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The pledge was praised widely at last year's COP26 climate summit, particularly as Brazil, Indonesia and Congo all signed on. To fulfill the pledge, the world would need to ensure 10% less area is deforested on average each year from 2021 to 2030. Most countries under the pledge have yet to detail plans for passing stronger forest protections or implementing them. BRAZILThe biggest rainforest country also leads the world in deforestation, as the Amazon falls rapidly to illegal logging, agriculture and land speculation. Deforestation driven by land-clearing for palm oil plantations continued to slow in the first seven months of the year - even as palm oil prices soared.

☆ Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney faces off against Republican Michael Lawler in New York's 17th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is running against Republican Michael Lawler in New York's 17th Congressional District. The 17th District is located in the lower Hudson Valley. New York's 17th Congressional District candidatesMaloney, who was first elected to the US House in 2012 after defeating Republican incumbent Nan Hayworth, serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Prior to his congressional career, Maloney served as senior advisor to former President Bill Clinton. Voting history for New York's 17th Congressional DistrictNew York's 17th Congressional District is located in the lower Hudson Valley and includes Rockland and Putnam counties, parts of Westchester, and three towns in southeast Dutchess County.

☆ Gambia says it has not yet confirmed cough syrup as cause of child deaths
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Pap Saine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BANJUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of the country's Medicines Control Agency said on Monday. The small West African state has been investigating a mysterious slew of child deaths in recent months, which police said in a preliminary investigation was linked to four cough syrups made in India. The spike in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five was detected in late July. By October, the number of deaths had risen to 70, out of 82 children reported to have acute kidney injury. Indonesia has also recorded a spike in child deaths from acute kidney injury in recent months, and is investigating paracetamol syrups as a possible cause.

☆ Kidnapped French-Australian environmentalist freed in Chad, president says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

N'DJAMENA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after he was taken hostage in Chad earlier this week, interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Sunday. The man, who manages an oryx park on behalf of a conservation group, was kidnapped by unknown individuals in the northeastern Wadi Fira province on Friday. Deby announced his release on Twitter without providing any details on how it was achieved. "I am delighted with this happy ending," he said. Reporting by Mahamat Ramadane Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris Writing by Alessandra Prentice; editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in Congolese capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KINSHASA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed on Saturday, including two police officers, in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by Congolese singer Fally Ipupa, the interior minister said. Police have recorded "11 deaths including 10 as a result of suffocation and the crush, and 7 hospitalisations," said Minister Daniel Aselo Okito in a statement. The eventual number of attendees inside the stadium vastly exceeded the number state and private security personnel present could control. In 2020, French police evacuated the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris after people started fires nearby in unrest ahead of a planned Ipupa concert. Reporting by Paul Lorgerie, Justin Makangara and Stanis Bujakera Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

ACCRA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday said talks with the International Monetary Fund were going well and sought to reassure investors that the negotiations would not lead to a reduction in the face value of government bonds. The talks are "are at advanced stages, and are going well," Akufo-Addo said. "No individual or institutional investor ... will lose their money as a result of our ongoing IMF negotiations. Ghana launched talks with the IMF in July as foreign investors dumped its debt and street protests broke out over economic turmoil that has seen inflation and currency depreciation hit record levels despite repeated and severe lending rate hikes. "I cannot find an example in history when so many malevolent forces have come together at the same time," Akufo-Addo said.

☆ Bankrupt Revlon says it is entertaining sale offers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Dietrich Knauth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Revlon is exploring a possible sale of the company and has begun sending nondisclosure agreements to interested bidders, Basta said. Revlon junior creditors argued in court that rushing toward a sale before the 2022 holiday season would only benefit senior lenders who forced the company to accept unrealistic deadlines as part of Revlon's $1.4 billion bankruptcy loan. Basta said that exiting bankruptcy quickly is "of paramount importance" because of the high fees the company is incurring. Junior creditors intend to file a legal challenge on Monday a 2020 restructuring that allowed Revlon to take on more debt while transferring its brands and intellectual property assets to a different Revlon subsidiary, Stark said. If successful, the challenge would remove some of the senior lenders' influence over the company's bankruptcy restructuring.

