‘Momentous Victory for Climate Justice’: Rosebank, Jackdaw Oilfields Ruled Unlawful
After winning a landmark lawsuit to stop oil and gas production at two North Sea fossil fuel projects in the United Kingdom Thursday, the...
What Makes Valentine’s Day Marketing Effective?
Everyone's a sucker for a heart-shaped, red version of a product they are already familiar with around Valentine's Day. Almost everyone takes part —...
Northeast Syria: Apparent War Crime by Türkiye-Backed Forces
(Beirut) – A drone strike by the Türkiye-Syrian National Army (SNA) coalition that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance on January 18, 2025, in northern Syria...
‘Catastrophic Blow’: GOP and Three Democrats Confirm Zeldin for EPA
Climate and public health advocates were outraged on Wednesday after a trio of U.S. Senate Democrats
voted with Republicans to confirm President Donald Trump's...
Weather Conditions That Caused the LA Fires Made 35% More Likely...
Human-induced planetary warming made the weather conditions that caused the Los Angeles fires 35% more probable, according to a report published on Tuesday by...
FireAid is the latest in a long line of massive benefit...
FireAid, featuring Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others in a fundraiser for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts, is the...
African Academy of AI & MMA partnership champions AI-first solutions in...
Together the African Academy of AI (AAAI) and MMA Global have formed a strategic partnership to champion AI-first solutions in marketing, equipping professionals across...
California Bill, Ad Campaign Aim to Hold Big Oil Accountable for...
In California, recently introduced legislation and a new six-figure ad campaign called "Make Polluters Pay" indicate that the drum beat to hold oil and...
Marquis Who’s Who Honors Zachary B. Lepchitz for Expertise in Engineering
CARLSBAD, NM, January 28, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Zachary B. Lepchitz has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's...
Gaza: No Safe Pregnancies During Israeli Assault
(Jerusalem, January 28, 2025) – The Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and...
Pacific nations react to Trump’s order withdrawing the US from the...
“Rise for climate to build a fossil-free world’ action in Port Vila, Vanuatu in September 2018. Photo from Flickr account of 350.org. ...
Madagascar fights to save the forests that made it famous
Sitting under a tall tree in Ranomafana National Park in southeastern Madagascar, guide and ranger Jean Chri Rafidisoa waits for tourists to join a...
Kenya’s Shadow War on Activism
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Libya: Civic Space Crushed
Libyan authorities have used a litany of overbroad and draconian legacy laws that violate international law to threaten, harass, arbitrarily detain, and attack civil society...
About 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El...
‘Absolutely Insane’: Trump Teases Killing FEMA While Touring Disaster Zones
With trips to North Carolina and California on Friday, Republican U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threat to the federal disaster assistance agency, drawing...
DR Congo: Civilians at Risk as M23 Approaches Goma
(Nairobi) – Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the Rwanda Defence...
Report Exposes Silent Global Emergency as More Crises-Affected Children Need Urgent...
Active Citizens, Africa, Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, Middle East...
AutoTrader Launches ‘Do It Big’ Campaign
AutoTrader has launched a new brand campaign, titled 'Do It Big'. AutoTrader says that the campaign celebrates South African motorists' diverse needs and personalities.Buying...
Addressing Elites at Davos, UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Addiction Is...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said during his address at an annual gathering of global elites on Wednesday that the world's addiction to fossil...
Egypt: Rights Defender Charged with Terrorism
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have renewed their judicial harassment of Hossam Bahgat, a leading human rights defender and the executive director of the Egyptian...
A Third of the Arctic’s Landmass is Now a Source of...
For thousands of years, the land areas of the Arctic have served as a "carbon sink," storing potential carbon emissions in the permafrost. But...
Will Trump keep Gaza ceasefire afloat? A guide to his calculations.
Donald Trump returned to the White House Monday with a ceasefire in place in Gaza and with bragging rights for getting an elusive deal...
Up close with President Biden, then President Trump. What I saw...
It was an Inauguration Day like no other I’ve witnessed. By happenstance, the Monitor’s turn to serve in the White House press pool fell...
The First Phase of Israel-Palestine Ceasefire Begins
Armed Conflicts, Education, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Migration & Refugees, Peace, TerraViva United Nations ...
Climate Movement Alarmed by Trump Declaring Energy Emergency to ‘Drill, Baby,...
