust vaccination campaigns, which have been organized as part of a national initiative to stop a …
your ad hereRehab Tech Company Offers Patients New Way to Regain Strength
A new rehab technology company helps patients maximize physical therapy and regain movement after paralysis – through gaming. Deana Mitchell checks it out. …
your ad hereJustices Seem to Favor Insurers’ Obamacare Claims for $12B
The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to rule that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. Several justices indicated their agreement with arguments from the insurers that they are entitled …
your ad hereBloomberg Shows Up as Climate UN Talks Get Into Tough Phase
American billionaire and Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg says that the next U.S. president should halt fossil fuel subsidies altogether.Bloomberg, who launched his campaign less than three weeks ago, is attending a United Nations global climate conference in Madrid that is kicking into high gear.Ministers from nearly 200 countries are …
your ad hereIn Sweden’s Arctic, Ice Atop Snow Leaves Reindeer Starving
Thick reindeer fur boots and a fur hat covering most of his face shielded Niila Inga from freezing winds as he raced his snowmobile up to a mountain top overlooking his reindeer in the Swedish arctic. His community herds about 8,000 reindeer year-round, moving them between traditional grazing …
your ad hereUN Calls for Truce Around Next Year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics
The U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution Monday urging all nations to observe a truce during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, saying sports can play a role in promoting peace and tolerance and preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism.Diplomats burst into applause as the assembly president announced …
your ad hereFishermen Mass to Overwhelm Mexico’s Protected Porpoises
A conservation group trying to protect the world’s most endangered marine mammal said Monday that hundreds of fishermen massed in dozens of boats to fish illegally in Mexico’s Gulf of California.Activists with the Sea Shepherd group said they witnessed about 80 small fishing boats pulling nets full of endangered totoaba …
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