Published by DPA Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says she is worried about the social media giant’s recently announced plans to develop a Metaverse with virtual spaces where where work, games and shopping can take place. “I personally am terrified of the idea of adding more microphones and sensors from Facebook into our homes, into our […]
Month: November 2021
U.S., Canada among 20 countries to commit to stop financing fossil fuels abroad
Published by Reuters By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop GLASGOW (Reuters) – The United States, Canada and 18 other countries committed at the COP26 climate summit on Thursday to stop public financing for fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of next year, and steer their spending into clean energy instead. Campaigners called the commitment […]
Tigray Crisis: PM Abiy Ahmed educates Biden in open letter
Published by PM News Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has written an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden to educate him about the crisis in the Tigray region, which has spread to Amhara. Abiy’s letter came into social media space hours after Biden on Friday signed an executive order, authorising a new sanctions regime […]
How Kenya can make agriculture attractive to millions of youth
Published by Business Daily A young man in Nyandarua County growing cabbages is struggling to expand his farming due to limited marketing information, lack of credit and is contemplating abandoning the venture. Mr Waithanji Kigotho, 32, has leased a five-acre piece of land where he grows cabbages which he sells at the farm gate price […]
Wake up and smell the coffee … made in the United States
Published by Reuters By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) – Farmer David Armstrong recently finished planting what is likely the most challenging crop his family has ever cultivated since his ancestors started farming in 1865 – 20,000 coffee trees. Except Armstrong is not in the tropics of Central America – he is in Ventura, California, […]
Germany seeks backing for Tedros at WHO helm as Africa quiet – diplomats
Published by Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay, Andreas Rinke and Giulia Paravicini GENEVA/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is seeking support from other European Union members to ensure a second term for Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the helm of the World Health Organisation, but African states have yet to show their cards, government sources and diplomats said on […]