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☆ Period poverty: How air pollution in Kenya could make periods heavier, more painful and more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Elizabeth Wells | Eoin Mcsweeney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Studies have linked air pollution to an increased risk of endometriosis , a condition that causes tissue like what lines the womb to grow outside of the uterus. Compared with Kenya, women can more easily access anti-inflammatory drugs and birth control commonly used to manage painful periods. She believes that the new research on air pollution should be a major concern for the millions of women struggling to manage their periods in Nairobi. Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba is calling for more research on the link between air pollution and women's reproductive health. Now, she tells CNN, targeted government intervention is needed to address the possible effects of air pollution on menstrual cycles.

Persons: Alice Shikuku, Shikuku, Mercy, Audrey Gaskins, we've, Gaskins, Oscar Lee, Lee, Emmie Erondanga, Miss Koch, Erondanga, Wanjiru Kepha, Kepha, Wanjiru, Damaris Atieno, Atieno, Sen, Gloria Orwoba, Orwoba, William Ruto's, she's, I'm Organizations: CNN, US Agency for International Development, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, China Medical University, World Health Organization, Miss, Huru International, Kenya, Kenyan, William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance Locations: Nairobi, Kenya, Korogocho, United States, Taiwan, Taichung, Shikuku's, Dandora, Miss Koch Kenya, Mukuru, Miss, Wanjiru Kepha

☆ ‘A disguised welcome …’ Review: Finding Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Brian Seibert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The performance is strongest when Kamuyu is dancing. When she asks audience members if they know what it feels like to be othered, the question is merely rhetorical. Instead of reaching out to the people in front of her, she talks back to absent villains of privilege. Responding to the colonialist sound of a documentary about the Kikuyu chief Wangu wa Makeri, Kamuyu asks vital questions about who gets to recount history and who gets to express opinions — vital questions that are commonplace and elementary. She ends with the facts of where she was born and where she now resides, and her dancing body suggests where she is most at home.

Persons: Wangu, Kamuyu, “, Wanjiru Kamuyu Organizations: clarion Locations: France, Africa

☆ A Volkswagen plant in Germany sends staff off on their big summer break with a chorus of 'trumpets, trombones and drums'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Volkswagen closes its Wolfsburg factory for three weeks every summer when workers go on vacation. Unlike the US, it's common in European countries to take a long summer vacation. A Volkswagen factory in Germany shuts down for a three-week summer vacation each year, kicking off the long summer break with a "chorus of trumpets, trombones and drums," Bloomberg reported. It's common for workers in some European countries such as France, Sweden, and Italy, to take a long summer vacation, even for an entire month. Usually for Europeans, peak summer vacation season starts from mid-June, till the end of August.

Persons: —, It's, “, — Samuel Pollen, 🇪 (@ ANda Organizations: Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, Bloomberg, Morning, company's, Volkswagen Philharmonic Locations: Germany, Wolfsburg, France, Sweden, Italy

☆ Egypt: How the Arab world's most populous country became addicted to debt
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The loan, along with billions of dollars in cash inflows from Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, are Band-Aids, experts say, designed to keep the Arab world’s most populous country afloat. Without proper reforms, however, Egypt may never be able to shake off its chronic financial woes and break its growing debt addiction. Billions of dollars from Abu Dhabi and Riyadh have poured into the Egyptian economy in recent years. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) also launched the Saudi Egyptian Investment Company (SEIC) in August, a company dedicated to investments in several vital sectors of the Egyptian economy. Still, the Egyptian economy has struggled to shake off its economic woes.

CNN —A Kenyan security guard who reportedly fell while on duty at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium has died in hospital, his family and officials have confirmed to CNN. We send our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues and friends during this difficult time.”John Njua Kibue at the Lusail Stadium. But the security guard’s family says his Qatari employer, Al Sraiya Security Services, has not explained how he fell or any of the circumstances surrounding his death. CNN has contacted Al Sraiya Security Services for comment after the guard’s death and is yet to receive a response. A WhatsApp message seen by CNN was sent to his colleagues at other World Cup stadiums soliciting for contributions.

☆ Eliud Kipchoge breaks own world record in Berlin Marathon victory
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge broke his own world record, lowering the mark to 2:01:09, as he powered to victory at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. Shaving 30 seconds off the record he set at the same event four years ago, Kipchoge set a pace that no one could match over the entire 26.2 miles and secured his 15th career marathon win out of just 17 starts. For this official record, Kipchoge started fast, setting a 10km time split of just 28min 23sec and reaching the halfway mark in under an hour. After 25km, Kipchoge began to pull away from Belihu too, and though his blistering pace slowed slightly, he remained comfortably ahead of the world record all the way to the line. Rosemary Wanjiru of Kenya finished second with a time of 2:18:00, while Ethiopia’s Tigist Abayechew finished three seconds later in third place.

☆ Kenya's Kipchoge shatters marathon world record in Berlin
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Athletics - Berlin Marathon - Berlin, Germany - September 25, 2022 Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates as he wins the Berlin Marathon and breaks the World Record REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschBERLIN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own marathon world record on Sunday, winning the Berlin race with a time of 2:01.09 to shave half a minute off his previous world best set in the German capital four years ago. "I am happy with my preparation and I think I was so fast because of the teamwork," Kipchoge said. Belihu finally dropped back around the 27 kilometre-mark as Kipchoge pushed on for the record. Passing through the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate just as the sun started to emerge, a beaming Kipchoge crossed the finish line to set another record. Asked whether he would attempt a sub-two hour run in Berlin next year, Kipchoge said: "Let us plan for another day.

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