The day before nearly two weeks of negotiations kick off at the United Nations summit on biodiversity, campaigners warned Tuesday that the talks taking place this month in Montreal may offer humanity its last chance to mitigate the planet’s crisis of rampant species loss, and called on policymakers to adopt an ambitious framework to protect wildlife.More than 190 nations will be represented at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), where negotiators will discuss a draft agreement aimed at conservation, slashing levels of toxic pollutants, and mitigating the climate crisis.”We’ve put nature in the…
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To better examine the ways Americans get news in a digital age, Pew Research Center surveyed 12,147 U.S. adults from July 18 to Aug. 21, 2022. Everyone who completed the survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP’s methodology. Here are the questions used for this analysis,…
“Under international law, States that have not yet abolished the death penalty may only impose it for the ‘most serious crimes’, involving intentional killing”, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement, continuing to urge the Saudi Government to “abolish the death penalty for drug convictions”. Hussein Abo al-Kheir was arrested at the Saudi border in 2014 while driving across from Jordan. Under the 2005 Law on Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances, he was sentenced to death for alleged drug trafficking in 2015. Use of force If Mr. Abo-al-Kheir’s execution is carried out, he would be the…
Officials have released new details regarding Anne Heche’s death. According to a Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner report dated Dec. 6 and obtained by E! News, traces of cocaine, cannabinoids (a substance found in cannabis plants) and benzodiazepines (a depressant) were detected in the Men in Tree star’s system in August when she was admitted to a hospital following a car crash. However, the coroner’s spokesperson clarified that there was no evidence of impairment by illicit substances at the time of the crash. The cannabinoids were detected in her urine but not her blood sample, which is “consistent with prior use but…
Speaking in Geneva, Rebeca Grynspan said that between 70 and 85 per cent of the debt that emerging and low-income countries are responsible for, is in a foreign currency. This has left them highly vulnerable to the kind of large currency shocks that hit public spending – precisely at a time when populations need financial support from their governments. Ms. Grynspan – speaking at the 13th UNCTAD Debt Management Conference – explained that so far this year, at least 88 countries have seen their currencies depreciate against the powerful US dollar, which is still the reserve currency of choice for many in times…
In his third NFL stop in less than six months, Baker Mayfield is now a member of the Los Angeles Rams.The defending Super Bowl champions, off to a 3-9 start and possibly without starter Matthew Stafford for the rest of the season, claimed the fifth-year quarterback off waivers Tuesday, one day after Mayfield was released by the Carolina Panthers.With the Rams set to play Thursday night against the Las Vegas Raiders, Mayfield is unlikely to see action right away, but his acquisition by the Rams suggests they have some interest in putting him on the field shortly thereafter. With Stafford…
Dominique Lapierre, a globe-trotting French author who used intimate stories of struggles and triumphs for best-selling historical narratives such as the 1944 liberation of France’s capital in “Is Paris Burning?” and a 1984 chemical leak disaster in India with “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal,” died Dec. 4 at age 91.His wife, Dominique Conchon-Lapierre, confirmed Mr. Lapierre’s death in an interview with the Var-Matin newspaper on the French Riviera. They had lived for decades in Ramatuelle, France, on the Mediterranean coast. No cause was given.His books, mixing journalism and historical reconstructions, sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. They brought Mr.…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency.A three-judge panel found the Peronist leader guilty of fraud, but rejected a charge of running a criminal organization, for which the sentence could have been 12 years in prison. It was the first time an Argentine vice president has been convicted of a crime while in office.Fernández lashed out at the verdict, describing herself as the victim of…
The Millennium Hilton Bangkok has appointed Tim Tate as General Manager. Tim, a highly respected hotelier with over 18 years of hospitality industry experience, has previously held a number of managerial positions in Vietnam, Dubai, Maldives and Thailand. Before returning to Thailand’s capital city to take the helm at the Millennium Hilton, Tim worked as General Manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton in Phuket where he spent almost 4 years. With a background in F&B, he has also worked as Director of Operations for Hilton in Phuket, Resident Manager for Centara and EAM at the Movenpick Hotel Saigon. In addition,…
Classical music is surprisingly controversial. For some, it’s a pinnacle of cultural achievement. For others it perpetuates class inequality and upholds “white middle class social domination”. To controversy, we can add contradiction! We love to hear the instruments and idioms of classical music in film and television (think of the theme from The Crown or the music from the Harry Potter films), but experience has shown classical music is most effective at repelling loiterers from public spaces. Engaging with the controversy and contradiction of this music requires more than streaming a minute or two of Mozart. Research shows we make…