Dec 13, 2024 · A solution to microplastic pollution, China’s 1,800-mile ‘green wall’, and the Comedy Wildlife Awards, plus more good news from the week

Dec 19, 2023 · 3. Countries eliminated deadly diseases . Nations defeated various debilitating and deadly diseases in 2023. In what was hailed as a “monumental achievement”, Bangladesh became the first country to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis – a life-threatening illness caused by a parasite – as a public health problem.. Also chalking up a public health win was Iraq, which become the 17th country ...

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Nov 6, 2024 · It’s all over our homes, in the clothes on our backs, and is vital to the operation of global trade, including the food system. Yet plastic – once hailed as a miracle material – is now causing enormous damage to the environment, not only through the carbon required to produce it, but also via the pollution it creates.

Oct 2, 2024 · With its expansive library of brightly coloured books, the Poetry Pharmacy is every poetry fan’s dream. Alma knows that lyrical writing alone won’t cure anyone of life’s greatest traumas.

Oct 22, 2024 · As for the hairs themselves, they come from sable (a relative of the weasel) and hog tails. Factory manager Mark Brindle acknowledges that the use of animal products in a company that’s trying to improve its sustainability and ethical credentials as a new B Corp presents a challenge. “We do offer synthetic brushes for people who don’t want animal products, but the problem with those is ...

Oct 29, 2024 · For almost 20 years Nigel Bromage was a leading member of the British far right, going on to join the openly neo-Nazi organisation Combat 18. After renouncing his hate-filled past, he formed Small Steps, an organisation made up of fellow reformed neo-Nazis, to try and prevent others following a similar route.

Nov 27, 2024 · Here are the best Christmas gifts you’ve received Time “Lots of people find the festive period a challenging. I’m one of these folks. So, the best gift I have been given, and that I give each year, is to myself: it’s the space to step back and rest.

Nov 6, 2024 · Now, she is collaborating with UCL to adapt her act for adults and make it even more memorable. The university runs a programme called Performing Planet Activism, part of which involves funding artists to collaborate with researchers to …

Nov 5, 2024 · Fellow Bookbanks director Hattie Garlick opened an outpost in Wymondham, Norfolk, the same month. A second in the county is slated for November, along with a site at Hammersmith and Fulham food bank in London, but Rhodes needs more funding to realise the charity’s potential.