One week after the earthquake in Haiti, 24 survivors, including four children, were rescued from the rubble. Until now, they were considered missing, News Miami TV channel Telesur reports. According to it, rescuers found people in the area of Mount Mackay Peak in the South Department. They were taken by helicopter to the nearest commune. […]
Let’s look at the Dubai nature conservation efforts from the point of view of The Guardian. Its journalist states that the One Million Trees initiative went in not such a brilliant way as it could be. It all began so beautifully, with the ruler of Dubai photographed planting the first tree of his ambitious environmental […]
The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the United Arab Emirates’ independent nuclear regulator, has issued its 2020 Annual Report, illustrating its efforts to regulate nuclear and radiological sectors in the UAE to ensure the protection of the public, workers, and the environment. In 2020, despite the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, FANR successfully […]
Let’s check the story by Rudaw from a war-thorn Iraqi Kurdistan. *** Children and parents alike giggled as they played in a stream lined by weeping willow trees, a vein of life in a remote village otherwise slumbering in the overpowering late June sun. Nearby, a white Toyota pick-up truck carrying four plainclothes militants made […]
Millennials and Generation Z are urging social change and social responsibility. At least, so say the authors of the tenth study by Deloitte company. Most young people believe that humanity has reached a critical point where key societal issues, such as climate change, inequality, and discrimination, can no longer be ignored. In July 2021, the […]
Protecting the environment and conserving Oman’s rich biodiversity are among the key objectives under Vision 2040, a senior official at the country’s Environment Authority has said. Oman recently presented its sixth national report on biodiversity to the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, which looks at what the country has done to […]
Some countries of the Persian Gulf are an example of how countries of a “temperate” climate will live if all forests and historically formed ecosystems are destroyed. In such a hypothetical (and apocalyptic) case, Europe, for example, would have to desalinate water, live in artificially air-conditioned cities, and grow fruits and vegetables not in open-air […]
At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the health ministry said to Al Jazeera. Sources tell Reuters the explosion took place as the Lebanese army was distributing gasoline from a confiscated fuel tanker. The explosion occurred early on August 15 morning. Caretaker Health […]
The world is almost entirely changed by humanity. Even in Antarctica, you will find microplastics and chemicals, the consequences of pollution. Climate change is taking place on all continents. We’re on the verge of collapse, and the 2020-2021 lockdowns are just his rehearsal. Fossil fuels will run out, and it will take hundreds of years […]
Bahrain Bourse, a self-regulated multi-asset marketplace, has been accorded a prestigious award by PAN Finance Awards for “ESG Initiative of the Year” – Bahrain category, BNA reports. Pan Finance Journal recognizes international corporations for their excellence and is a trusted indicator of eminence, making this award a symbol of Bahrain Bourse’s notability and effort towards […]
