Sillam?e, Estonia (AFP) May 25, 2021 An Estonian yacht set sail for the Arctic on Tuesday to gather water samples that could help check a theory about the reasons for climate change, organisers said. “In the Arctic, the climate is warming about twice as fast as anywhere else in the world. Scientists haven’t really reached a consensus as to why that is: how much of … Continue reading Estonians set sail for Arctic to probe climate change

Across all businesses, the entire C-suite leadership team is looking to validate an experience management program by asking one question: what is the financial impact of my CX investment? Making a business case to the financial leaders of your company means that you have to be prepared to answer any value-based questions they might throw your way.http://dlvr.it/S0ZMsr Continue reading How to Build a CX Business Case for Your CFO

Juba (AFP) May 25, 2021 South Sudan began Tuesday to draft a final constitution in the aim of cementing a fragile peace almost a decade after it won independence. President Salva Kiir presided over a ceremony that launched the process, part of a peace deal reached with rival Riek Machar in 2018. The world’s youngest country, South Sudan has been governed by provisional constitutions during … Continue reading South Sudan to draft new constitution; Security Council to meet over Mali meeting

Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan (AFP) May 24, 2021 Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. The astonishing ochre clay complex juts from the cliffs along the Helmand River, threatened by decay and encroaching urban sprawl as well as the makeshift constructions … Continue reading Afghan war displaced settle in the ruins of a lost city

Emerging from the pandemic, people are more concerned than ever before about their health and well-being. As a result, increasingly they’re turning to digital solutions to address their needs. The E-Commerce Times talked with health and wellness experts from a variety of sectors for perspective on how e-commerce has been brought into service in this new — and newly health-conscious — world.http://dlvr.it/S0VTWH Continue reading E-Commerce Tending to Health and Wellness Needs

Hong Kong (AFP) May 25, 2021 Hong Kong warned Tuesday it may soon have to throw away coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed up for the jabs. Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world fortunate enough to have secured more than enough doses to inoculate its entire population of 7.5 million … Continue reading Hong Kong warns it could end up binning unused vaccine doses

Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) May 24, 2021 Five people were found choked to death on toxic fumes from the eruption of eastern DR Congo’s Nyiragongo volcano on Monday, as strong aftershocks rocked the city of Goma. The deaths bring to 20 the number killed since Africa’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing red-hot molten lava that engulfed houses in its wake. “We have just … Continue reading Volcano death toll rises as aftershocks shake DR Congo

Paris (AFP) May 20, 2021 Humanity needs to discover a “new mindset for our survival” as the world exits the pandemic only to face the looming dual crises of climate change and nature loss, renowned conservationist Jane Goodall said Thursday. In an interview with AFP, the world’s pre-eminent primatologist said she was hopeful that Covid-19 could change people’s approach to how we interact with Earth. … Continue reading World needs ‘new mindset for our survival’, says Goodall

Paris (AFP) May 21, 2021 French group Total, one of the world’s biggest energy companies, is preparing to change its name to TotalEnergies to signal its diversification towards cleaner energy sources. The group, founded in 1924 as the Compagnie francaise des petroles, is set to propose the new name on May 28 during a shareholders’ general assembly. Total has begun to invest more in solar … Continue reading French energy giant Total to change its name

Yangon (AFP) May 23, 2021 Dozens of Myanmar security force members were killed Sunday, rebel fighters said, after heavy fighting in the coup-hit country’s eastern fringe. Myanmar has been in chaos since the February putsch, as the military uses lethal force to crack down on dissent. The civilian death toll has climbed to at least 815 people, according to a local monitoring group. The violence … Continue reading Police and soldiers killed in eastern Myanmar amid heavy fighting