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☆ A doll, old letters and house keys: How displaced Palestinians are holding onto identity
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Billy Stockwell | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“I cried for my area, my house, and everything around me,” Al-Hasanat told CNN in June. Several Palestinians told CNN they could take only their most significant personal items on long and hazardous journeys of displacement. Israeli strikes destroyed several of the university’s buildings in the early days of the war, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Students told CNN days spent on campus have been replaced by repeated displacement and bloodshed. Courtesy Raghad Ezzat HamoudaWith no end to the war in sight, other Palestinians told CNN they have held onto their house keys as a reminder of home.

Persons: Ahmed Al, Hasanat, Al, ” Al, “ Ayten, Dad, ’, ‘, ’ ”, Khan Younis, Ahmad Salem, “, ” Ahmed Al, Fadi Adwan, WAFA, ”, Haya Ismail, Refaat Alareer, Ismail, Dina, Dr, ” Ismail, Fadi, Rochelle Davis, –, Adwan, Ezzat Hamouda, Hamouda, Tamam –, Raghad Ezzat, Scott Webster, Israel, Davis, Samah, Ayten Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Bloomberg, Getty Images Israel, Hamas, Ministry of Health, Islamic, of Gaza, UN, Ministry of Education, Higher, Students, Georgetown University, “, Palestine, IDF, Government Media Office, Museum of, Palestinian, University of Sydney, Amnesty, Getty, Shifa, UNICEF, Government Media, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Al, Mughraqa, Palestine, Israel, Palestinian, Rafah, Gaza City, Deir Al, Beit Lahia, Ramallah

☆ How Apple made its first 'carbon neutral' product
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In September, Apple announced its next-generation smartwatch models would all have a "carbon neutral" option, at the same price as the non-carbon neutral options, starting at $249. For Apple, making a product "carbon neutral" means that it changed its operations — including manufacturing, packaging and shipping — to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with making and selling its watches. Depending on who you talk to, dubbing a product "carbon neutral" when the accounting requires buying carbon credits is either Apple acting responsibly and doing the best it can to contribute to climate mitigation strategies that are available right now, or an irresponsible misrepresentation of what "carbon neutral" should mean. The relative effectiveness of nature-based carbon credits is contentious because some forestry carbon credits have been shown to be nullified when, for example, the forests set aside for carbon credits burn in wildfire season. Even if the carbon credits Apple buys are of the highest quality, carbon credits are, by their very nature, an accounting strategy.

Persons: It's, Apple, Elizabeth Sturcken, Barbara Haya, Haya Organizations: Apple, United, Environmental Defense Fund, CNBC, Berkeley, Trading, Goldman School of Public, University of California, Apple Watch Locations: United Nations, Berkeley

☆ Major registries in the carbon offset market are allowing dubious credits, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Major registries in the carbon offset market are systematically over-crediting projects and delivering dubious carbon offsets, a practice that allows some companies to make unjustified claims of climate progress, according to a new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. A group of researchers led by Barbara Haya, director of the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, studied nearly 300 carbon offset projects across the world that comprise 11% of all carbon offset credits to date. Carbon offset projects allow businesses and governments to balance out their carbon emissions by supporting green initiatives that reduce or sequester an equal amount of carbon pollution. The report comes amid repeated concerns over whether carbon offsets are an accurate and effective way to mitigate climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Voluntary carbon offset programs have been widely criticized as insufficiently regulated schemes that allow governments and corporations to undermine net-zero emission targets.

☆ How London became the divorce capital of the world for the mega-rich
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Bill Bostock | Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A UK judge ordered Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai to pay a $679 million divorce settlement to his ex-wife. Princess Haya had filed for divorce in London, known as "the divorce capital of the world." It also reaffirmed London's status as the de facto "divorce capital of the world," at least for the rich and famous. The often-cited case — "White v White" — concerns Martin White and Pamela White, farmers from Somerset who filed for divorce in 1994. Lawyers for Khoo told the court that his case had enhanced "the ill-gotten reputation of this country for being the divorce capital of the world."

☆ World Cup 2022: How Qataris have reacted to tournament on home soil
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Reem Al-Haddad still remembers how excited she felt when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. “The World Cup has almost always been in Western nations. The report did not connect all 6,500 deaths with World Cup infrastructure projects and has not been independently verified by CNN. She still remembers watching the 2002 World Cup from home, cheering on Italy before it was knocked out by host South Korea in the round of 16. “That person who watched the World Cup behind the screen never believed that she would actually get to experience it in real life,” she added.

☆ Horses and the 'Sport of Kings' were Queen Elizabeth's passion
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The late monarch's horses won more than 1,800 races and her annual presence at Royal Ascot and the Epsom Derby reflected a deep personal interest as much as carrying out royal duty. "I'm sure if the queen had not been bred into being a monarch she would have found a vocation with horses. Nicky Henderson, another royal trainer, also told the Racing Post how the queen had watched one of her horses win a race on television. The queen's horses won all the British classics with the exception of the Derby, the most prestigious of all. Queen Elizabeth attended every edition of the Royal Windsor Horse Show since its inception 79 years ago, including in May.

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