Day: September 13, 2022
Asian shares rally on trade talk moves, China still cautious - Reuters: Money News
OnAsian shares rose on Friday as the United States and China looked set to launch a new round of trade talks amid an escalating tariff row, while a decisive interest rate hike by Turkey's central bank also helped support global risk ……
Pipeline From Hell? Nord Stream 2 And Why It’s So Contentious
OnPipeline From Hell? Nord Stream 2 And Why It’s So Contentious With tensions between Moscow and the West on the rise, a massive energy project is set to snake across the seabed between Russia and the European Union: an underwater gas pipeline called…
“Running Out Of Time” – Local Communities Mobilise for the Climate
On“Running Out Of Time” – Local Communities Mobilise for the Climate By Tharanga YakupitiyageReprint | | Print | Send by email Fayaz Ahmad Khanday plucks a lotus stem from Wullar Lake in India’s Kashmir. He says the fish population has fallen drastically in recent times. The Global Climate…
Achieving Sustainable Goals: “In the End it is All About People. If People Want, it Will Happen.”
OnAchieving Sustainable Goals: “In the End it is All About People. If People Want, it Will Happen.” By Manipadma JenaReprint | | Print | Send by email Manipadma Jena interviews the Deputy Director and Water Sector Lead at the Global Green Growth Institute’s (GGGI) Investment and Policy Solutions…
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, defends jailing of Reuters journalists
OnAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, defends jailing of Reuters journalists By James Pearson, Mai Nguyen, Khanh Vu in Hanoi and Simon Lewis Reuters NEWS: REUTERS BOSS CALLS FOR RELEASE OF JOURNALISTS IMPRISONED IN MYANMAR, SAYS TRIAL WAS A ‘SET-UP’X…
Hong Kong Govt. Struggles with increasing Online Sexual Harassment cases
OnAs online spaces for sexual harassment proliferate, Hong Kong authorities struggle to keep up Posted 13 September 2018 5:49 GMT Photo from Hong Kong Free Press. Used with permission. This article is originally written by Jennifer Creery and published on Hong Kong Free Press on September 8,…
As Hurricane Florence Batters Carolinas, Media Ignores Climate Change Connection
OnAs Hurricane Florence Batters Carolinas, Media Ignores Climate Change Connection September 12, 2022 Hurricanes are getting more powerful and more destructive because of global warming, which gives storms more energy, but as the mass media reports on the destruction, they leave out…
“Vote Bank” Politics: Politicians Keep Away from Nuns Protest in Kerala
OnCHURCH SCANDAL ‘It’s vote-bank politics’: As support for protesting Kerala nuns grows, politicians keep away Leaders of the two major parties in the state – the CPI(M) and Congress – have been conspicuous by their absence. Actor Rima Kallingal shows solidarity with…
Tamil Nadu files 133 cases against a Ant-Sterlite Protester
OnSTATE REPRESSION Tamil Nadu has filed 133 cases against this man as part of its crackdown on anti-Sterlite protests The Thoothukudi police have filed so many cases against some protestors that each is shown to have participated in violence at different places…