Saturday, June 8
People in Bangkok teamed up to show what it's like swimming with garbage, in case we forget we are, for an awareness campaign for World Oceans Day.
Sunday, June 09, 2019
Thousands marched in the 15th annual Athens Pride parade that was dedicated to the memory of a LGBTI activist who died earlier this year after a violent attack.
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Vienna bids farewell to iconic Life Ball AIDS fundraiser
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Vienna bids farewell to iconic Life Ball AIDS fundraiser
The Austrian capital of Vienna will bid farewell to the iconic Life Ball AIDS charity fundraiser, as its extravagant costumes and celebrity guests take over the city's town hall for the last time.
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The sign reading "Riace, land of welcome" still hangs in the small town, but its dream of migrant integration is over after the far-right's "Italians first" election victory.
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Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an "agro-bootcamp" in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice.
"Cut at the base," says Oluwafemi Kochoni, an organic farming teacher, who runs the agricultural workshop to prepare young people for a future sustainably working the land.
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"Cut at the base," says Oluwafemi Kochoni, an organic farming teacher, who runs the agricultural workshop to prepare young people for a future sustainably working the land.
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http://u.afp.com/JdVG
Days are numbered for Norway's fur farms
The Norwegian parliament is due this month to adopt new legislation immediately banning any new fur farms and requiring existing ones to be dismantled by February 1, 2025.
But the ban has been slammed by Norway's 200 or so fur farmers: "It represents about 70 percent of my income... I can't make a living off my farm without the fur," said one.
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Baby minks, their skin still smooth and furless, snuggle up against one another under a pile of hay, letting out the occasional squeal: this sight will soon be a thing of the past at Norway's fur farms. The Norwegian parliament is due this month to adopt new legislation immediately banning any new
The Norwegian parliament is due this month to adopt new legislation immediately banning any new fur farms and requiring existing ones to be dismantled by February 1, 2025.
But the ban has been slammed by Norway's 200 or so fur farmers: "It represents about 70 percent of my income... I can't make a living off my farm without the fur," said one.
Read more: http://u.afp.com/Jdjo
Baby minks, their skin still smooth and furless, snuggle up against one another under a pile of hay, letting out the occasional squeal: this sight will soon be a thing of the past at Norway's fur farms. The Norwegian parliament is due this month to adopt new legislation immediately banning any new
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