The Queen of Ivory arrested in Tanzania. She’s responsible for the death of 350 elephants
La “Regina dell’avorio” è accusata di essere il punto di riferimento tra il traffico internazionale illegale di avorio e i bracconieri.
Svetlana Alexievich is the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”. The Belarusian writer and journalist is known for books that weave hundreds of real life testimonies together. Alexievich was born in Ukraine in 1948 from a
4 Palestinians, 4 Israelis dead. 8 reasons why West Bank violence is out of control
September ended with the raising of the Palestinian flag at the United Nations, yet October has seen an escalation of violence in the West Bank, which forms the bulk of Palestinian territories. Clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli military have left two Palestinian teenagers dead and almost 500 Palestinians injured. In separate incidents another two
Myanmar votes for the first time after 50 years of military dictatorship
Citizens in Myanmar will be called to vote for members of the country’s parliament, who will be in power for the next five years, on November 8. These are the first general elections since 50 years of military rule ended in 2011, when the country started a process of political reform, opening the way for democratic
US air force bombed MSF hospital. The UN: “War crime”
Un centro afghano di Medici Senza Frontiere è stato raso al suolo da un bombardamento, probabilmente americano. Il racconto straziante di un infermiere.
India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world is at stake, Médecins Sans Frontières warns
India has been producing low-cost generic medicines for many years, competing with the prices of big pharmaceutical companies, which started putting pressure.
Students prove that Fukushima food is safe
Radiations are below the limitis, as the studies carried out by professor Hayano and the students living in the Fukushima district prove.
What happened in Mina, in the stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
Hundreds of people have died in a stampede on Thursday 24 September, during the Islamic pilgrimage, the Hajj, to the holy city of Mecca. The incident took place in the morning, around 9 (local time), in Mina, a small town five kilometres from Mecca, Saud Arabia. 717 people died and at least 863 were
Green Drop Award. Venice rewards the movie denouncing China’s crazy industrialisation
The winning movie is the documentary by Chinese director Zhao Liang that denounces the unsustainable burden of China’s uncontrolled development race.
The bike riding of Becycling from China
After celebrating a year riding around the world Daniele Carletti and Simona Pergola arrived in China. Since the beginning there were a few problems: the visa on the passport expires in 30 days, not enough to travel China by bike. On 25 July the guys met three Chinese cyclists that were going to Tibet towards