New York City. 5,000 people feast on a meal entirely made from food waste
5,000 people were offered dishes entirely prepared with food that would otherwise have been thrown out. The initiative aimed to raise awareness on food waste.
US beekeepers lost half their honeybees last year
44 per cent of US honeybee colonies have been wiped out. For the second year in a row, losses are on the rise. Effective solutions need to be put in place, immediately.
Obama will be the first US President to visit Hiroshima. But not to apologise
Barack Obama will travel to Hiroshima. He’ll be the first sitting American President to visit the city on which the US dropped the atomic bomb. However, he won’t apologise for what happened.
What is TTIP, the free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States
The United States and the European Union are negotiating – mostly in secret – to reach a free trade agreement that could jeopardise public health and the environment. This is TTIP.
Venezuela faces energy crisis and introduces two-day week for public employees
Due to the worst drought in 40 years, Venezuela is facing energy shortages. The government has announced the public sector staff will work only two days a week.
US primaries. Trump wins all 5 states and gets closer to the nomination
On 26 April, billionaire Donald Trump swept 5 US states. On the Democratic side, Clinton won over Sanders 4 states to 1.
How the world came to celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on 22 April with the aim of celebrating and protecting our Planet’s beauty and preciousness. Here’s how it all started.
US primaries. Clinton and Trump triumph in New York
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has defeated her rival Bernie Sanders, while Donald Trump has crushed his Republican opponents.
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize puts the refugee crisis centre-stage
In its hundredth year, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize spotlights the tragedy lived by migrants and the problems linked to labour exploitation.
Sanders-Clinton, the debate for New York primaries is heated
The two candidates at the US primaries faced off each other in the CNN’s democratic debate, few days before the polls in the US state of New York.