Ravages of drought force farmers along Kenyan coast to abandon maize, cassava for seaweed
It is Tanzania’s third largest export and employs over 26,000 farmers, said George Maina, a scientist at The Nature Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit that supports seaweed farmers in Kenya and Tanzania.
Malians ‘kill’ forests to save their lives, believe firewood is forever and trees are not going to disappear
The loss of forests has become a pressing issue across Africa as the Sahara Desert continues to creep southward. Over the past three decades, nearly 7,722 square miles (20,000 square kilometres) of forest have been lost in Mali, according to the environmental nonprofit Tree Aid.
Farmers in Zimbabwe shun staples for more profitable vegetables, consider food aid interventions a solution to climate change
Experts say rich nations like the United States, which have been the biggest contributors of planet-warming emissions historically, have a responsibility to fund humanitarian aid in the countries that are experiencing its effects first and most severely.
How US doctor accused of funding Covid lab manufacture lives lavishly, enjoys state security
Dr Anthony Fauci $15 million does not include the costs associated with his personal security from April 2020 to December 2022, which was handled by the same parties while he was still serving in government.
‘Donald Trump won, we did it’: January 6 rioters think Republican victory is their get-out-of-jail-free card
The atmosphere at “Freedom Corner,” the stretch of pavement outside the DC Jail where January 6 activists have gathered every night for three years for a “vigil,” was jubilant on Wednesday evening. Fellows was in attendance and said that they were popping bottles of champagne. And, as they do every night, leaders of the vigil took calls from January 6-ers from prisons and jails around the country.
Covid Vaccines pose 112,000 per cent greater risk of brain clots, strokes than flu shots
A peer-reviewed study published last week in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science found reports of 5,137 cases of cerebral thromboembolism after Covid-19 shots over 36 months, compared with 52 reported cases following flu vaccines and 282 cases for all vaccines over the past 34 years.
Elon Musk antics during US presidential election may have ushered in new era of misformation
While X under Elon Musk has presented a whole host of new issues for advocates and civil society, less attention has been paid to other, established platforms having many of the same problems they’ve had for years. Reporting found that nearly four years after the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, militia groups are still organizing on Facebook, with the platform even autogenerating pages for interested users.
X owner Elon Musk derided his fact-checkers as ‘Election Integrity Team that was undermining election integrity’
A 2020 study from the Harvard Misinformation Review found that people who relied on social media for their news were more likely to believe misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic. A different Pew Research study, also from 2020, found that Americans who relied on social media for their news had lower political knowledge than those who didn’t.
In menory of Quincy Jones: Titan’s 10 career-spanning songs that put him a cut above the rest
Across his career, the 28-time Grammy Award winning Quincy Jones worked with everyone from Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson with hundreds in-between. The best way to celebrate his legacy, of course, is to listen to the music he made.
‘Symbolism of healthcare workers’ low trust in Covid vaccines raises doubts about patients safety
The CDC said more research is needed “to identify effective strategies to improve vaccination at a time when healthcare personnel are susceptible to low vaccine confidence.”
