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The 69-year-old Indonesian eco-warrior, Sadiman, also addressed as ‘mbah’ or ‘grandpa’, has turned barren hills green after 24 years of effort. He is able to provide clean water in the drought-prone region where he lives.
#EarthDay2021
cc: @Alex_Verbeek

[Crypto🔶Ace ♠️ @DaCryptoAce]

Since coming under Abu Dhabi’s #MansourbinZayed, #ManCity is under another controversy concerning financial rules violations. After escaping UEFA’s Champions League ban, #PremierLeague has alleged City of offering misleading information about its finances

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[Crypto🔶Ace ♠️ @DaCryptoAce]

The U.S. Africa Command, #AFRICOM, estimated that some 2,000 Wagner mercenaries were in #Libya between July-September 2020, before a cease-fire. according to the report Wagner appeared to be receiving money from the #UAE, a main foreign backer of Hafter.

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[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

Today, on #MartinLutherKingDay let's remember how Dr King was not only a great leader of the American Civil Rights movement, but also a committed proponent of nonviolence. Like millions of people throughout the world I admire his dream of greater justice and equality for all.

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

It is the scientific consensus that hundreds of millions if not billions of people will be forced to migrate due to climate change within the next few decades. A lot of those people will end up dying. The geopolitics of a billion climate migrants. Let that fucking sink in.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Helping Ukraine meet its financing needs to face the Russian aggression is both crucial and urgent.

The Commission is acting with utmost speed and determination:

Tomorrow, we will already disburse the first 3 billion € of the 18 bn macro-financial support agreed in December.

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LE LIVRE DE LA SEMAINE. Pour son premier roman, l’autrice franco-marocaine a imaginé le parcours plein d’espoirs et de déceptions d’une brillante étudiante d’Oujda.
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[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Around the world, children are facing a mix of deadly crises.

The situation is dire, but it’s far from hopeless.

@UNICEF highlights 11 emergencies that will demand the world's attention in 2023.

https://t.co/91bPfORRE4

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A Saudi court sentenced an academic, "Awad Al-Qarni", to death, on charges of "hostility to the kingdom" by tweeting on Twitter, even though the kingdom's rulers are major investors on social media platforms.
cc: @JohnAvlon @NickKristof @HelenClarkNZ
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The discovery of classified documents in President Biden’s private office and home has prompted comparisons to former President Trump’s hoarding of sensitive government records.
cc: @JasonKander @donwinslow @TheRickWilson
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[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Brothers and sisters, let us not forget the battered people of Ukraine who are suffering so much! Let us stay close to them with our thoughts, with our help, and with our prayers.

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Un universitaire condamné à mort pour avoir un compte Twitter.
"L’acceptation par notre gouvernement, et par tous les gouvernements occidentaux, des pires pratiques de l’Arabie Saoudite, en matière de droits humains, est une honte" - @CaronAymericoff
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La compagnie pétrolière ExxonMobil savait dès les années 1970 que ses activités contribuaient au dérèglement climatique, comme en attestent de nouvelles preuves.
cc: @marietouss1 @JTLeveille_LP @AShields_Devoir
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[Anne Hidalgo @Anne_Hidalgo]

#7h50 : l'info ⛲️

Paris n'est pas la plus belle ville du monde pour rien. Riche d'un patrimoine exceptionnel, nous agissons pour sa conservation.

En 2023, les fontaines des Innocents et de Stravinsky retrouveront leur splendeur pour notre plus grand bonheur !

[Elizabeth Wathuti , O.G.W 🇰🇪 @lizwathuti]

5 years ago, this was a dumpsite! It’s now transformed by young people to a serene green space benefitting thousands of people in Korogocho and it’s environs. It’s groups like this, @KombGreen that will transform Nairobi river if genuinely empowered. Pamoja tubadilishe mtaa!✊🏾

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

I am shocked by today's Russian attack on residential buildings in Dnipro, killing & injuring a high number of civilians. My thoughts are with the victims & their families. Those responsible for this act of terrorism & all war crimes against Ukrainians must be brought to justice.

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Les températures devraient grimper plus haut cette année qu’en 2022 avec le retour du phénomène océanique qui réchauffe les eaux du Pacifique et ainsi l’ensemble du globe.
cc: @marietouss1 @MariaArenaEU @DavidCormand
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[Elizabeth Wathuti , O.G.W 🇰🇪 @lizwathuti]

We cannot build our future on coal. The future is not forcing people out of their lives as they know it, whether it is at the edge of a coal mine or at the frontline of the climate crisis. I stand with the people of #Luetzerrath. #LuetziBleibt #Luetzerathbleibt ✊🏾

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

Since the last population census in the #USSR almost exactly 33 years ago, the population of Belarus has fallen from 10,2 million people to less than 9,5 million. While other countries grow & prosper, Belarus loses its people - hundreds of thousands were forced into exile.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

This Saturday 14/1 I will join activists in Lützerath to defend the village and stop the coalmine. Join us at 12.00 to protect life, and put people over profit!

The science is clear, the most affected people are clear: no more fossil fuels!
#LütziBleibt #EndCoal