Mali: Military must fully free all leaders detained in coup, says UN expert
Mali must release all government leaders still in detention, including president and prime minister ousted in coup, says UN expert.
Brazil: UN experts deplore attacks by illegal miners on indigenous peoples; alarmed by mercury levels
Experts concerned by attacks, resulting in the deaths of at least two children, by illegal miners in indigenous lands, and call on Brazilian authorities to investigate.
Amidst COVID surge, Asia-Pacific region needs ‘immediate and stronger support’
With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and urged “immediate and stronger support” for the global COVAX initiative for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, “including for refugees and asylum-seekers”.
Couple Hides $1000 Cash Inside Baby Supplies at Target to Help Other Families – After Recalling Their Own Struggle
A generous couple has been secretly stuffing money into diaper boxes and under formula canister lids at local Targets in order to help out struggling families. Krystal Duhaney is a registered nurse and the founder of Milky Mama. A soon-to-be mother of three, when she and her husband Patrick had their first child they realized
Researchers Discover Intermittent Fasting is Effective at Promoting Long-Term Memory in Mice
A new study has established that Intermittent Fasting is an effective means of improving long-term memory retention in mice, in what the researchers hope has the potential to slow the advance of cognitive decline in older people. The study, from King’s College London, found that a calorie-restricted diet via every other day fasting was an
Some Generous Apes May Help Explain The Evolution Of Human Kindness
New research suggests that among bonobos, giving is seen as good—and they may just have given the trait of generosity to us. While chimps are hostile and competitive, bonobos, their lesser-studied ape relatives, share about the same amount of DNA as us—and live in the polar opposite society of the blood-and-guts chimp dominance hierarchy. A
40 anni senza Rino Gaetano, il marziano amato dalle nuove generazioni
In anticipo sui tempi, è fonte di ispirazione per i musicisti di oggi
Community-Driven End-of-Life Specialists are Surging in Number, Changing U.S. Attitudes with Death
There are special caregivers in society who feel their place in the world is at the side of the bed of a dying person, helping to comfort and calm them and their family during a difficult time. Behind ‘death cafes’ and the green funeral sector, these ‘death doulas’ are there to help in challenging, end-of-life
Vaccine equity at heart of new $50 billion plan to end pandemic, drive recovery
Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 pandemic and drive a fast recovery, announced on Tuesday by the heads of the world’s predominant global financing, health and trade agencies.
A Milano una serata evento per il documentario sull’attivismo giovanile Now
Il documentario Now – A film for climate justice di Jim Rakete arriva finalmente anche in sala, dopo la distribuzione in streaming dei mesi scorsi. Dal 5 giugno (in occasione della Giornata mondiale dell’ambiente), il film che dà voce ad alcuni dei più popolari e impegnati fra i giovani attivisti ambientali della cosiddetta “generazione Greta”, arriverà in contemporanea