By UNCCD Press ReleaseQUITO, Ecuador , Jun 17 2018 (UNCCD) More than 3.2 billion people, or 2 in every 5 people, are impacted by land degradation today and up to 143 million people could move within their countries by 2050 to escape water scarcity and falling crop productivity due to the slow onset impacts of climate change. To avoid these …
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He’s Got a Winning Record. So Why Do Mexican Fans Want the Coach Fired?
The Mexican soccer team’s coach, Juan Carlos Osorio, is a technocrat. But as a Colombian with no pedigree as a great player, Mexico has not fully embraced him.
Read More »México golpea a Alemania, 1-0, en su primer enfrentamiento en el Mundial
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Read More »Delta creates special Rapid City flight for Belgian tourists
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Delta Air Lines recently created a special flight to help a group of Belgian tourists reach their South Dakota vacation after experiencing travel delays.
Read More »Trump’s Decision To Separate Families Heats Up Immigration Debate
House Democrats converged on an immigration detention facility Sunday, as the Trump administration continued to shift blame elsewhere for the growing crisis.
Read More »Trump's Decision To Separate Families Heats Up Immigration Debate
Enlarge this image Protesters in San Antonio pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP The Trump administration’s decision to separate children from their families as a way to curb illegal immigration is adding fuel to an already fiery debate over immigration. A group …
Read More »Hundreds March To Texas Tent City Holding Detained Immigrant Kids
Rep. Beto O’Rourke organized the Fathers’ Day march in just a couple of days. Hundreds of people showed up to protest the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border. (Image credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe)
Read More »A Shadow System of Tracking by School Feeds Segregation
New York City screens students for more than 20 percent of its middle and high schools, creating tiers of educational opportunity that often leave out blacks and Hispanics.
Read More »Father’s Day tribute to Chris Cornell
The late singer’s daughter posted a duet of the pair singing, saying she missed his love every day.
Read More »North Korea 'sought diplomatic back channel through Jared Kushner'
Jared Kushner was partly responsible for setting up a diplomatic back channel with North Korea that led to the Singapore summit. Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser was approached by an American businessman based in Singapore last year, the New York Times reported. Gabriel Schulze, whose family made a fortune in the mining business, told Mr Kushner that a highly …
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