[ad_1] The Earth now supports over eight billion people who collectively have transformed three-quarters of the planet’s land surface for food, energy, shelter and other aspects of the human enterprise. Wild animals must not only contend with how their habitats have been changed, but also endure the increasing presence of people in almost all environments, […]
[ad_1] President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Virginia on Jan. 23, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Virginia on Jan. 23, to campaign for abortion rights, a top […]
[ad_1] Ugandan firm DOTT SERVICES ( has just flagged off its 3.8 km town roads project for motorists in Mbale City. The project is DOTT’s sixth among the others covering over 13km roads delivered in the towns of Mbale, Tororo, Soroti and Busia under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) initiative, which launched in […]
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China. Manele used his first speech as leader to promise to govern with integrity and to put his nation’s interests first. “I […]
[ad_1] Activism / StudentNation / May 1, 2024 On April 30, protesters disbanded their encampment when the university pledged to vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel. This shows a different way of doing things. Ad Policy Pro-Palestinian students celebrate reaching a deal with the administration at Brown University, bringing an end to their […]
[ad_1] Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (rome) Wednesday, May 01, 2024 Inter Press Service World Press Freedom Day 2024 ROME, May 01 (IPS) – Journalism is in crisis, again. The challenges to press freedom are enormous and multi-faceted and they are deepening — in “free” and open societies as well as autocracies. And there are no […]
[ad_1] Recovery efforts continue after a stretch of carriageway collapsed early on Wednesday. The death toll in a highway collapse in southern China has risen to 36, as emergency teams continue efforts to recover cars from the scene. “As of 5:30am on May 2 … 36 people have died, and 30 people have been injured,” […]
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[ad_1] A nearly 60-foot segment of an expressway in a rural area of southeastern China collapsed before dawn on Wednesday after days of heavy rain, killing 24 people and injuring 30 others. Photos released after the incident appeared to show that a landslide had begun under two lanes of an expressway that ran along the […]
[ad_1] In many southern Lebanese villages, there are no signs of life. People have fled, leaving towns deserted. Israel has been carrying out strikes on southern Lebanon almost daily since Hezbollah – the powerful Lebanese Shia Islamist group – fired rockets at Israel on 8 October in support of Hamas in Gaza, triggering an escalating […]