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Before and after the flood: Thame village in the Mt. Everest region (Khumbu region) of Nepal – before the flood. This village is home to world-famous climbers such as Kami Rita Sherpa. On August 16, most of Thame village was wiped out by a flash flood caused by the outburst of the glacial lake. Credits: […]

Opinion by Norman Solomon (San Francisco, USA) Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Sep 10 (IPS) – One evening in early September 1964, a terrifying commercial shocked 50 million Americans halfway through NBC’s “Monday Night at the Movies.” The ad began with a cute three-year-old girl counting flower petals as she

After studying architecture in Gaza, the Palestinian designers set up a studio to create furniture that expresses a contemporary vision of Arab culture. Rejo launched its first collection in 2017 on Instagram with a series of renderings for a chair and floor lamp. The pieces weren’t yet manufactured, but requests for prizes began to pour

Namibia’s state-owned energy company NamPower has partnered with two Chinese companies to begin construction of the country’s largest solar power plant. Reuters has reported. This step will increase Namibia’s electricity generation capacity by another 100 MW, a significant increase from the current total installed capacity of 500 MW. The project, worth N$1.4 billion ($78.3 million),

The Milanese designer draws inspiration from his native Ethiopia to create sculptural wooden seating and hand-tufted rugs. Abreham Brioschi doesn’t worry about imperfections. He’s much more focused on creating “products that have their own story,” says the 26-year-old designer, who graduated from the Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti in 2022, the same year he showed

Russia has suspended flights at three of Moscow’s four international airports. Russian officials reported shooting down 144 drones, including 20 over Moscow. Russia says one woman has been killed in the Ramenskoye district after drones set fire to several apartments. Russia has suspended flights at three of Moscow’s four international airports after Ukraine carried out

In the Hinrich Foundation’s latest whitepaper on Huawei, researchers focus on how the intersection with politics has affected the company: Capturing a dragon: How economic statesmanship has shaped Huawei’s global FDI presence. Huwaei as a global company Huawei is known for manufacturing phones, providing technology infrastructure and leading the world in 5G telecommunications. FDI played

Officials at a zoo in northeastern Nigeria have confirmed that a number of wild animals have escaped from captivity after floods hit Borno state. Videos of some of the creatures on the streets of the state capital, Maiduguri, have been widely shared on social media. Ali Donbest, who runs Sanda Kyarimi Zoo, told the BBC

Johannesburg —The man accused of setting up his ex-girlfriend, the Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegeion fire in a attack that proved fatal died in a Kenyan hospital from his own burns sustained during the incident. Dickson Ndiema died at Moi Teaching Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, where Cheptegei also died days after sustaining burns in

Thousands of employees of German automotive supplier ZF are protesting against planned layoffs at the company. Some 3,000 people are expected at the company’s headquarters in Friedrichshafen on Tuesday. “We are taking this action because we have to defend ourselves against this frontal attack on the working population in Germany,” said a works council spokesperson.