10/07/2019
By Philip Giraldi | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Americans, Saudis and Israelis have become monsters in the eyes of the rest of the world even if in their own minds they are endowed with special privilege due to their being “Exceptional,” “Chosen by God” or “Guardians of Mecca and Medina.” All three countries share a dishonest sense of entitlement that supports the fiction that their oppressive and illegal behavior is somehow perfectly legitimate.
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10/07/2019
Washington D.C., 8 July 2019 (IFPRI)* – The El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and other partners.
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Source: Flickr (ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet) (from IFPRI).
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10/07/2019
New York, 10 July 2019 (UN Environment)* – Today, networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from 6 continents announced that they are declaring a Climate Emergency, and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work with students.
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10/07/2019
The UN health agency, WHO, announced on 9 July 2019 that dozens of new drugs have been added to the list of essential medicines that every country should have, including new cancer treatments that can be swallowed rather than injected.
WHO/T. Habjouqa | Raghad who lives in a refugee camp in Jordan, suffers from type 1 diabetes and requires daily administration of insulin, but finds it hard to keep the insulin cool in the summer with limited electricity in the camp. She exercises to stay healthy.
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10/07/2019
The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on 9 July 2019.
UNODC | Many countries continue to face terrorism threats.
That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.
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10/07/2019
Heavy flooding and landslides in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, has left thousands of children and families in an increasingly dire situation with critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 9 July 2019 warned, while scaling up relief efforts to those vulnerable children.
WFP/Gemma Snowdon | WFP disaster risk reduction teams are stabilising slopes that slipped during heavy rains in Cox’s Bazar. July 2019.
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09/07/2019
OECD and FAO highlight role of diets, urbanization, emissions and trade in outlook for next decade
A market in Rome.
ROME, 9 July 2019 (FAO)* — Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 percent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, causing inflation-adjusted prices of the major agricultural commodities to remain at or below their current levels, according to an annual report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
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09/07/2019
Rabat, 9 July 2019 (IOM)* – In West Africa, environmental challenges are widely believed to drive migration from rural areas, where livelihoods are largely dependent on natural resources (agriculture, mining and fisheries).
Experts, policymakers and academics from North and Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe took part in the workshop to discuss opportunities for integrating environmental dimensions into reintegration activities. Photo: IOM
Simultaneously, these challenges impact the sustainability of reintegration for returned migrants, limiting their livelihood options and the availability of natural resources, such as water and land, and food.
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09/07/2019
By Robert J. Burrowes*
DAYLESFORD, Australia, 9 July 2019 — I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it.
A girl showing signs of fear and anxiety in an uncertain environment | Author: D Sharon Pruitt | Source | CC BY 2.0
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