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U.S. President Donald Trump said during his Monday inaugural address that he would...
Still Hopes for a Future Plastic Treaty– But it Won’t be...
Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
A 30-foot- high monument entitled Turn off the plastics tap by...
Pemba’s Woman Salt Farmers Forge Livelihoods Amid Climate Woes
Active Citizens, Africa, Africa Climate Wire, Civil Society, Climate Change Justice, CLIMATE SOUTH: Developing Countries Coping With Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy &...
In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’
For decades, there was one path to becoming a successful African writer: Getting a book deal in the publishing meccas of New York, London...
New music festival promises to “chase away the winter blues”
The inaugural Swinterfest will be taking place over four days across Old Town from Thursday, January 30 until Sunday, February 2.
...
At what cost are we bridging Africa’s digital divide?
Internet café in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Image by Ossewa from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed).The internet is often celebrated as a transformative force, bridging...
Expanding LNG Over Renewable Energy Is Economic and National Security Failure:...
As Republican President-elect Donald Trump prepares to further accelerate already
near-record liquefied natural gas exports after taking office next week, a report published Friday...
Climate-Fueled Insurance Cost Hikes Putting American Dream ‘Out of Reach’
As communities across the Los Angeles area continued to grapple with catastrophic wildfires, the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday released the most far-reaching report...
What Trump’s return says about this moment in America
Micki Witthoeft wipes a tear from her eye and apologizes.“I’m sorry; it’s an emotional time,” says Ms. Witthoeft, standing outside the Central Detention Facility...
In the warming Sahara, this mosque has a blueprint for cool
In Agadez, a city in the heart of Niger that is the gateway to the Sahara, Amma Attouboul has been appointed to take care...
Survivors of Deadly LA Wildfires Seek Criminal Charges for ‘Reckless’ Big...
Victims of the deadly wildfires still devastating large swaths of Los Angeles County were joined Thursday by scientists and legal experts at a press...
Actuaries and Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Risk ‘Planetary Insolvency’
U.K. actuaries and University of Exeter climate scientists on Thursday warned that "the risk of planetary insolvency looms unless we act decisively" and urged...
Netanyahu claims ‘last-minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza...
TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a last-minute dispute with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited...
Critics Warn Trump Picks for EPA and Interior Would Only Serve...
As Republican-controlled Senate committees held Thursday morning confirmation hearings for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's picks to lead the Department of the Interior and Environmental...
Estate to get new festival following WOMAD’s departure
Charlton Park Estate will host Shindig Festival, previously held in Somerset, from May 22 to 25.
The family-friendly event, which features...
Critics Warn Media Outlets Failing to Explain Climate Cause Behind Los...
Covering the who, what, when, where, and why is journalism 101. So why are too few media outlets explaining the role that the climate...
Novartis Appoints Havas Red South Africa
Havas Red South Africa, the PR arm of Havas, has announced the acquisition of Novartis as a new client. Novartis and Havas align as...
Ghana a Contender for BRICS+ Alliance
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MOSCOW, Jan 16 2025 (IPS) - With heightening...
Guided by the light: Photos from Latin America and the Caribbean,...
Caracas, Venezuela´s capital city, which lies about 60 km away from the Caribbean Sea. The mountain is Cerro Ávila (alternatively, Waraira Repano), a national...
Young Mozambicans lose patience with entrenched ruling party
In the Mozambican capital of Maputo, demonstrators protested Wednesday against the inauguration of their new president, Daniel Chapo. His election had been rigged, they...
‘I Won’t Let My Future Burn’: Protesters Arrested at Fracking CEO...
While senators questioned Chris Wright—the CEO of Liberty Energy, a fracking company, and President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the next secretary of energy—10...
How Big Oil Lobbied Its Way Out of Accountability for the...
As devastating wildfires continue to burn in the Los Angeles region on Wednesday—placing tens of thousand of Californians under evacuation orders and causing over...
Climate Liar and Fracking CEO Chris Wright Pilloried Ahead of Confirmation...
With the U.S. Senate holding confirmation hearings for several of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees on Wednesday, climate organizers were joined by progressive...
Mozambique Is at a Crossroads as a New President Is Sworn...
Decades ago, Mozambique’s liberation party, Frelimo, easily attracted adoring crowds. The promise of salvation from Portuguese colonizers, and a life with jobs and housing...
