Environmentalists are increasingl alarmed at the growing pace of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. With the fire season under way, Brazil’s rainforests face the threat of even more destruction. The number of trees destroyed has accelerated since Jair Bolsonaro became president in 2019. Facing criticism, the Brazilian leader is defending his policy on rainforests and countering critics by enacting what he says is a zero-tolerance campaign to stop those who are illegally burning down the country’s forests. Edgar Maciel in Sao Paulo has the story, in this report narrated by Jonathan Spier-VOA NEWS
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on Death Row in Indonesia,is Coming Home
The Philippine migrant worker, who was condemned over a drug conviction, will be transferred home as a prisoner, officials said. BenarNews staff,Manil
Trapped in Lebanon, African Migrants Face Unemployment and Rockets
Many of the estimated 176,000 migrants living in Lebanon are African women who are working menial jobs.Many of them have been displaced since the star
The Impact on a Ukrainian Family During 1,000-Days of Russia’s War
This week marks 1,000 days of fighting in Ukraine.For millions of Ukrainians, including 32-year-old Oleh Reshetnyak and his loved ones in Kyiv, the mo
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss the Situation in Libya
James Kariuki (centre), Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the Mont
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Flee Bombs
Over half a million people, many of them were refugees who initially fled the Syrian conflict, have fled Lebanon into Syria in the last two months.Acc
AI Embraced by South African Universities,Seeing it as Equalizing Tool
The rise of ChatGPT and other AI tools has sparked debate in higher education, raising questions about integrity and ethics in knowledge generation, t
For Malawi’s Poorest,World Bank Provides Climate Shock Assistance
The World Bank is helping Malawi’s most vulnerable communities in coping with the effects of the drought and storms that the country has been facing s
RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: A valid URL was not provided.
Subscribe Our You Tube Channel
Fighting Fake News
Fighting Lies
