Namibian Content, Energy Security, Jobs, Women Empowerment a priority for Oil and Gas Sector Not Xenophobia This hate and the xenophobia from “The Namibian” is abhorrent, detestable, beyond humanity, and must be condemned by all. We all need to come together in solidarity in standing up to the evils of ... 04/29/2024 - 2:11 am | View Link
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Mobilise against UK Tories’ roundup of asylum seekers for deportation to Rwanda! Workers and young people must pick up the gauntlet thrown down by the government and the police. Protest must be mounted wherever asylum snatches are made, outside detention centres and at airports. 04/28/2024 - 6:53 am | View Link
Setting the record straight: Foreign-born parents not mooching off the system Social Security benefits to dependent parents can only be paid on the account of a Social Security taxpayer who has died. 04/28/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Xenophobia | Fear, Discrimination, Facts, & Description Xenophobia, fear and contempt of strangers or foreigners or of anything designated as foreign, or a conviction that certain foreign individuals and cultures represent a threat to the authentic identity of one’s own nation-state and cannot integrate into the local society peacefully. 04/28/2024 - 8:45 am | View Website
Xenophobia An early example of xenophobic sentiment in Western culture is the Ancient Greek denigration of foreigners as "barbarians", the belief that the Greek people and culture were superior to all other peoples and cultures, and the subsequent conclusion that barbarians were naturally meant to be enslaved. 04/28/2024 - 8:31 am | View Website
What Is Xenophobia? Types & Effects Xenophobia refers to the fear, hatred, or prejudice against strangers or people perceived as foreign or different from one’s community or culture. It involves hostility and perceived conflict towards those considered an “outgroup.” Xenophobia originates from the Greek words “xenos” meaning “stranger” and “phobos” meaning “fear.” 04/28/2024 - 8:02 am | View Website
Fear of Strangers (Xenophobia): Symptoms and Treatment Mental Health. Anxiety Disorders. What Is Fear of Strangers (Xenophobia)? By Laura Dorwart. Updated on January 23, 2024. Medically reviewed by Stephanie Hartselle, MD. Print. Table of Contents. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Causes. Treatment. Coping. Xenophobia is a persistent, intense fear of strangers. 04/28/2024 - 7:41 am | View Website
Xenophobia Definition & Meaning noun. xe· no· pho· bia ˌze-nə-ˈfō-bē-ə ˌzē- Synonyms of xenophobia. : fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign. Did you know? If you look back to the ancient Greek terms that underlie the word xenophobia, you'll discover that xenophobic individuals are literally "stranger fearing." 04/28/2024 - 6:08 am | View Website
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
The more plastic a company makes, the more pollution it creates.
That seemingly obvious, yet previously unproven, point, is the main takeaway from a first-of-its-kind study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. Researchers from a dozen universities around the world found that, for every 1 percent increase in the amount of plastic a company uses, there is an associated 1 percent increase in its contribution to global plastic litter.
In other words, if Coca-Cola is producing one-tenth of the world’s plastic, the research predicts that the beverage behemoth is responsible for about a tenth of the identifiable plastic litter on beaches or in parks, rivers, and other ecosystems.
That finding “shook me up a lot, I was really distraught,” said Win Cowger, a researcher at the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research and the study’s lead author.
“Japan’s ruling party lost a special election Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had described in part as a judgment on himself, months ahead of a party leadership vote,” Bloomberg reports.
“Public anger over a slush fund scandal helped the main opposition candidate Akiko Kamei defeat the Liberal Democratic Party’s Norimasa Nishikori by about 83,000 votes to 58,000 in what had been a party stronghold in Shimane prefecture.”
“Rishi Sunak has spent 18 months as prime minister fending off internal Conservative Party criticism and rumors of plots to oust him. So far it’s come to nothing — though his team is taking nothing for granted this week,” Bloomberg reports.
“His critics on the Tory right have spent months gearing up for Thursday’s local and mayoral elections across England as their final chance to oust Sunak.
This is wild stuff.
Thank you, Larry Smoot.
Holotile is being developed by Lanny Smoot, the Disney Research Fellow, and Imagineer behind special effects used in the Haunted Mansion and Star Wars lightsabers. Disney announced Smoot is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The White House on Sunday said U. S. President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a cease-fire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.
The White House said that Biden reiterated his “clear position” as Israel plans to invade Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah despite global concern for more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering there.