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If Saudi wants to be taken seriously in relation to modernization and developing quality tourism it should totally change the way it treats its female citizens! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/saudi-arabi…

Saudi Arabia: Woman jailed for 11 years for online expression supporting women’s rights - Amnesty International

Saudi Arabia’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, who has been sentenced to 11 years in…

"Oh no, not the wine!" Even super-affluent bon viveurs who could not care less about climate change will eventually as it affects everyone and everything: according to the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) "Extreme climatic conditions and widespread fungal diseases severely impacted many vineyards worldwide, culminating in a historically low global wine production of 237 million..."Oh no, not the wine!" Even super-affluent bon viveurs who could not care less about climate change will eventually as it affects everyone and everything: according to the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) "Extreme climatic conditions and widespread fungal diseases severely impacted many vineyards worldwide, culminating in a historically low global wine production of 237 million hectolitres" www.oiv.int/press/consumption-down-trade-value-hig… Show more

A new study, published in Science Advances, reveals that just 56 companies are responsible for 50% of global plastic pollution, top polluters being Coca-Cola Company (11%), PepsiCo (5%), Nestlé (3%), Danone (3%). The only real solution, plastic recycling being largely a hoax, would be to ban single-use plastic packaging, and force those multinationals to find/invent alternatives - but how easy...A new study, published in Science Advances, reveals that just 56 companies are responsible for 50% of global plastic pollution, top polluters being Coca-Cola Company (11%), PepsiCo (5%), Nestlé (3%), Danone (3%). The only real solution, plastic recycling being largely a hoax, would be to ban single-use plastic packaging, and force those multinationals to find/invent alternatives - but how easy is it to coordinate such a decision in this global mess? A UNEP-led effort currently meeting in Ottawa is trying to develop a treaty on plastic pollution, hopefully they will make some progress. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj8275 Show more

As the "Olympic flame" is handed in Athens to the Paris Olympics organizers, I cannot stop thinking that this tradition originated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics for specific propaganda reasons. Why has the IOC kept it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics_torch_r…

1936 Summer Olympics torch relay - Wikipedia