☆ Emperor penguins now a threatened species due to climate change, U.S. says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Clark Mindock | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service said emperor penguins should be protected under the law since the birds build colonies and raise their young on the Antarctic ice threatened by climate change. The agency's review followed a 2011 petition by the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity to list the bird under the Endangered Species Act. Tuesday's designation was described as a warning that emperor penguins need “urgent climate action” in order to survive by Shaye Wolf, the climate science director at the Center for Biological Diversity. The 1973 Endangered Species Act is credited with bringing several animals back from the brink of extinction, including grizzly bears, bald eagles, gray whales and others.

☆ Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni forms new government
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A presidential palace official announced that Ms Meloni and her Cabinet would be sworn in on Saturday. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots, secured the most votes in Italy’s national election last month. Meloni made no public comments before leaving the Quirinal presidential palace. Giorgia Meloni, center, leaves the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome on Friday. Berlusconi and Salvini are long-time admirers of Russian President Vladimir Putin; Meloni staunchly backs Ukraine in its defence against the Russian invasion.

☆ Biden 'social cost of carbon' climate risk measure upheld by U.S. appeals court
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Clark Mindock | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The social cost of carbon metric is used in rulemaking processes and permitting decisions to calculate economic damages associated with a rise in greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and other activities. The decision supports the Biden administration's argument that states cannot sue until federal agencies incorporate the metric into decisions. The Democratic Biden administration had determined the cost to be around $51 per metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions, quintuple the roughly $10 figure implemented under Trump, a Republican. The states argued in a lawsuit filed in Missouri federal court last year that the pricing system would lead to regulatory restrictions that would overburden farmers and manufacturers. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that sweeping injunction, the U.S. Supreme Court in May affirmed.

☆ Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Erikas Mwisi Kambale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Industrial activities are supposed to be banned in the 13,000 square kilometers of the reserve in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo. Aerial photo evidence shows mining has persisted, the civil society groups said at a joint news conference to mark the international day of the okapi. The NGOs blamed a Chinese company called Kimia Mining, which has previously been accused of flouting a ban on river-dredging in Ituri province and other mining regulations, according to a 2016 report by a UN Group of Experts. There was no available contact information to reach Kimia Mining for comment. Congo is currently at loggerheads with conservationists and scientists over its plan to open other parts of its rainforest and peatlands to oil and gas drilling.

☆ Gold slips as Fed minutes, inflation data loom
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Gold prices inched lower on Wednesday as traders looked forward to U.S. Federal Reserve minutes and key inflation data for clues on the pace of future interest rate hikes. Spot gold fell 0.1% to $1,663.60 per ounce, as of 0055 GMT, hovering close to a one-week low touched on Tuesday. The Federal Open Market Committee will issue minutes of its Sept. 20-21 meeting at 1800 GMT later in the day. While gold is considered as a hedge against inflation and economic uncertainties, rising interest rates reduce the appeal of the asset, which pays no interest. The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that colliding pressures from inflation, war-driven energy and food crises and sharply higher interest rates were pushing the world to the brink of recession.

☆ Influencers who are testing Instagram's Creator Marketplace say it's nearly impossible to get brand deals: 'It's crickets'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Instagram's Creator Marketplace is currently invite only. How Instagram's Creator Marketplace worksInstagram's Creator Marketplace isn't exactly a no man's land: There are more than 100 brands listed in the app's marketplace, Mello said. What influencers want to see from Instagram's marketplaceIn the end, Instagram's Creator Marketplace is still a limited test, and ups and downs are to be expected. Otherwise, the marketplace could alienate smaller creators, Bright said — and Instagram has reiterated that smaller and emerging creators are a core focus. Otherwise, the marketplace could alienate smaller creators, Bright said — and Instagram has reiterated that smaller and emerging creators are a core focus.

Giorgia Meloni, a nationalist accused by political rivals and experts of spreading white supremacist ideas, was on Monday set to become Italy's first far-right leader since World War II. The results confirm her party’s rise from a radical fringe group to the driving force in right-wing Italian politics. Meloni, who would be Italy's first female leader, and the Brothers of Italy advocate naval blockades to stop unauthorized migration from Africa. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, in Rome on Monday. Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni casts her vote at a polling station in Rome on Sunday.

