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07/05/2019

Bolsonaro To Sign Decree to Allow Carrying Loaded Weapons

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will sign a decree that will allow shooters, hunters, and gun collectors to roam around the streets with loaded weapons.

6 May 2019 (teleSUR)* — Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro will sign a decree Tuesday relaxing rules of carrying weapons for collectors, hunters, and sports shooters, known by the acronym CAC.

“I’m going to sign [the decree] on Tuesday at 4 p.m. You can rest easy. CAC will not have a limit on the amount of ammunition and they will also be able to transport the loaded weapon,” Bolsonaro told a supporter Sunday [5 May 2019].

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07/05/2019

These Women Are Finding Creative Ways to Defy Patriarchy in Bangladesh

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By Sian Norris*

On Dhaka’s streets and stages, women tell their stories – about issues from violence to sexuality to working conditions. And they demand to be heard.

**Tassafy Hossain, Dhaka, 2019. | Photo: Muhmmad Murtada, British Council**

6 May 2019 (openDemocracy)* — Tassafy Hossain is smiling broadly when we meet backstage at the feminist arts festival Women of the World (WOW) in Dhaka in March. She talks with enthusiasm about the packed programme that she co-curated, including theatre performances featuring disabled actors, and talks from leading women’s rights activists in Bangladesh.

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07/05/2019

To Huawei or Not to Huawei. Is the wrong Question

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By Silvia Swinden*

LONDON, 6 May 2019 (Pressenza)* — The almighty geopolitical and technological row going on about allowing or not the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to set up the 5G infrastructure in Western countries, for fear of backdoor espionage by the Chinese government, has already cost his post to the UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson.

To Huawei or not to Huawei. Is the wrong question

He was accused of leaking to the press that the UK Government was preparing to disregard the US paranoid advice and go ahead with Huawei installations.

The relationship between the UK Government and Huawei is long and convoluted, which has been comprehensively researched by True Publica.

In summary, the usual financial interests have been given priority over other concerns since David Cameron’s was Prime Minister.

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07/05/2019

Job Quality of Concern to All Workers

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A joint report by the ILO and the European research agency, Eurofound, provides an unprecedented comparative analysis of job quality around the world, including work hours, gender pay differences, exposure to physical risks and opportunities for skills’ upgrading. | español | français | italiano | Nederlands | 中文

GENEVA, 6 May 2019 (ILO)* – A joint ILO-Eurofound report covering about 1.2 billion of the world’s workers found stark differences in working hours, significant levels of intensive and emotionally demanding work and that the least-educated have worse overall working conditions and fewer opportunities to develop their skills.

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07/05/2019

The Tinkerbell Effect – Power, Pleasure and Profit

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By David Lorimer*

4 May 2019 (Wall Street International)* — In the brilliant, penetrating and amazingly erudite study by David Wootton Power, Pleasure and Profit, subtitled Insatiable appetites from Machiavelli to Madison, readers are treated to an engaging tour of the ‘Enlightenment paradigm’ gaining in the process a more profound understanding of our modern political economy and ethical situation.

Raphael, Part of School of Athens | Image from Wall Street international.

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07/05/2019

Asthma Sufferers Need to Be Ultra-Wary of Air Pollution – World Asthma Day

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7 May 2019 (UN Environment)* — An asthma attack is a frightening experience, threatening to deprive you of your ability to breathe, and life itself. According to World Health Organization estimates, 235 million people suffer from asthma, which is the most common chronic disease among children. Over 80 per cent of asthma deaths occur in low and lower-middle income countries.

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Photo by LibreShot | Photo from UN Environment.

World Asthma Day on 7 May 2019 reminds us that people with chronic respiratory problems are particularly vulnerable to all forms of air pollution.

One form of pollution that particularly affects people in cities is transport emissions.

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07/05/2019

NEAT – A Satellite-Based Technique to Keep an Eye on Growing Eutrophication Threat to Oceans

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5 May 2019 (UN Environment)* — A carpet of algae, floating dead fish for as far as the eye can see, a stench so powerful it irritates the lungs and stings the eyes… these are some of the effects of algal blooms, caused by ocean eutrophication, a deadly phenomenon for aquatic ecosystems.

Image from UN Environment.

Eutrophication happens when excessive nutrients from agricultural, industrial and urban wastes enter the seas, leading to serious disruption of marine ecosystems, damage to vital sea habitats and the spread of harmful algal blooms, commonly known as red tides.

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06/05/2019

World Is ‘On Notice’ as Major UN Report Shows One Million Species Face Extinction

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A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the earth’s resources will likely fail without radical action, UN biodiversity experts said on Monday [6 May 2019].

UNDP Ecuador | Splendid Leaf Frog, Ecuador. (19 January 2015)

Speaking in Paris at the launch of the Global Assessment study – the first such report since 2005 – UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said that its findings put the world “on notice”.

“Following the adoption of this historic report, no one will be able to claim that they did not know,” the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said. “We can no longer continue to destroy the diversity of life. This is our responsibility towards future generations.”

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06/05/2019

France: Le Pen’s Far-Right Leads in EU Election Poll

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This marks the first time Le Pen’s party overtakes REM in an Ipsos survey ahead of the European Union (EU) election this year.

5 May 2019 (teleSUR)* — The National Rally (RN), formerly the National Front party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen leads voter intention with 22 percent for the upcoming European Parliament elections, just ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s Republic in March (REM) party, according to an Ipsos poll released on Sunday [5 May 2019].

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06/05/2019

Just Like Your Mother? Seven Ways Motherhood Has Changed (or Not) in the Last 25 Years

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Bolsonaro To Sign Decree to Allow Carrying Loaded Weapons

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These Women Are Finding Creative Ways to Defy Patriarchy in Bangladesh

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By Sian Norris*

To Huawei or Not to Huawei. Is the wrong Question

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By Silvia Swinden*

Job Quality of Concern to All Workers

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The Tinkerbell Effect – Power, Pleasure and Profit

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By David Lorimer*

Asthma Sufferers Need to Be Ultra-Wary of Air Pollution – World Asthma Day

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NEAT – A Satellite-Based Technique to Keep an Eye on Growing Eutrophication Threat to Oceans

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World Is ‘On Notice’ as Major UN Report Shows One Million Species Face Extinction

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France: Le Pen’s Far-Right Leads in EU Election Poll

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Just Like Your Mother? Seven Ways Motherhood Has Changed (or Not) in the Last 25 Years

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