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May 6: News from around the Driftless Area

‘News from Around the Driftless Area’ is a compilation showcasing the excellent work and interesting tidbits from the community journalists sprinkled throughout our area. VIROQUA –Approximately 150 Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers from the 107th...

Protecting the legacy and keeping Ghana in business

Early Days For many years, Ghana’s export sector focused on cocoa, gold, timber, bauxite, rubber and oil. However, during the 1980s and 1990s pineapple exports became an important area of activity. This was largely due...

Legacy of Holocaust hides in the shadows of German Psychiatry, documentary

There are few alive today who do not know the incomprehensible horrors of the Holocaust. But while most know the devastating loss of life it incurred, few genuinely understand who was responsible for its...

Revealing the impact of 70 years of pesticide use on European soils

Pesticides have been used in European agriculture for more than 70 years, so monitoring their presence, levels and their effects in European soils quality and services is needed to establish protocols for the use...

Early-warning ‘pandemic hub’ plan unveiled by WHO’s Tedros and Germany’s Merkel

An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global health threats, the UN health agency announced on Wednesday.

South Asia: ‘Real possibility’ health systems will be strained to a breaking point, UNICEF warns

Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to evn more loss of life. 

UN report sounds alarm on acute global shortage of midwives

The world is currently facing a shortage of 900,000 midwives, with COVID-19 further exacerbating the situation as many midwives have been deployed to other health services, according to a new United Nations report.

Keep cool this summer to protect your health

This week, WHO/Europe launches its 2021 #KeepCool campaign, helping advise communities and decision-makers on ways to stay healthy in the heat and adapt for increased temperatures in the future.

Clean Jobs Can Replace Coal Jobs In European Regions, WWF Report

Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 5:40 amPress Release: WWF Central And...

Joy in South Sudan, as schools reopen after 14-month COVID lockdown

The countrywide reopening of schools in South Sudan is a welcome step on the road to “normalcy” for youngsters, two in three of whom need humanitarian assistance, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

UN envoy Gordon Brown urges G7 countries to fund global COVID vaccination push

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Monday for the world’s richest nations to underwrite COVID-19 vaccination in poorer countries, highlighting the need to raise some $60 billion over the next two years. 

Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over

The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end of the country’s fourth outbreak of the deadly disease in less than three years, said the World Health Organization (WHO).

Still much to learn about controversial European Union ag proposal

"The Green Deal itself covers many sectors (of the European economy) directly, and literally every sector indirectly. This requires a huge policy review and overhaul across many areas of European legislation," a lengthy, complicated...

EU ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy: Guidance towards more sustainable and resilient farming and food systems

Ensuring sustainable food security is a vital element of Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector and the country’s economy at large. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of a robust and resilient food system that can function in...

Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship, Celebrity Beyond, defies imagination, wonder and luxury

MIAMI - Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo unveiled the company's third ship in the company's industry-transforming "new luxury" Edge Series - Celebrity Beyond. Designed to give guests endless opportunities to disconnect from...

Hungarian Wine Is Above the Radar Once More

By Athena Lucero Hungarian wines could have been a household word today, but two world wars and 40 years under communist rule forced a major pause on this once-formidable wine-producing country. "Wines from Hungary were considered...

America’s Newest Destination Restaurants Aren’t Where You’d Expect

AH, SPRINGTIME. The trees are ridiculously colorful, tulips spill out of bushels at the farmers markets, little peas take center stage and a kaleidoscope of birds is migrating. Chefs are, too. Just as WFH...

Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report

Inequalities in addressing AIDS threaten global efforts to stamp out the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a report published on Friday, which provides 10 key recommendations to get the world back on track.

Pitch Update: M&S, Adidas, cinch, Diageo, Argentina tourism and more

Marks & Spencer has begun a review of its regional product PR and local communications across the UK. Jori White PR has been appointed by NewMedia Creative Technology Studio, the Argentinian Tourism Ministry’s designated European...

Analysis: Europe’s Green Revolution? Italy’s spending plans raise doubts

By Gavin Jones and Stephen Jewkes ROME (Reuters) - The European Union is billing its 750-billion-euro pandemic Recovery Fund as the opportunity of the century to transform the region's economy and...

Fairy Rings

Watering the lawn has not been on anyone’s list lately. The ample, if not excessive, rain has placed a temporary hold on this necessary task to maintain most home lawns and landscapes. It is...

Celebrity Cruises unveils new ship Celebrity Beyond, set to sail from UK waters in 2022

Celebrity Cruises has unveiled its latest Edge series ship, Celebrity Beyond, which it claims 'defies imagination'. The ship will embark on her maiden voyage from Southampton in April 2022 and guests onboard will enjoy a...

Vaccinated Europeans now outnumber those infected by COVID, but ‘threat remains present’

Just over 460 days since the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Europe, more citizens living in the region have now been vaccinated, than the number infected, and although new cases and hospitalizations are falling, “the threat remains present”, a senior UN health official said on Thursday.  

Madagascar edges toward famine, UN food agency appeals for assistance

An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indian Ocean, is forcing hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine at a scale “beyond belief”, a senior UN food agency official said on Thursday. 

Increased cancer risk for petroleum industry workers and people living near plants: New UN study

People working in the petroleum industry or living near petroleum facilities are at increased risk of developing several different cancer types, according to a new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARCWHO), part of the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
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