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Thousands of people protested in Paris on Thursday night after the French president, Emmanuel Macron, avoided a parliamentary vote and used special constitutional powers to force through a rise in the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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#parisprotest #parisprotests #macron #news #frenchtiktok #retirementage
Joe Biden is being sued over his approval of the Willow Project by environmentalists.
His administration has now signed off on 6,787 oil and gas drilling leases, which is nearly 100 more than Donald Trump had granted at the same point in his presidency, federal data shows.
Responding to the criticism towards the US president, a White House official said, there were legal restraints limiting the Biden administration when reviewing the Willow oil project #Environment #StopWillowProject #StopWillow #WillowProject #Biden
His administration has now signed off on 6,787 oil and gas drilling leases, which is nearly 100 more than Donald Trump had granted at the same point in his presidency, federal data shows.
Responding to the criticism towards the US president, a White House official said, there were legal restraints limiting the Biden administration when reviewing the Willow oil project #Environment #StopWillowProject #StopWillow #WillowProject #Biden
The west coast is experiencing an unusually wet season after two decades of drought.
Torrential rainfall hit parts of California on Wednesday, forcing evacuations and causing power cuts and road closures.
Drone footage taken in the beachfront community of San Clemente shows a house and pool perched on a cliff edge after the rains caused a landslide #California
Torrential rainfall hit parts of California on Wednesday, forcing evacuations and causing power cuts and road closures.
Drone footage taken in the beachfront community of San Clemente shows a house and pool perched on a cliff edge after the rains caused a landslide #California
"Hope is our biggest currency right now"
Almost 25 million people cast a ballot in the Nigerian presidential election - in a vote that was largely peaceful but marked by long delays and the slow arrival of online results, angering voters and opposition parties who have alleged vote-rigging. The ruling party denied manipulating results.
Last week, the electoral commission said it was pushing back polling to elect state governors due to problems with the digital voting system experienced during the vote on 25 February #Nigeria #NigeriaElections #nigeriaelection2023
Almost 25 million people cast a ballot in the Nigerian presidential election - in a vote that was largely peaceful but marked by long delays and the slow arrival of online results, angering voters and opposition parties who have alleged vote-rigging. The ruling party denied manipulating results.
Last week, the electoral commission said it was pushing back polling to elect state governors due to problems with the digital voting system experienced during the vote on 25 February #Nigeria #NigeriaElections #nigeriaelection2023
Is our obsession with collagen destroying our planet?
In a new joint investigation, we have found cases of collagen, hailed for its anti-ageing benefits, being derived from cattle raised on farms damaging tropical forests and invading Indigenous territories in Brazil.
#environment #Brazil #deforestation #collagen #Amazon #rainforest #Nestle
In a new joint investigation, we have found cases of collagen, hailed for its anti-ageing benefits, being derived from cattle raised on farms damaging tropical forests and invading Indigenous territories in Brazil.
#environment #Brazil #deforestation #collagen #Amazon #rainforest #Nestle
"Democracy is effectively dead"
Widlore Mérancourt, editor-in-chief of Haiti’s AyiboPost, tells the Guardian why Haiti is at breaking point - without a single democratically elected government official since the start of the year - and grappling with escalating economic, social and political chaos
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Widlore Mérancourt, editor-in-chief of Haiti’s AyiboPost, tells the Guardian why Haiti is at breaking point - without a single democratically elected government official since the start of the year - and grappling with escalating economic, social and political chaos
#worldnews #explainer #videoexplainer #haitian #haiti
"Women and girls will not be silenced. Their demands for their rights and freedoms echo around the globe".
This is what UN Secretary General António Guterres said as he warned that global progress on women’s rights is “vanishing before our eyes”.
Guterres gave the speech ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, as he launched two weeks of discussions led by the Commission on the Status of Women.
#internationalwomensday #womensrights #un #genderequality
This is what UN Secretary General António Guterres said as he warned that global progress on women’s rights is “vanishing before our eyes”.
Guterres gave the speech ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, as he launched two weeks of discussions led by the Commission on the Status of Women.
#internationalwomensday #womensrights #un #genderequality
When reading a book on Norse mythology, the maritime archaeologist Dr John McCarthy spotted similarities between a supposedly mythical sea monster known as a hafgufa and an unusual whale feeding technique first officially documented by scientists in the 2010s.
McCarthy and other researchers at Flinders University, Australia, went on to identify striking parallels between tread-water feeding and the behaviours of sea creatures described in several thousand-year-old manuscripts, including one dating to ancient Greece.
Read about the hafgufa via the link in bio.
#science #scientificdiscovery #whales #myth #mythology #seacreatures #ocean #learnontiktok
McCarthy and other researchers at Flinders University, Australia, went on to identify striking parallels between tread-water feeding and the behaviours of sea creatures described in several thousand-year-old manuscripts, including one dating to ancient Greece.
Read about the hafgufa via the link in bio.
#science #scientificdiscovery #whales #myth #mythology #seacreatures #ocean #learnontiktok