31 October is World Cities Day
La giornata è stata istituita per sensibilizzare la comunità internazionale sul tema dell’urbanizzazione e contribuire allo sviluppo urbano sostenibile in tutto il mondo.
John Magufuli is Tanzania’s new president. And results in Zanzibar are annulled
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), in power for over fifty years, won the elections and its candidate John Magufuli is the new president of Tanzania with 68% of votes. The National Electoral Commission made the announcement on the 29th of October. The elections to decide the new head of state, as well as members of parliament
The European Union cuts subsidies to bullfighting
Il Parlamento europeo ha deciso di eliminare i fondi destinati agli allevamenti di tori per la corrida.
Ferruccio de Bortoli. The war of the skies is never the solution
The region that includes Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and part of Turkey, where Kurds claim autonomy or even independence in the name of a greater Kurdistan, has been the focus of international attention for decades. The journalist Ferruccio de Bortoli shines a light on the issue ahead of the Turkish parliamentary elections on the 1st of
Turkey, police storms the headquarters of two TV channels critical of Erdogan
A pochi giorni dalle elezioni legislative, due tv critiche nei confronti del presidente Erdoğan sono state assaltate e oscurate dalle forze dell’ordine.
The first woman to be elected president of Nepal
Nepal has elected, on 28 October, its second president since it became a democratic republic in 2008. For the first time the president is a woman. Bidhya Devi Bhandari, 54, of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal, has been elected thanks to the vote of 327 members of Parliament against 214. As in other countries, the
The entire world calls for the United States to end trade embargo on Cuba
Una risoluzione a favore della fine del blocco economico americano contro Cuba è stata votata da 191 paesi, sui 193 appartenenti alle Nazioni Unite.
Kim Phuc. The new life of the napalm girl
A 9-year-old, naked, terrified little girl. This is Kim Phuc, in the picture that led many people to want the Vietnam War to end, more than any negotiation, bomb, or president could. 43 years have passed from that moment captured on 8 June 1972 by the photographer Nick Ut, awarded the Associated Press’ Pulizer Prize, when he was
30,000 people are facing starvation in South Sudan
Fao, Unicef e Programma Alimentare Mondiale hanno lanciato l’allarme in un comunicato congiunto: “In Sud Sudan siamo sull’orlo della catastrofe”.
Peruvian farmers empowered thanks to organic cane sugar and fair trade
L’agricoltura biologica in Perù, che rispetta la terra e chi la coltiva, ha permesso ai contadini peruviani di uscire dalla povertà e dal narcotraffico.