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02/08/2018

Blast From the Past: Great Pyramid ‘Concentrator’ of Radio Waves – Study

30 July 2018 (SPUTNIK News)* — A towering skyscraper of stone built without computers or complex machinery, the Great Pyramid in Egypt has fascinated historians and archeologists for centuries.

Sphinx and Pyramid of Cheops

A team of German and Russian physicists studying the properties of the Great Pyramid, also known as the Khufu Pyramid, have found that it can concentrate electromagnetic energy inside its hidden chambers and focus the electromagnetic waves into the substrate region, according to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Applied Physics.

Built on the plateau of Giza in the third millennium BC by Pharaoh Khufu, the 138.8-meter (455-foot) high Great Pyramid is one of the biggest and tallest structures ever built by man.

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02/08/2018

In the Words of Indigenous Ireland Pop: “People Voted for Me Because They Wanted to See Change”

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1 August, 2018 (UN Women)* — Irlanda Pop is the Mayor of Lanquín, a municipality in the Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala. She is the only indigenous Mayor and one of three women Mayors in the country.

Irlanda Pop poses for a photo outside. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Irlanda Pop. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Elected in 2015 for a term of four years, Pop has survived serious political attacks and continues to fight discrimination on account of her gender and indigenous identity.

UN Women supported Pop to participate in the IV Ibero-American Summit of Local Gender Agendas that took place in Cuenca, Ecuador, in May 2018.

There, she led an exchange between women leaders of different indigenous communities of the region about political participation of indigenous women and how to address violence against women in politics.

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02/08/2018

South Sudan Cracks Down on Charcoal Trade

2 August 2018 (UN Environment)* — South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is endowed with extensive grasslands, wetlands, wildlife, and tropical forests. Its natural assets include significant agricultural, mineral, timber, and energy resources.

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Photo by UN Environment | The country’s forests are under immense pressure from charcoal and fuel wood production and consumption.

But despite having one of Africa’s lowest population densities, less than 13 people per square kilometre, the landlocked Central East African country’s forests remain under immense pressure from charcoal and fuelwood production and consumption.

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02/08/2018

Indian Ocean Perfume Islands Threatened by Climate Change

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1 August 2018 — Farmers living on the Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago are being supported through a UN Development Programme (UNDP) initiative, to adapt to climate change in an effort to ensure they can continue to prosper in one of Africa’s poorest nations.

UNDP Comoros/James Stapley | People living on the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean are needing to adapt to climate change.
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Some 200,000 Comorians rely solely on agriculture to make a living from crops such as ylang-ylang, vanilla and clove; fragrant plants which have led many to name the small island nation, the perfume islands.

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02/08/2018

‘Children Are Killed or Seriously Injured in Palestinian-Administered Areas; Exposed to Fear, Trauma, and Grave Injuries in Israel’ – UN Officials

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Children’s rights continue to be violated in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel, according to three leading UN officials in the region who on 1 August 2018 called on all parties responsible to take concrete and immediate steps to “allow children to live free of fear and to realize all their rights”.

UNICEF/Ahed Izhiman | On 12 July 2018 in the State of Palestine, 8-year old Hamid looks out over the old city of Hebron from the roof of his house. Checkpoints punctuate Hebron’s old city, part of the area known as H2, and affect the movement of people, including access to education as many children must pass one or more checkpoints on their way to school.

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01/08/2018

Four Freedoms

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By René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service*

 

Freedom from Fear: Still an Unmet Goal
30 July 2018 – When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) in his January 6, 1941 State of the Union address to Congress presented the “Four Freedoms”, much of the world was at war: German troops were advancing in Europe as were the Japanese armies in China. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) said then

“I suppose that every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being directly assailed in every part of the world – assailed either by arms or by secret spreading of poisonous propaganda by those who seek to destroy unity and promote discords in nations that are still at peace… And the assailants are still on the march, threatening other nations, great and small.”

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01/08/2018

Yemen: Attacks on Water Facilities, Civilian Infrastructure, Breach ‘Basic Laws of War’ – UNICEF

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Ongoing violence and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Hudaydah directly threaten hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Yemen, according to the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a statement released on 1 August 2018.

© UNICEF | A woman and children wait as UNICEF-supported emergency humanitarian supplies are distributed in Hudaydah, Yemen, in June 2018.
“Attacks against civilian facilities and services are unacceptable, inhumane and in breach of the basic laws of war,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “Yet the past few days have seen an escalation in the targeting of systems and facilities that are essential to sustaining the lives of children and families,” she added.

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01/08/2018

Alarm on Overlooked Emergencies Requiring Urgent Humanitarian Aid – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sahel Among Most Severely Underfunded Crises

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ROME, 1 August 2018 (FAO)* – A new FAO report sounds the alarm on some of the world’s most severely underfunded crises, which in the wake of new shocks require an urgent humanitarian response and emergency agricultural assistance.

Photo: ©FAO

Continued livelihood support for vulnerable households is required during lean season in Chad to improve their access to food.

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01/08/2018

Freedom Boats to Gaza Intercepted, Seized, Attacked by Israeli Navy

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Freedom Flotilla Coalition – TRANSCEND Media Service*, 30 Jul 2018

“The Freedom Flotilla to Gaza is an inspiring and important story. How much longer will mainstream media suppress these types of stories where world citizen activists challenge Israel’s right to defy international law and universal rights?  Why is Israel above the law?” — R. Kotila, Earth Federation News & Views.

 

Latest news on interception at sea (29 July):

Freedom Flotilla intercepted by Israeli Navy– Palestine News Network

Boat trying to break Gaza blockade seized by Israeli navy– The Times of Israel

Israeli forces attack Freedom Flotilla near Gaza’s shore– Ma’an News Agency

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01/08/2018

Overtourism: A Growing Global Problem

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By , , and * – 

Residents of tourism hotspots are fighting back. Shutterstock | Photo from The Conversation.

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Barcelona, in particular, is at the centre of these mounting concerns about the rapid growth of tourism in cities, especially during peak holiday periods. In fact, Destination Barcelona estimates that there were 30m overnight visitors in 2017, compared to a resident population of 1,625,137.

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