Nairobi, 10 February 2020 (UN Environment)* – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially started accepting applications for the 2020 Young Champions of the Earth prize.
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10/02/2020
Сhina Unveils Mobile App that DETECTS Coronavirus Close Contact
Human Wrongs Watch
10 February 2020 (RT)* — A mobile application developed by the Chinese government and a state-run tech company is reported to warn users when they are at imminent risk of contracting the killer coronavirus, which has claimed more than 900 lives.
FILE PHOTO © REUTERS/Jason Lee (Photo posted here from RT’s article).
The “close contact detector” has become available to Chinese users, requiring only their name, phone number and ID for installation, Xinhua reported on Monday. The app then lets the user know if they have been in contact with someone infected by the deadly 2019-nCoV virus.
10/02/2020
Globalization of Indifference: Ai Weiwei and the Refugee Crisis
Human Wrongs Watch
Fajt, Jiří and Adam Budak (2017) Ai Weiwei: Law of the Journey. Prague: Národní galerie.
– Humans belong to a species that is constantly on the move . Since some Homo Sapiens 125,000 years ago began to move from the African continent, humans can be found all over the world, even in such utterly inhospitable places as the icebound plateaus of Antarctica.
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10/02/2020
What Are Pulses? – World Day
Spanish chef Abraham García at restaurant Viridian, preparing a traditional Spanish dish using a variety of pulses, 2016, Madrid, Spain. Photo: FAO/Samuel Aranda.