☆ A far-right nationalist looks likely to become Italy’s first female prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Meloni leads the Brothers of Italy Party (Fratelli d’Italia, or FdI), a populist party with roots in Italy’s post-war fascist movement. From left, The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni attend the final rally of the center-right coalition in Rome on Thursday. Meloni’s office and the Brothers of Italy Party did not answer requests for comment by NBC News. Clashes between protesters and police close to a rally held by election frontrunner Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday in Palermo, Sicily. And now it’s happening with Giorgia Meloni,” he said.

"The speech of President Putin demonstrates that the war is not going according to President Putin's plans. 1/6 Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni interviews NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Reuters office in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022. That will mean more suffering, more loss of lives - Ukrainian lives, but also Russian lives," Stoltenberg added. "The only way to end this war is to prove that President Putin will not win on the battlefield. When he realizes that, he has to sit down and negotiate a reasonable agreement with Ukraine," said Stoltenberg, the former Norwegian prime minister.

☆ Senegal ruling coalition loses comfortable majority
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-05 | by ( Diadie Ba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DAKAR, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Senegal's ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition has lost its comfortable majority in parliament, securing just two seats more than two allied opposition coalitions in a legislative election at the weekend, the electoral commission said on Thursday. Provisional results from Sunday's vote showed President Macky Sall's BBY won 82 out of 165 seats, one short of the 83 required for an absolute majority, while the alliance of opposition coalitions Yewwi Askane Wi (YAW) and the Wallu Senegal won 80. Both BBY and the YAW-Wallu alliance had earlier claimed victory, with opposition leader Ousmane Sonko saying the ruling coalition would try to steal the vote and calling for his supporters to be ready to defend their choice. "The Senegalese people gave a real lesson in democracy to the political class," BBY member Amadou Sall told Reuters. Writing by Sofia Christensen and Alessandra Prentice Editing by Alexander Winning, Frances Kerry and Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Moldova Tourism Forum 2021 – eveniment, în premieră, dedicat industriei turismului din RM
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: Invest MoldovaMoldova Tourism Forum 2021 – eveniment, în premieră, dedicat industriei turismului din RMPentru prima dată un eveniment internațional dedicat industriei turismului din Republica Moldova va avea loc în perioada 27 – 28 mai curent. Moldova Tourism Forum 2021 este organizat de Agenția de Investiții, alături de partenerul strategic, USAID Moldova. În pofida dificultăților întâmpinate, industria turismului din Republica Moldova a demonstrat că este loc pentru conturarea unei alte realități, dând dovadă de capacitate de adaptare și spirit inovativ. Agenția de Investiții s-a angajat să sprijine toate companiile din industrie și a dedicat toate eforturile, în 2020, intensificării turismului intern. Forumul este destinat profesioniștilor care își vor împărtăși experiența, viziunea și despre tendințele globale, precum și pentru toți oamenii cărora le place să călătorească.

Persons: Rodica Verbeniuc, Răzvan Marc, E.S, Anna Lyberg, Scott Hocklander Organizations: Agenția, Investiții, Organizației Mondiale a Turismului Locations: Moldova Moldova, RM, Republica Moldova, Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Europa, Suediei, bloggeri

☆ (foto) Sexy și incendiar! La New York s-a desfășurat show-ul aniversar Victoria’s Secret
▼ + stars: | 2015-11-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Casa de modă Victoria's Secret și-a prezentat ieri seară la New York ultimele creații în materie de lenjerie intimă. Pe catwalk-ul brandului de lenjerie intimă Victoria’s Secret au defilat 47 dintre cele mai vestite modele ale momentului. Show-ul anual Victoria’s Secret urmează să fie difuzat în luna decembrie pe micile ecrane. Istoria Victoria’s Secret a început în anul 1977 dintr-o idee simplă, dar ingenioasă. Noul concept a avut un succes imens și astfel piesele de lenjerie Victoria’s Secret au devenit un obiect de cult.

