Cameroonians who have been displaced by conflict and climate change in the north of the West African country are turning to aquaculture as an alternative source of income, thanks to support from the UN’s...
Lined on the inside with virus-binding molecules, nano-shells made of DNA material bind viruses tightly and thus render them harmless. Credit: Elena-Marie Willner / DietzLab / TUM
To date, there are no effective antidotes against...
A two-dimensional Doppler spectrometer captures the motions of a high intensity, femtosecond laser induced hot, dense plasma at different locations on a solid surface. Credit: K. Jana and Amit Lad
Great leaps in science and...
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland....
Britain's city of Blackpool must apologize for removing ads for evangelical preacher Franklin Graham from public buses; it had to admit the act was discrimination and pay the organizers of a festival 109,000 British pounds (about $150,000), a judge has ruled.
A major new initiative to record, verify and investigate incidents in Myanmar has been launched. Myanmar Witness will independently collect, preserve, process, investigate, verify and review incidents of possible interferences with human rights. The...
An adult coconut rhinoceros beetle in hand. Credit: Forest and Kim Starr
A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home gardens, plantations, and biodiversity as they surge through...
96% of shark movies overtly portray sharks as a threat to humans.
Undeniably the shark movie to end all shark movies, the 1975 blockbuster, Jaws, not only smashed box office expectations, but forever changed the...
Bob and Christine “Teenie” Bearor would ride to shows or just for fun on one of Bob’s Harley-Davidsons, often in matching outfits. The couple got married in a 1958 Corvette.
1947 Indian Chief motorcycle, an...
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Focal Persons of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) began a two-day consultative meeting with Civil Society Organisations (SCOs) on modalities to strengthen regional capacities for conflict prevention in West Africa and the...
There is a “bloody surge” impacting humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying the highest price, the UN deputy chief told the Security Council on Friday.
Vienna (Austria), 16 July 2021 - One in every three prisoners worldwide are held without a trial, which means that they have not been found guilty by any court of justice, according to the...
Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
Prisons need to be a priority for vaccination roll-out. New data from the WHO Health in Prisons European Database (HIPED) shows that COVID-19 vaccination of people living and working in prisons is increasing. For...
Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya (Photo/Business Recorder) By –Shyamal Sinha Uzra Zeya worked as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service for 27 years. During the Obama administration, Zeya served as the acting assistant Secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. She also worked in the Embassy of the United States, […]
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, July 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From the 8th and 9th of October 2021, the city of Strasbourg (France) will be filled with thousands of young people from all...
Shortfalls in global routine vaccination efforts due to the Covid-19 pandemic move international agencies to raise concerns about the growing risk of the resurgence of vaccine-preventable childhood illnesses.
On Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July, WHO/Europe focuses on how prisons can develop and implement effective COVID-19 vaccination policies as part of quality health-care programmes for both inmates and staff. To support countries,...
The WHO European Region saw a 1% decrease in routine immunization coverage, from 95% in 2019 to 94% in 2020 (the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccine (DTP3) is used as a tracer indicator), according...
Colin Kaepernick is officially a children's book author --- after signing a multi-book deal with Scholastic!
The former star NFL quarterback made the announcement Thursday ... saying he's partnering up with a publishing company and...
Closing a key international development forum on Thursday, the deputy UN chief observed that a year of “immense challenges” has reversed progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, July 15, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Leslie Grodin, host and producer of I Want To Know Your Story, has featured Alicia Doyle, three-time award-winning author of Fighting Chance, in episode...