Nobel Laureates Join Call for Ramped Up Food Production to Avert...
A group of some of the world's foremost thinkers is sounding the alarm on the globe's looming "hunger catastrophe" and are calling for "moonshot"...
Food hygiene rating upgraded at popular steak restaurant
Kenzo 72 in Old Town, which previously held a food hygiene rating of three, was re-inspected on December 18, 2024 and the...
Engen Partners With pudo
Engen has partnered with pudo, South Africa's innovative smart locker and courier solution provider. Engen says that the collaboration aligns with it's commitment to...
Laureates Call For Moonshot Innovation Effort to Avert Hunger Catastrophe
Active Citizens, Africa, Civil Society, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian...
Lea-Ann M. Riddell, RN Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime...
SARNIA, ONTARIO, January 14, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Lea-Ann Riddell with...
Couple open new cafe and cake shop in Old Town
Dolly Goodman started a home baking business during the pandemic then opened Goody’s Bakery on Hobley Drive with her husband Ian in...
43 Lawmakers Back Youth in Climate Case Against US Government
Dozens of members of Congress on Monday submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting 21 youth plaintiffs who launched a historic...
‘I Believe He Would Approve’: Charles Darwin’s Grave Graffitied in Climate...
Two activists with the group Just Stop Oil on Monday used orange spray chalk paint to write "1.5 Is Dead" on the gravestone of...
US Supreme Court Rejects Big Oil Attacks on Hawaii Climate Lawsuit
Climate campaigners and scientists on Monday welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to
reject attempts by fossil fuel giants to quash the Hawaii capital's lawsuit...
Spas of America Reveals Top 100 Spas of 2024: The Spa...
"We've seen a resurgence in consumers rediscovering their...
This Part of Mozambique Was Like Paradise. Now It’s a Terrorist...
In October, we traveled to the Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique to understand how terrorists who claim an affiliation with the Islamic State...
The eateries that failed to impress food hygiene inspectors
According to the latest ratings provided 23 of Swindon's eateries received a rating of one out of five at their most recent inspection.
...
Wiltshire small business named best of the year at national award...
South west accountancy firm Charlton Baker received the accolade at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards.
Hosted by Woman's Hour...
Trade Partnerships Offer Hope Against Deforestation
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Woodlands in nearly every forested country face threats from climate-change-driven fires and deforestation pressures fueled...
Total Devastation as LA Suffers What Could Be ‘Costliest Wildfire Disaster...
"Will this be the event that finally wakes everyone up?" wondered climate scientist Peter Kalmus on Thursday, with Los Angeles in its third day...
The National Guard has arrived to help Los Angeles. How you...
Editor’s note: This article mentions organizations that are trying to help people affected by the wildfires in California, but it is not an endorsement...
Unlocking SDG Success: How Better Data Can Develop Africa
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Financial Crisis, Headlines, Poverty & SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Oliver Chinganya,...
UN DESA Releases Report on Global Economic Development
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Press Briefing on Launch of...
Firefighters make progress slowing wildfires while Los Angeles grapples with devastation
LOS ANGELES — More than 4,000 structures have been destroyed in the Eaton Fire in the Los Angeles area, as thousands more have burned...
The Latest: Jimmy Carter’s motorcade greeted by crowds in his hometown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral...
What I saw in LA-area fire evacuations: Caring for people and...
Living in California, I’ve read a lot about disaster preparedness, seen it covered on TV, and even reported on it as the Monitor’s West...
Venâncio Mondlane Returns to Mozambique, Declaring Himself President
He stepped off a gray jumbo jet to the excited but subdued applause of a few airport employees in neon vests. At least one...
Key question as Venezuela prepares for inauguration: Who is the next...
The Venezuelan government is preparing to inaugurate President Nicolás Maduro for his third term in office Friday. But the political opposition, whose candidate many...
As Apocalyptic Fires Torch LA, Climate Campaigners Say ‘Big Oil Did...
As massive wildfires continued ripping through Los Angeles on Thursday, leaving
utter devastation in their wake, climate campaigners said blame for the infernos ultimately...
1win Brings Christmas to Cancer Patients in Ghana
1win, in partnership with Adjah Cancer Support Ghana, has sent Christmas donations to over 200 cancer patients and their families in Accra, Ghana. Through...