The French parliament has voted to end the use of wild animals in circus performances from 2023, spelling an end to performing tigers, lions, or bears. Violators will be fined and even imprisoned. The French parliament outlawed mink farming, in new animal rights legislation hailed as a step forward by campaigners. In two years, the […]
Members of the Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegations at the 26th United Nations Global Climate Summit in Glasgow, United Kingdom, have told Rudaw that they are committed to climate action ahead of the final COP26 deal. Iraq and the KRG have already supported targets, including reducing methane emissions, preserving the forest and land […]
Thousands of Iranians gathered in a dried-up riverbed in the central city of Isfahan to protest mismanagement of water resources, state media reported. Farmers and their supporters carried signs reading “Where is my Zayandeh River?” as they stood on the cracked ground where the Zayandehrood River once flowed, next to the famous Khaju bridge, Rudaw […]
Scientists from Japan conducted an experiment that showed that cats can know where their owner is, even if they cannot see it. The study involved 23 cats and 27 cats between four and six years old. 27 animals lived in a cat cafe, and the rest were domestic. Scientists used it as a stimulus for […]
13 iPhone made you look for the last refuge for the previous smartphone? Did the headphones break again? The laptop finally failed your 125 tabs and died a quiet death? All these things could end up in the dump. But they will harm the environment. Thankfully to Rubryka, we’ve found alternative solutions that everyone needs. […]
It’s time we introspect if we are morally and socially eligible to inhabit worlds when we are competing for our own destruction in our beautiful blue planet, the only place we can call it home, claims Jaykhosh Chidambaran in his article for the Arabian Stories. Mark Watney, the stranded astronaut and protagonist of the book […]
Total US deaths from COVID may reach 1 million by spring as vaccination rates remain lower than 60%, The Guardian states. Activists, many of who brought ashes of relatives who died from COVID, gather outside the US Capitol to call for action to prevent future pandemics. A steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe should […]
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP) has invited business owners to invest in waste recycling activities to enhance the local added value in the Sultanate of Oman. According to the statistics available at the MoCIIP the number of waste exports for the years 2020 and 2021 reached more than 230,000, where paper […]
A new department under the name of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and diversity and inclusion (DI) framework was announced by Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) on November 14, Times of Oman reports. The exchange has also appointed Majida bint Sheikhan Al Mamari as the head of this initiative. The setting up of this section comes […]
Sustainability Forest at Oman Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai hosts Omani projects of sustainable nature. These projects highlight a crucial theme of this global event, namely sustainability, The Arabian Stories reports. Among the projects showcased at the Oman Pavilion is the Million Date Palm Plantation Project. It has 11 farms so far that are spread […]
