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Milwaukee County urgently needs the increase in state shared revenue and county sales tax that’s proposed.

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7F) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. But that did not necessarily mean the world would cross the long-term warming threshold of 1.5C above preindustrial levels set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

The Ministry of Education has signed 17 agreements to train Saudi doctors in the two stages of fellowship 'specialty certificate and subspecialties', in addition to nursing, the Saudi Press Agency reported Monday. This has led to the allocation of 255 training seats, including 130 seats in Germany, 50 in Sweden, and 75 in Ireland, within the framework of official visits by the delegation of the Ministry of Education to a number of European countries, which comes as a continuation of th...

In Indonesia's far-east island of Sumba, off-grid solar is lighting up lives for residents still living out of reach of the country's national electricity provider

As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbour switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof.

LAINDEHA, Indonesia (AP) — As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof. It was just one bulb powered by a small solar panel, but in this remote village that means a lot. In some of the world’s most […]

In Indonesias far-east island of Sumba, off-grid solar is lighting up lives for residents still living out of reach of the countrys national electricity provider

As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof. It was just one bulb powered by a small solar panel, but in this remote village that means a lot. In some of the world's most remote places, off-grid solar systems are bringing villagers like Jawa more hours in the day, more money and more social gatherings.

As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof. It was just one bulb...

>> a black versus white in the racial aspect to this. adrian adam speicher of the new york city council. there are two parts to this. first has to do with racism. "systemic racism that robs us of our basic humanity in life and death should no longer be denied. after being on full display for the past 11 days. they should be a point for the city to focus on ensuring new yorkers have access to the essential services needed to be healthy and safe and we make budget investments and policy changes ne...