Donald Trump undoes Obama’s Clean Power Plan, to “stop the war on coal”
Donald Trump ha firmato il decreto che impone la revisione delle norme introdotte da Obama per limitare le emissioni di CO2 delle centrali elettriche.
Two years of war in Yemen. People are starving because of the embargo, NGOs say
A due anni dall’inizio del conflitto, le ong accusano l’embargo imposto dall’Onu nell’aprile del 2015: “Si è trasformato in un blocco sul cibo”.
New Zealand, Maori’s sacred river gets same legal rights as a human being
Il fiume Whanganui, ritenuto sacro dai Maori, ottiene dopo una lunghissima battaglia legale personalità giuridica.
A victory for the Matsés people. Pacific E&P stops oil extraction in the Amazon
The Canadian oil company Pacific E&P, who had been granted the right to explore and extract oil in the Peruvian Amazon by the national government, has halted its exploration activities in block 135 of the rainforest (which is divided into “blocks” of oil and gas exploration). The company released a statement saying it “has made the decision to relinquish its exploration
London, attack at UK Parliament in Westminster
Update 16:43 (GMT) – The moment in which the House of Commons’ session was suspended and members were asked to stay inside the building. Deputy speaker announces UK Houses of Parliament suspended after incident on Westminster Bridge https://t.co/WG8yXWpPVV pic.twitter.com/0SpfNcjAIv — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) 22 marzo 2017 A little before 15:00 local time explosions were heard thought
20 March is the International Day of Happiness
La ricerca della felicità è un obiettivo fondamentale dell’uomo. Per questo l’Onu ha deciso di celebrare in tutto il mondo la Giornata mondiale della felicità.
Wolfgang Buttress, making live music with the sounds of bees
It charmed, stunned and surprised visitors at Expo Milano 2015 with its hundreds of lights and steel pieces and the humming of bees remotely connected in real time from a hive in the UK. The Hive particularly amazed those who came at night and had the chance to see it glowing warmly and softly in the
For your eyes only, Amnesty’s report on privacy protection in instant messaging
For your eyes only is human rights organisation Amnesty International’s latest report on the right to online privacy. It ranks 11 tech companies according to their security standards for instant messaging services. Three out of these don’t deploy end-to-end encryption as a default setting on messaging services according to the international organisation, putting users at risk of privacy violations at the
Land grabbing in Cambodia. Richard Rogers’ battle for the truth
Il land grabbing è finito davanti alla sbarra grazie a Richard Rodgers che ha denunciato i numerosi abusi di potere commessi in Cambogia. L’intervista.
6 years of the Syrian civil war in 10 crucial moments
La guerra in Siria dura ormai da sei anni: ecco le dieci date spartiacque di un conflitto che ha provocato 321mila morti e quasi cinque milioni di profughi.