10/02/2020
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.
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10/02/2020
Fajt, Jiří and Adam Budak (2017) Ai Weiwei: Law of the Journey. Prague: Národní galerie.
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Feb 10 2020 (IPS)* – 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
Spanish chef Abraham García at restaurant Viridian, preparing a traditional Spanish dish using a variety of pulses, 2016, Madrid, Spain. Photo: FAO/Samuel Aranda.
Staples dishes and cuisines from across the world feature pulses, from hummus in the Mediterranean (chick peas), to a traditional full English breakfast (baked navy beans) to Indian dal (peas or lentils).
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09/02/2020
Meanwhile, Brazil’s Bolsonaro facilitates business activities in the Indigenous Peoples’ Amazonian lands.
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09/02/2020
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.
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08/02/2020
NEW YORK, Feb 7 2020 (IPS)* – “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?
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08/02/2020
Final steps in energy re-grouping in the Eastern Mediterranean?
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
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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07/02/2020
7 February 2020 (UN News)* — Fresh fears of accelerating damage to the planet’s ice sheets and sea level rise have been fuelled by confirmation from the UN’s weather agency that the Antarctic likely saw a new temperature record of more than 18°C on Thursday [6 February 2020].
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe | Aerial view of melting glaciers on King George Island, Antarctica.
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07/02/2020
I would like to announce the publication of a book, which deals with the world’s failure to adequately address the existential danger of catastrophic climate change.
John Scales Avery
The book consists mainly of book chapters and articles that I have previously published, although a considerable amount of new material has been added. It can be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link:
http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Climate-Change-Means-Lifestyle-Change-John-Scales-Avery.pdf
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