Shark finning – the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back into the ocean – is banned in many countries due to its inhumane and unsustainable nature. However, these fins are highly valued for their use in shark fin soup, a delicacy in China and other east Asian countries. I’ve been investigating the industrial fishing fleets that operate in the waters of five developing countries – Senegal, Ghana, Peru, Ecuador and the Philippines – but aren’t from these countries. Some have been caught finning or practicing other unsustainable fishing practices…
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Electorate: 27,239 Total poll: 12,922 Spoiled/invalid votes: 178 Total valid poll: 12,744 Quota: 1,594 Seats: 7 Eliminated: Tanya Dunworth (Sinn Féin) Candidate Sarah Beasley (Aontú) – 854 Sharon Benson (Sinn Féin)* – 727 Ruth Clarke (Independent Ireland) – 294 Tom Collopy (Sinn Féin)* – 538 Frankie Daly (Non-party)* – 1,553 Richard Delaney (Fine Gael) – 545 Tanya Dunworth (Sinn Féin) – 168 Ruairí Fahy (Solidarity-People Before Profit) – 392 Shane Hickey-O’Meara (Social Democrats) – 552 Adam Kearney (Non-party) – 576 Dr Laura Keyes (Rabhartha) – 269 Saša Novak Uí Chonchúir (Green Party)* – 380 Suzzie O’Deniyi (Fianna Fáil) – 405…
MOLINE, IL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Deere & Co. to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination affecting Black and Hispanic applicants at three of the global agricultural, construction and forestry equipment manufacturer’s production facilities in Illinois and Iowa.The agreement follows routine compliance evaluations by OFCCP that found hiring disparities at the company’s facilities in Milan, Illinois, and Ankeny and Waterloo, Iowa. Preliminary findings alleged discrimination against 33 Black and 12 Hispanic applicants for warehouse positions in Milan; 36 Black applicants for assembler positions in Ankeny; and against 196 Black…
According to Chris Humphrey, executive director of the EU-ASEAN Business Council, the EUDR has caused particular anxiety in Indonesia, and while it’s good that the country was discussing issues in a joint task force with the EU, its producers may well take their business elsewhere. “Whether the EU likes it or not, they may sell to other markets,’’ he said. For example, as the world’s third biggest democracy and its fourth largest population, Indonesia has massive reserves of nickel — an essential element used in batteries for electric vehicles. And experts argue expanding relations is “an important building block for…
The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the Sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth. The Sun is a star that constantly emits a steady stream of plasma – highly energized ionized gas – called the solar wind. In addition to the constant solar wind, the Sun also occasionally releases eruptions of plasma called coronal mass ejections, which can contribute to the aurora,…
Chair, I take the floor on behalf of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to respond to comments made regarding Australia’s acquisition of a naval nuclear propulsion capability. We expressed our position on this agenda item in our Note Verbale, dated May 30, 2024, and I will not repeat it here other than to reiterate that this item has never enjoyed consensus support and is not a standing agenda item. However, we feel compelled – once again – to invoke our Right of Reply to respond to the remarks made today. In response to a request in March…
Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption Richard Nephew will travel to Austria, Slovakia, and Bulgaria June 10-14. In Vienna, Austria on June 10-12, Coordinator Nephew will preside at the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) 15th Session of the Implementation Review Group and a joint session of the Asset Recovery Working Group and International Cooperation Working Group. The sessions will be the first technical working groups under the U.S. Presidency of the UNCAC Conference of the States Parties and will discuss progress in reviewing countries in their implementation of the UNCAC. He will also meet with the UNODC, other member states, and…
Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. They must have glanced nervously up at the glacier’s looming, fractured face, aware that cascades of ice could thunder down and imperil the boats – and their lives. As they drew near, they would have asked the seals to give themselves as food for the people and talked to the spirit of Sít Tlein to release the animals from his care. Tlingit elders in the Alaska Native…
Not since 2000 under Jacques Chirac had a French president held a state visit in Germany. It was, therefore, with some anticipation that Chancellor Olaf Scholz greeted his counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, from 26 until 28 May in Berlin, Dresden and Münster, days away from the European elections and in a year marked by many Second World World commemorations. Speaking at a press conference at the end of the stay, Macron said both governments had agreed to reinforce their partnership across a number of strategic areas, including decarbonisation and the climate transition. If these words are to signify anything other than…
Mr Larkin, who previously ran as an independent, has been on Galway City Council since 2014 and served as mayor from 2016 to 2017.Boxes began to be sorted at Leisureland in Salthill at 9am on Saturday morning before being moved to Westside Community Centre for the official count.Early tallies showed Mr Larkin trailing well behind on around 3pc with two-thirds of boxes opened.Out in front was Fianna Fáil councillor Alan Cheevers around 15pc, followed by the ever-popular Terry O’Flaherty, the ex-Progressive Democrat independent who has been a mainstay since 1999.Declan McDonnell (10pc), another ex-Progressive Democrat independent, looks set to retain…