Jordan now invests in renewables. 1.8 GW by 2018
Jordan gives green light to build 12 solar plants. Once completed, they will produce 200 MW of energy.
Aung San Suu Kyi in key role in Myanmar’s first democratic government in 50 years
Myanmar has sworn in its new president. As of the 30th of March U Htin Kyaw, an old friend and longstanding political ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, is the first civilian president the country has had in more than fifty years. On the same day the Lady, leader of Myanmar’s democratic movement and Chairman
Turkey arrests 3 academics for advocating peace with the PKK
In the latest attack on freedom of expression in Turkey, three academics who signed a peace petition in January 2016 have been detained by a court of Istanbul, being charged with making terrorist propaganda. The 3 were arrested on 15 March 2016, pending the completion of a criminal investigation. Security forces requested imprisonment up to
The Sumatran rhino still roams wild: sighted for the first time in 40 years
The Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), hasn’t been sighted in the area of Eastern Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, for over 40 years. Its origins date back to the prehistoric era, descending from the megafauna that roamed the planet thousands of years ago. The sighting of the Sumatran rhino Until 2013, the animal was thought to be extinct in this
Palmyra and ISIS: yesterday, today and tomorrow
Syrian regime forces have regained control of the city of Palmyra, ten months after its capture by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). The Islamist militants were driven out of the ancient site on the 27th of March following three weeks of intensive military operations backed by Russian air strikes and Lebanese militias. During its
The Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on Earth that needs to be protected
With verdant and pristine rainforests and high peaks, the Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, is a real treasure for biodiversity. It is home to species still unknown to science and, above all, it is the last place on Earth where Sumatran orangutans, elephants, bears, and rhinos roam freely in the wild. The lowland #rainforest of the
China, 19 dead in coal mine accident
Nineteen people died due to an accident on the underground platform of a coal mine in Shuozhou city, in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, that took place on the night of the 23rd of March. This as much as revealed by the official press agency of the central government, Xinhua. The company controlling the
Bangladesh, ship carrying coal sinks close to the world’s largest mangrove forest
L’imbarcazione affondata nei pressi del parco nazionale Sundarbans mette a rischio la sopravvivenza delle persone e delle specie animali che abitano la foresta e il fiume.
What happened in Brussels, the capital of Europe, on 22 March
Two explosions rocked the departures area in Zavantem international airport. Then, another explosion devastated the metro station of Maelbeek, about an hour and a half later. This is how the attacks to Brussels and to the very heart of Belgium and Europe begun on 22 March, just a few steps from the main communitarian institutions.
Brussels attacks. Explosions in the airport and the metro
16:54 – Tributes to the victims of the Brussels attacks (via Alice Dulczewski) 16:32 – Director of Site Rita Katz tweets that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks through Amaq, the press agency of the Islamic State. Breaking:#ISIS –#Amaq claims #Brusselsattacks as carried out with “a series of bombings w/explosive belts& devices” pic.twitter.com/wExeGqaaAr —