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
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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
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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.
09/02/2020
The Darkest Decade for Indian Democracy
Since taking power Narendra Modi has dismantled the nation’s secular traditions, but there are signs Indians have had enough.
Women hold a sit-in protest against a contentious citizenship law in New Delhi on 20 January 2020. | PA Images.
4 February 2020 (openDemocracy)* — On 26 January, India marked the 71st anniversary of its constitution. This year, however, the customary Republic Day celebrations were overshadowed by uncustomary protests.
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09/02/2020
Thunberg: ‘Indigenous Peoples Lead the Fight Against Crisis’
Meanwhile, Brazil’s Bolsonaro facilitates business activities in the Indigenous Peoples’ Amazonian lands.
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Greta Thunberg (C) at a climate strike with Sami children in Jokkmokk, Sweden, Feb. 07 2020. | Photo: EFE (Photoposted here from teleSUR’s article).
7 February 2020 (teleSUR)* – The Fridays For Future (FFF) movement activist Greta Thunberg praised the role of Indigenous peoples in the fight against global climate change during a demonstration in Jokkmokk, Sweden, on Friday [7 February 2020].
09/02/2020
Urgent Action Needed to Tackle Poverty and Inequalities Facing Indigenous Peoples
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Thirty years after the adoption of the only international Convention on the rights of indigenous peoples, a new ILO report finds they are still more likely to be poor and face particular hardships in the world of work.
GENEVA, 3 February 2020 (ILO)* – The International Labour Organization (ILO) says there is an urgent need to tackle the high level of poverty and inequalities facing indigenous peoples.
08/02/2020
Do I Need Permission to Breathe? – A Migrant Woman’s Story
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– “I soiled my pants, I could feel the wetness seeping into my waistband, my eyes started to become blurry. Only the sound of the blaring television assured me that I was still alive. I tried to stop thinking and make my mind go completely blank. Over the years I have adapted and now I can make my mind go numb. But the only nagging question ringing on my mind during the last 45 seconds was: will this stain the carpet? Should I clean myself first or should I clean the carpet first? Which one is safer? Did he notice the stain?
08/02/2020
Blessing of The East Med & Curse of The Libyan Oil
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By Aleksandra Pećinar*
Final steps in energy re-grouping in the Eastern Mediterranean?
Libyan oil pipeline (Image from Wall Street International).
East Med agreement and Middle East crisis
7 February 2020 (Wall Street International)* — Signing of the inter-governmental agreement on the construction of the East Med pipeline to transport natural gas and connect the deposits of the Eastern Mediterranean to the European market via Cyprus and Greece on January 2nd has been described as “historic”.
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08/02/2020
Taking Pulses to a Higher Level
7 February 2020 (UN Environment)* — In celebration of World Pulses Day (10 February), read on to learn about the value and benefits of pulses—or legumes—to human health, and how consuming them can help achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
What are pulses?
Pulses are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food. Dried beans, lentils and peas are most commonly known and consumed. They do not include crops that are harvested green—think green peas or green beans—or crops used mainly for oil extraction—such as soybean and groundnuts—or leguminous crops that are used exclusively for sowing purposes as is the case of seeds of clover and alfalfa.
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