Persons: Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Adriana, Swanepoel, Joan Smalls, Lily Aldrige, Lily Donaldson, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Roy Raymond Locations: New York, Adriana Lima, Alessandra, american, San Francisco

☆ (foto) Brazilianca Gisele Bündchen este cel mai bine plătit top-model din lume
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

(foto) Brazilianca Gisele Bündchen este cel mai bine plătit top-model din lumeRevista Forbes a realizat un top al celor mai bine plătite modele din lume, în fruntea clasamentului fiind brazilianca Gisele Bündchen. Topul 10 al celor mai bine plătite top-modele din lume este completat de Miranda Kerr (5,5 milioane de dolari), Joan Smalls (5,5 milioane de dolari), Lara Stone (5 milioane de dolari), Alessandra Ambrosio (5 milioane de dolari) şi Candice Swanepoel (5 milioane de dolari). ☀️ New @Colccioficial [email protected] @rmsbeauty @davidvoncannon @danielueda1 A photo posted by Gisele Bündchen (@gisele) on Jul 22, 2015 at 7:34am PDT#2. @alessandraambrosio photo by @carinbackoffphoto A photo posted by @alessandraambrosio on Sep 14, 2015 at 3:48pm PDT#10. Liu Wen – $4.5 milioane[email protected] A photo posted by Liu Wen (刘雯) (@liuwenlw) on Sep 18, 2015 at 8:16am PDT#15.

Persons: Brazilianca Gisele Bündchen, Gisele Bündchen, Gisele, Anul, în, vârstă, informează, Modelul britanic Cara Delevingne, împarte, în topul, Adriana Lima, Natalia Vodianova, de Miranda Kerr, Joan Smalls, Lara Stone, Alessandra Ambrosio, şi Candice Swanepoel, Giselle Bündchen –, gisele, Cara Delevingne –, Cara Delevingne, Adriana Lima –, Doutzen Kroes, Natalia Vodianova –, Miranda Kerr, Miranda, Cuff, Lara Stone –, Alessandra Ambrosio –, Marc, Candice Swanepoel –, Candice Swanepoel, Karlie, ❤️, Carolyn Murphy, Kate Moss –, Kate Moss, Liu Wen, Daria Werbowy – Organizations: Revista Forbes, în topul Forbes, Nova Locations: Ambele, ☀️

☆ (foto) Îngerașii de la Victoria’s Secret au prezentat noua colecție de lenjerie intimă pentru iarna 2016
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-19 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

(foto) Îngerașii de la Victoria’s Secret au prezentat noua colecție de lenjerie intimă pentru iarna 2016Renumitul brand Victoria's Secret a prezentat colecția de lenjerie intimă pentru iarna 2016. Noua colecție este reprezentată de celebrele modele Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Stella Maxwell şi Adriana Lima, care au pozat alături de noua generaţie de „Îngeraşi” Victoria’s Secret. Pentru sezonul rece, brandul a creat o serie de lenjerie sexy, dar totodată parctică, de diverse modele și culori. Şedinţa foto a avut loc în iulie, la Roma, unde s-a filmat, de altfel, şi clipul publicitar. Iată ce lenjerie se poartă în această iarnă:

Persons: Swanepoel, Stella Maxwell, Adriana Locations: Adriana Lima, Roma

☆ Un studiu arată care sunt cele mai sexy naționalități din lume
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-03 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Un studiu arată care sunt cele mai sexy naționalități din lumeUn site american a prezentat un studiu realizat printre femei și bărbați din America, pentru a stabili care sunt cele mai sexy naționalități. Studiul a chestionat peste 110.000 de persoane și astfel, rezultate bune au fost anunțate pentru femeile armene și bărbații irlandezi. Cele mai sexy femei, potrivit unui studiu bazat pe preferințele a 44.873 de bărbați, sunt din:#1. Liban (Amal Clooney)Cei mai sexy bărbați, în baza preferințelor a 66.309 femei americane, sunt din:#1. Australia (Chris și Liam Hemsworth)#3.

Persons: Armenia, Kim, Rihanna, Beyonce, Kendall Jenner, Rosie Huntington, Margot Robbie, Nicole Scherzinger, Vanessa, Nina, Amal Clooney, Jamie Dornan, Colin Farrell, Chris, Liam Hemsworth, Michael B Jordan, Justin Timberlake, Charlie Hunnam, David Beckham, Calvin Harris, Joe, Gerard Pique Organizations: America, Columbia Locations: America, Barbados, Sofia, Anglia, Australia, Brazilia, Lima, Alessandra, Filipine, Bulgaria, Liban, Amal, Irlanda, Pakistan, Zayn, Scoția, Italia, Nigeria, Danemarca, Spania

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