A Moscow paper asks a most inconvenient question: ‘What is the secret of Estonia’s success?’
The independent Moscow newspaper Novyye izvestiya points out that the average pay in Estonia is...
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Month: May 2018
Major Chinese river starts to run dry after months without rain
Boats are no longer able to cruise along the Songhua in Harbin city after water levels fall to their lowest level in years. The Songhua River, which flows through the centre of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang, is starting to...
Read MoreMali: In Mopti, UN chief finds ‘a determination to fight for peace’
On the second day of his visit to Mali, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres travelled some 460 kilometers outside the capital, Bamako, to Mopti, where he highlighted how insecurity in the region is threatening the...
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World needs generation of self-empowered ‘superheroes’, UN youth forum told
The world needs young people who dream big and can endure both failure and pain, a Tongan Olympic...
Read MoreUnited Nations Panel Releases First-Ever Review of Marijuana
For the first time ever, a World Health Organization (WHO) committee is reviewing marijuana’s status under international law. And technical documents the committee recently released include several positive, evidentiary findings...
Read MoreBorder Patrol beat, sexually assaulted, and denied medical care to immigrant children, ACLU says
“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe...
Read MoreThe EU’s plan to set a goal of zero-emissions by 2050 could be a big deal for climate action
When the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, it was a milestone in taking action against climate change. It set a clear goal—to keep global average temperatures from rising above 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels—and...
Read MoreTanzania turns the renewable lights on
Facing dramatic consequences of climate change, Africa’s economic transformation must be powered by renewable energy sources! With such a high demand for clean and reliable energy, we thought it was important for Tanzania to be...
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Merkel In China To Press For Dialogue On Human Rights
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 24 met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing,...
Read MoreRouters Are Being Hijacked By A Dangerous Stealth Malware
New analysis suggests that hundreds of thousands of routers are infected with a malicious bug that could be used by a nation-state to bring down large segments of the internet. Wired has the full story, and, fair warning… it’s...
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India is suffering a series of deadly heatwaves
The deadly and persistent heatwaves sweeping the Indian subcontinent over the past few weeks have...
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