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UN to Lend a Helping Hand to Indigenous Peoples Worldwide

From the Philippines to Brazil to Russia, the UN promises decriminalization of Indigenous peoples. A new campaign to stop the criminalization of Indigenous peoples for protesting against governments and corporations in defense of their traditional lands aims to protect them from persecution, murder, and imprisonment on falsified charges, said the UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday.

House and Senate Battle Over Keeping the US in Paris Climate Accord

A bill that was passed in the House is to meet sure rejection in the Senate. The Climate Action Now bill or H. R. 9, may be the first significant climate legislation to pass in a decade and would prohibit the climate science-denying Trump regime from using federal funds to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

137 Million American Adults Suffered Medical Financial Hardship in 2015-2017

More than 100 million people in the United States experience medical financial hardship According to the researchers from American Cancer Society, a new study finds medical financial hardship is common among people in the United States with more than half reporting problems with affordability, stress, or delaying care because of cost.

Human Composting Could Be a Thing in Washington State

Washington just passed a bill to become the first US state to legalize human composting. The Washington state legislature recently passed a bill that, if signed by the governor, allows human bodies to be composted-and used for mulch.

Australia’s Problem with Feral Felines

The Australian government is fighting back against an overpopulation of feral cats. Poisonous sausages are being airdropped into the bush to kill feral cats, as the Australian government pushes to kill two million by 2020.

San Francisco Bans the Sale of Plastic Bottles

Nowadays, the plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental burdens. Statistics say that annually; we throw away enough plastic to circle the globe 4 times.

Ghana Debuts World’s Largest Medical Drone Delivery Service

Ghana’s first service is the world’s largest The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mamahudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, 24th April 2019 launched the first ever medical drone delivery service in Ghana, and the largest such drone delivery network in the world, at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern Region.

How Science Can Boost the Economy

A new book by professors at MIT outlines science’s benefit to the economy. Science and the economy, both are usual topics in today's news, but what effect does one have on the other? Well, a great example of that is that in the late 80s, the US federal government created a three-billion-dollar, 15-year project to sequence the human genome.

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