Tommaso Perrone

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70 years of the United Nations

70 years of the United Nations

Peace, security, sustainable development, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. These key words are the goals the United Nations (UN) have been setting for 70 years, since the moment when 51 nations (later 193, i.e. all world’s independent countries, apart from Vatican City) autonomously decided to sign – on 26 June 1945 – the treaty that

14,000-container ships to travel the new Panama Canal

14,000-container ships to travel the new Panama Canal

In 2006, Panamanian citizens approved (75.25%) through a referendum the expansion of the centenarian canal that divides America and connects the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. The project, designed by the Italian company Salini Impregilo, will double the channel capacity and allow larger ships to transit.     Work started in 2007, and the artificial

Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows Italy’s Lake Como in beautiful detail

Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows Italy’s Lake Como in beautiful detail

World-reknowned photographer, documentary maker, and environmental activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand is back with a video realised with his typical aerial view: on board of a hot-air balloon. He decided to capture one of the world’s most beautiful lakes and one of Italy’s most extraordinary natural places, Lake Como. The 21-minute video is entitled Lake Como seen

Humans have forced polar bears to start hunting dolphins

Humans have forced polar bears to start hunting dolphins

Polar bears have started hunting and eating dolphins. It is the first time that this phenomenon takes place and the cause is linked to rising temperatures and food scarcity in the Arctic Ocean.     Summer comes earlier Oceans acidification and ice melting due to global warming have been jeopardising polar bear existence for a