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David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’
6 June 2020 (openDemocracy)* — Nearly 400,000 British companies do not, will not or cannot say who controls them, according to research carried out by openDemocracy.
“I love L.A. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic – but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”
Andy Warhol
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– Another episode of the spectacular show that could be called The Greatest Story Ever Told: The Saga of the Trump Presidency, scripted and acted by Trump himself, took place on 1st of June.
Our future is under multiple threats, dark clouds are gathering, and many storms are on their way. | Photo: Gilbert Mercier
6 June 2020 (teleSUR)* — Since I started News Junkie Post, eleven years ago, I have, as a rule, avoided the first person narrative. In my mind, there is a simple reason for an aversion for the “me, myself, and I” type of storytelling so widespread in our culture. The first person is fine for a journal, an autobiography of course, or if you have the immense literary talent of Marcel Proust.
UN News/Daniel Dickinson | Coral reefs surround Coconut Island where a research centre of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology is based.
6 June 2020 (Wall Street International)* — After the Coronavirus began in Wuhan, the Chinese government provided one model for containment and elimination: complete lockdown. This model was not felt to be satisfactory to most Western democracies and soon the expression “herd immunity” began to be mentioned quite frequently.
4 June 2020 (openDemocracy)* — The European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank support big corporations through non-transparent processes, without taking into account social, environmental or climate criteria and without having binding criteria to stop corporate tax evasion and dividend distributions.
Food safety has a critical role in assuring that food stays safe at every stage of the food chain – from production to harvest, processing, storage, distribution, all the way to preparation and consumption.
With an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually, unsafe food is a threat to human health and economies, disproportionally affecting vulnerable and marginalized people, especially women and children, populations affected by conflict, and migrants.
7 June 2020 (UN News)* — Eating contaminated food has caused an estimated 600 million people in the world, or almost one-in-ten individuals, to fall ill – 420,000 of whom die every year, two UN specialized agencies highlighted on Sunday [7 June 2020], World Food Safety Day.
As rangers in some of Central America’s most biodiverse national parks, refugees and asylum-seekers get a fresh start while protecting threatened plant and animal species. | Español | Français | عربي
Ancient Mayan ruins emerge from the rainforest in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, July 2018. © UNHCR/PABLO PALOMO
Juba, 6 June 2020 (IOM)* – The Humanitarian Hub in Malakal, in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan is reducing its carbon footprint following the successful installation and now fully operational hybrid solar power plant.
Final stages of the solar power plant installation at the Humanitarian Hub in Malakal, South Sudan © IOM 2020 / Omar PatanManaged by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the plant will generate 900MWH of power and meet 80 percent of electricity demands in the Malakal facility, a ‘humanitarian hub’ that is base for 300 humanitarian workers from 34 humanitarian organizations in the area.
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