27/12/2019
2020 Is International Year of Plant Health
Photo by Ruben Rodrigues Olivares/EBD-CSIC
Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet how to keep them healthy is often ignored. This can have devastating results: the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that up to 40 per cent of food crops are lost due to plant pests and diseases annually.
27/12/2019
Climate Crisis and the 2020 US Elections – Trump and His Party Must Be Defeated
Human Wrongs Watch
26 December 2019 (Wall Street International)* — There are so many things wrong with Donald Trump that one hardly knows where to begin. He is a racist, habitual liar, tax evader, cruel cager of infants, misogynist, narcissist, bully, violator of numerous laws, both national and international, a friend of rich oligarchs and enemy of the poor, to mention only a few of his faults. He has made the United States resemble Germany, Italy or Spain in the 1930s, when fascism was on the rise.
Donald Trump (Image from Wall Street International)..
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27/12/2019
FIRST PERSON: Feeling the Milliner’s Vibe
25 December 2019 — The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The American Experience” to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana. (*).

Kai Bussant is a fashion designer and milliner in New Orleans. She refurbishes hats at the Goorin Bros store. She has multiple jobs including styling and tailoring, and is about to launch her own fashion brand. She sold her first piece of clothing when she was at elementary school.
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