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25Jul/22

Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means

July 25, 2022HealthcareArticles, Congo, Creative Commons, Epidemiology, Global health, Health, Health law, Monkeypox, Outbreak, Pandemic, Paul Hunter, Public Health Emergency of International Concern, RTT, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, United Kingdom, university of east anglia, Viruses, World Health Organizationadmin

Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.

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20Jul/22

OPINION: Meta and hate speech in India

July 20, 2022LegalArticles, Censorship, civil society, Computing, Deborah Brown, Facebook, Frances Haugen, Freedom of speech, Harassment, Hate crime, Hate speech, Human Rights Impact Assessment, Human Rights Watch, India, Jayshree Bajoria, META, Meta Platforms, Moderation system, Social information processing, Social media, Sophie Zhang, Websites, World Wide Webadmin

Deborah Brown and Jayshree Bajoria are senior researchers at Human Rights Watch

Last week, Meta, formerly Facebook, released its first human rights report, which included some snippets from the pending Human Rights Impact Assessment on India. But this was not a preview of the full assessment. Rather, Meta told Human Rights Watch that it does not “have plans to publish anything further on the India HRIA,” an abdication of its commitment to transparency and due diligence.
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19Jul/22

Africans turn to crypto as charity funding dwindles

July 19, 2022FinanceArticles, Benjamin Von Wong, Big Mich, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Byrones Khainga, Casson Trenor, Central African Republic, Continents, Cryptocurrencies, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Geography of Africa, Kenya, Kibera, Mercy Corps Ventures, NAIROBI, Nigeria, Non-fungible token, Roselyne Wanjiru, Scott Onder, South Africaadmin

Fundraising via crypto, NFTs grows amid funding downturn
Advocates say crypto donations faster, easier to access
Challenges include internet, power access and gender gap

By Kagondu Njagi

NAIROBI, July 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A sculpture of a giant tap spewing plastic waste greeted delegates at U.N. environment talks in Kenya earlier this year – a reminder of the urgent need for them to agree a global pact to curb plastic pollution.

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13Jul/22

Startups eye metaverse, NFTs, to solve Africa’s economic woes

July 13, 2022InnovationAfrican culture, Afropolitan, Articles, Cultural globalization, Culture, Digital technology, Emole, Human activities, Information and communications technology, Internet, JOHANNESBURG, Kim Harrisberg, Metaverse, South Africa, Thami Nkosi, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Virtual economy, Virtual realityche

Startups target unemployment and governance issues
Founders launch virtual African nation, marketplace
Critics fear replication of continent’s inequalities

By Kim Harrisberg

JOHANNESBURG, July 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It might sound like science fiction, but a Nigerian-born tech entrepreneur thinks he has found a way for Africans to escape problems like inequality and bad governance – a virtual nation born online.
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11Jul/22

Keego Mobility Debuts IoT-connected Delivery Ebike at Eurobike 2022

July 11, 2022InnovationArticles, Fossil fuel, Human activities, Last mile, Moped, Technologyche

When ordering food deliveries, have you ever considered the climate impact? The Last Mile Delivery market is growing exponentially but the convenience comes with an environmental cost, especially since many deliveries are done using fossil fuel mopeds. Continue reading

11Jul/22

Major players’ R&D leaders collaborate to help land net zero ambitions

July 11, 2022InnovationArticles, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Environmentalism, Natural environment, Nature, Renewable energy, Sustainabilityche

Innovation leaders from seven global companies have joined forces to bring a technical and science-led footing to the realisation of net zero ambitions in an initiative led by Science Group Sustainability. Continue reading

08Jul/22

OPINION: Food crisis promises a global wave of unrest

July 8, 2022Economy2007–08 world food price crisis, Andrew Firmin, Articles, Business economics, Chile, CIVICUS, Contemporary history, Economy, Ecuador, Egypt, food, Food prices, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, Impact of the Arab Spring, Iran, Kazakhstan, Late modern period, Pricing, Protest, Quito, Russia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Ukraine, World food price crisische

Andrew Firmin is editor-in-chief at CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, and one of the lead authors of the 2022 State of Civil Society Report.

For the past couple of weeks, mass protests have brought the South American nation of Ecuador to a standstill.
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04Jul/22

Formula for peak performance and staying power of family businesses revealed: Global report

July 4, 2022EconomyArticles, Attachment theory, Business, Business models, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Family business, KPMG, kpmg enterpriseche

Successful family businesses have common characteristics that drive their performance and continuity from one generation to the next, finds a new global report by KPMG Enterprise and the STEP Project Global Consortium. According to the report, three key characteristics help to sustain their success: a strong entrepreneurial orientation across the generations; family connection and attachment to the business; and ambitious next-generation leadership. Continue reading

04Jul/22

First Mode to combine with Anglo American’s nuGen™ to accelerate decarbonization across mining and heavy industry

July 4, 2022EnvironmentANGLO AMERICAN, Anglo American plc, Articles, Companies of the United Kingdom, Energy economics, Engie, First Mode, Natural environment, Nature, NuGeneration, Toshiba, Zero-energy buildingche

Building on their recent joint success introducing the world’s largest zero-emission haul truck, creative engineering company First Mode and Anglo American have agreed to combine First Mode and Anglo American’s nuGen™ Zero Emissions Haulage Solution (“ZEHS”) under the First Mode name to accelerate the further development and commercialization of nuGen™ ZEHS. Continue reading

01Jul/22

Four ways to stop thinking the worst will happen when you’re stressed

July 1, 2022HealthcareArticles, Cognitive neuroscience, Creative Commons, Emotions, Empathy, Human behavior, Moral psychology, Patricia Riddell, Psychology, Psychopathy, SHUTTERSTOCK, The Art of Happinessche

Patricia Riddell, University of Reading

Imagine you have an interview for a new job tomorrow. Some people might think about what kind of questions they will be asked so that they can prepare, or imagine the interview going well. For others, the thought of an interview will cause them to toss and turn all night thinking of every worst case scenario possible – no matter how outlandish these may be. If you’re someone who has a tendency to do the latter, you are prone to catastrophising.

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