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Landfill sites outside Moscow - like the ‘Alexinsky Pit’- pose major environmental challenges. Rarely conforming to safety standards; they pollute the soil, the groundwater and air.
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Economic Emergency - Seafarers' Struggles - Textile Turn-Around
US President Joe Biden has unveiled a new plan to tackle his country's COVID-19 emergency. Announcing the measures on his first full day in power, he said drastic action is needed.
India has begun vaccinating its population of 1.3 billion people but roll-out has been slow. The government says one reason is a mistrust of vaccines that is being fueled by misinformation on social media.
South Africa is battling a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Hospitals are bearing the brunt, some even having to set up tents outside to care for patients. +++ Aid agencies say fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has caused a humanitarian crisis where food and water are in short supply. +++ Conservationists are working to save the last mountain bongos from extinction in Kenya.
Ties between the US and China have been at their lowest in decades. Is a reset from the Biden administration on the cards? And what does the relationship between the two powers mean for US allies in Southeast and East Asia? Two experts weigh in.
French President Emmanuel Macron is the latest top-tier politician to come down with a case of COVID-19. He's the latest among several, perhaps unsurprisingly given politicians' busy schedules and frequent travel.
Large-scale investment is required to crank up the US post-pandemic economy, and debt is not a problem, says Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under Bill Clinton and is now a professor of public policy.
Thousands of trucks have nowhere to go as an insurgency puts a stop to cross-border traffic.
Can a fractured Republican Party rebuild and regroup? Brent Goff asked Denver Riggleman, a former National Security Agency contractor and former US Congressman from Virginia who served as a Republican in the US House of Representatives. He says the GOP needs to crack down on the extremists in its ranks.
US President Joe Biden has taken his place in the White House, signing a string of executive orders and making key appointments to put his agenda into action. Vice President Kamala Harris took up her post in the Senate and swore in its new members.
On this week's Eco Africa, we meet two brothers in Ghana who are focusing on upcycling and sustainable fashion, follow female Masai zebra trackers in Kenya and see how bacteria can break down disposable plastic.
A startup in Abidjan is showing young creative people how to turn electronic waste into something innovative to give it a new life. In many cases the objects can simply be repaired and reused.
Pesticide manufacturer Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus is altering his products so they are not so harmful. While he hasn't completely upended production, his first changes save fruit flies from certain death.
Two young fashion designers in Ghana are focusing solely on upcycling and sustainable fashion. To get attention they organize virtual fashion shows and go to schools to raise awareness for the environment.
Two young Hungarians have produced a unique bacteria cocktail that can break down disposable plastic. The plastic is a carbon rich food source for bacteria, which in turn creates a valuable end product for humans.
Nearly 90 million people in Nigeria live in extreme poverty. Many have no running water, electricity or adequate sanitation. The government now wants to ensure that everyone at least has access to a working toilet.
In northern Kenya, the Grevy's Zebra Trust came up with a program to help local female Masai trackers better understand the routes Grevy's zebras use. The knowledge makes living together easier.
Hospitals and cemeteries in South Africa are battling to cope with the second wave of COVID-19 as the new variant of the virus spreads quickly across the country. A hospital in Pretoria even had to set up tents to accommodate the growing number of patients.
At least 32 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a twin suicide attack at a busy market in Baghdad, Iraq. It's the first major attack to hit the city in three years. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
Lebanon has extended its nationwide lockdown by two weeks in a desperate effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Residents are not even allowed outside to shop for groceries. The country is one of the worst-affected in the Middle East.
What do tomatoes have to do with mass migration? Tomatoes are a poker chip in global trade policies. Subsidized products from the EU, China and elsewhere are sold at dumping prices, destroying markets and livelihoods in Africa in the process.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the decision to extend and tighten Germany's national lockdown. Merkel says too many people are still dying – but insists measures to bring down the number of cases are now paying off.
