Countries can reduce plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 using existing technologies and by making major policy changes, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report on …
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Prominent Foe of Female Genital Mutilation Wins Prestigious Templeton Prize
Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female genital mutilation and strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa, was …
your ads here!US Announces Charges Related to Efforts by Russia, China, Iran to Steal Technology
U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced a series of criminal cases exposing the relentless efforts by Russia, China and Iran to steal sensitive U.S. technologies. The five cases, …
your ads here!ChatGPT’s Chief Testifies Before US Congress as Concerns Grow About AI Risks
The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told U.S. Congress on Tuesday that government intervention “will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful” AI systems. …
your ads here!Salman Rushdie Warns Free Expression Under Threat in Rare Public Address After Attack
Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech, nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, warning that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe …
your ads here!Striking Hollywood Writers Vow not to Picket Tony Awards, Opening the Door to Some Kind of Show
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month’s Tony Award telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door …
your ads here!Climate Change Makes Cyclones More Intense and Destructive, Scientists Say
Climate change does not make cyclones, such as the one battering Bangladesh, more frequent, but it does render them more intense and destructive, according to climatologists and weather experts. These …
your ads here!Pacific Islanders Urge World to Put Aside Differences in Combating Climate Change
Pacific Island leaders criticized rich countries Monday for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for making money off loans provided …
your ads here!STEM Courses in Rural Kenya Open Doors for Girls With Disabilities
Studying science, technology, engineering, and math — or STEM — can be a challenge for girls in rural Africa, especially those with disabilities. In Kenya, an aid group called The …
your ads here!Blasting Gender Stereotypes in South Africa
In South Africa, women make up only 13% of graduates with degrees in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. In an effort to interest more young women in …
your ads here!Bolivian EV Startup Hopes Tiny Car Will Make It Big in Lithium-Rich Country
On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, unsure …
your ads here!AI Presents Political Peril for 2024 With Threat to Mislead Voters
Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic …
your ads here!‘Guardians Vol. 3’ and ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Top Box Office Again
Several new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller. …
your ads here!As Net Tightens, Iranians Pushed to Take Up Homegrown Apps
Banned from using popular Western apps, Iranians have been left with little choice but to take up state-backed alternatives, as the authorities tighten internet restrictions for security reasons following months …
your ads here!Off-Grid Solar Brings Light, Time, Income to Remotest Indonesia Villages
As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof. It was just one bulb …
your ads here!Chile’s Firefighting Goats Protect a Forest From Deadly Blazes
In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. The goats have …
your ads here!Audio Book Narrators Say AI Is Already Taking Away Business
As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say their field is already being transformed. AI …
your ads here!Hobbit Houses Spring Up in Bosnia Hills
Four sisters are building the first Hobbit-style village in southeast Europe in the green hills of central Bosnia, hoping to attract fans of “The Lord of the Rings” books and …
your ads here!Last Known Speaker Fights To Preserve South African Indigenous Language
When she was a girl in South Africa’s Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an “ugly …
your ads here!Plump Chicago Snapping Turtle Captured on Video, Goes Viral
Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus.” …
your ads here!Platypus Returns to Australian National Park for First Time Since 1970s
The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after disappearing from the …
your ads here!G7 Plans New Vaccine Effort for Developing Nations
The Group of Seven (G-7) rich nations is set to agree on establishing a new program to distribute vaccines to developing countries at next week’s summit of leaders, Japan’s Yomiuri …
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