The promise to "get tough on youth crime" is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders—despite a lot of evidence that such approaches do ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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Nearly 70 countries at the United Nations on Wednesday signed a first-ever treaty on protecting the international high seas, raising hopes that it will come into force soon and protect threatened ecosystems vital to the planet.
Environment
Sep 20, 2023
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Many of the most polluting countries are failing to cut carbon emissions from their energy sectors quickly enough to meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a watchdog said on Tuesday.
Environment
Sep 19, 2023
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Latinos in the United States helped propel the national economy forward with a total economic output, or gross domestic product, of $3.2 trillion in 2021, according to a new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues.
Economics & Business
Sep 13, 2023
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Leaders of nine small island states turned to the UN maritime court on Monday to seek protection of the world's oceans from catastrophic climate change that threatens the very existence of entire countries.
Environment
Sep 11, 2023
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A Nigerian environmental activist declared Wednesday at the first African Climate Summit that carbon markets are "bogus solutions," providing a sharp reminder that not all of Africa's 1.3 billion people support richer countries ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2023
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The latest mission in India's ambitious space program blasted off Saturday on a voyage towards the center of the solar system, a week after the country's successful unmanned moon landing.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2023
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Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
Environment
Aug 11, 2023
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Today is a good day to be Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. UNESCO, the United Nations body expected to vote on whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger," instead deferred the decision for another year. This, ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2023
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Climate change will wreak havoc on small island developing states in the Pacific and elsewhere. Some will be swamped by rising seas. These communities also face more extreme weather, increasingly acidic oceans, coral bleaching ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2023
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