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Jackie Guigui-StolbergThe Art of Smart: Siemens headquarters in Munich is one of the world's most sustainable office buildings
Munich, Germany • Business • 31 Dec 2021
In 2017, Forbes Magazine reported that the Toronto-based research company Corporate Knights had named the German engineering company Siemens the world's most sustainable company. I would like to write an article for you about Siemens' company headquarters building in downtown Munich, inaugurated in... Read more
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Just Dual It! - Germany's New Educational Model Pairs-up Theory and In-Company Practice
Munich, Germany • Business • 31 Dec 2021
As the German economy booms and companies hustle to fill orders, employers wring their hands in search of job candidates that fit their increasingly precise specifications. A solution to their problem: train your employees yourself. The "Duales Studium" educational model combines almost full-time,... Read more
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The Works Council - a German Success Story?
Munich, Germany • Business • 31 Dec 2021
A works council or Betriebsrat is part of the management concept of countless German companies and contributes largely to the smooth functioning of Germany's companies and the internationally-admired "German Model" for business success. On an average of every two years, employee representatives are... Read more
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Up Yours! The Modern Marketing of an Old-Fashioned Product: Sniffing Tobacco
Munich, Germany • Business • 31 Dec 2021
Strangely enough, a very old-fashioned, traditional German product has experienced a revival in recent years: sniffing tobacco. Smoking is illegal in public places in Germany, and maybe for that reason, sniffing snuff has come into style again in a big way. Another reason is surely a re-embracing... Read more
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Garries WamundilaPROTESTING UNEMPLOYED ZAMBIAN DOCTORS CALMED
Lusaka, Zambia • Breaking News • 01 Jan 2022
400 unemployed medical doctors in Zambia on Tuesday, 9th March, 2021 held a peaceful protest at the country’s Ministry of Health Headquarters over government’s failure to employ and deploy them. The doctors told the local media that they feel let down by the government after putting in a lot of... Read more
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Adam Jacot de Boinod24 travel destinations
London, United Kingdom • Travel • 27 Jan 2022
Here are my 24 destinations about which I can write with confidence and affection. I can add descriptive details of accommodation, restaurants and the most enjoyable attractions and excursions along with my personal finds and favourites. Istanbul Western fascination with the exoticism of this... Read more
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Beryl OsindoRay Youssef’s Exceptional Plan for Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya • Business • 31 Jan 2022
While most people shun away from discussing the reality of cryptocurrency economies, it is true that the world is heading towards a completely cashless economy. To ensure that people trade carefully, legally, and in a secure environment, Paxful provides a peer-to-peer platform in which crypto... Read more
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Néstor Meléndez SolerQatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers-South America.
Barranquilla, Colombia • Sports • 24 Mar 2022
Barranquilla is the home of the Colombian national team that is competing in the World Cup qualifiers for Qatar 2022. The games will be held at the stadium Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, in Barranquilla. Don´t miss the opportunity to have a journalist in Barranquilla covering the games where some... Read more
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Germans Love the Tiled Stove: Ecological, Economical, and High on the Cosiness Scale
Munich, Germany • Cultural • 31 Mar 2022
It's found in palaces, farmhouses, and old stagecoach inns, but also in many newly-built homes in Germany: the Kachelofen or tiled stove. And no wonder: it radiates heat for as long as twenty-four hours with locally grown wood as fuel. The warmth of the stove is stored in its stone core and tiled... Read more
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Kevin LunzaluEast African Young Agripreneurs Empowered in Short Food Supply Systems, Sustainable Organic Vegetable Farming, and ICT
Mbale, Uganda • Business, Current Affairs, Technology, Science & Environment, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Training • 21 Apr 2022
Early morning of Thursday, 28th March 2019, the 4th day of the East African Youth in Agriculture Workshop. Mbale town is peacefully quiet, save for some classic soul rhythms orchestrated by a couple of Ruppell's long-tailed starlings nesting on a tree near my room's balcony. Doors open and shut,... Read more
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Enos DenhereThe Truth that eludes Africa freedom
Harare, Zimbabwe • Business, Politics, Current Affairs, Cultural • 28 Apr 2022
Africa once dubbed the black continent continues unabated its trend of not satisfying needs and aspirations of its especially the youths and it's underdeveloped citizens . The current nature of global conflict and the array of threats confronting African Nations require now solutions and pooling of... Read more
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Claude DjaquisCôte d'Ivoire Adjamé '' Black market '': Minors and sex workers!
London, United Kingdom • Current Affairs • 11 Aug 2023
In Adjamé, Prostitution is taking on worrying proportions. Kids "sell" their bodies. "I can handle 10 clients a night, 1000 FCFA with a condom 2000 CFA without a condom," says the softly spoken F.S. At age 12, this adolescent is already a well established professional sex worker. Her workplace is... Read more
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Colombia, an upcoming touristic destination.
Cartagena, Colombia • Travel • 04 Feb 2024
Colombia was becoming one of the hottest destinations for North American and European tourists before the Covid 19 Pandemia. Now, while everything goes back to normal, you for sure know, that people of the world are maybe going to travel more now than before. Grab the opportunity to show your... Read more
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Fighting Climate Change Through Community Activism
Nairobi, Kenya • Science & Environment • 12 Apr 2025
There are no free resources in the world, and time isn’t excluded in this fact. Time seems to be running out for young people across the world to act and it’s proving to be costly. Using basic mathematics, whenever the time factor changes, other parameters change as well. For example, it is... Read more
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African Youth Declaration on Nature, Why a New Approach is Needed for its Success
Nairobi, Kenya • Current Affairs, Science & Environment • 01 Jun 2028
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) youth conference brought together over fifty young passionate conservationists and practitioners at the African Wildlife Foundation(AWF) offices in Nairobi from 22nd to 24th May 2019. The main objective of the conference dubbed Youth for Nature, One by One until Nature... Read more
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Amos Fofung NkunchohFrom a haven to ravisher of Human rights. The Story of Cameroon
Buea, Cameroon • Investigative Reporting • 06 Dec 2028
Cameroon, once a harbinger of peace in the troubled Central African sub-region is now at the brinks of civil war, a phenomenon that has engulfed much of African states since independence. Cameroon’s once cherished peace is at risk. Yes, Cameroon has never been the most peaceful country in Africa.... Read more
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Salena Pail6 Rising-Star Nigerian Artists perform for 58th Nigeria Independence Day in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Entertainment & Celebrity, Music • 31 Dec 2028
6 Rising-Star Nigerian Artists performed a lively and energetic yet entertaining stage performances that wowed the crowd in conjunction with the 58th Nigeria Independence Day, held at AfterWerk Bar & Grill, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 1. The artists line-up were Iyke Moore, Endy... Read more
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All Star’s Night
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Entertainment & Celebrity • 31 Dec 2028
KUALA LUMPUR: All Star’s Night has showcased an entertaining performances that wowed the crowd on Thursday night, October 25th held at Sungai Long Golf Resort in Bandar Sungai Long, Malaysia. The crowd of the night was entertained with fully energised performances by a total of 7 Nigerian... Read more
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Malaysia to ban smoking at all eateries, effective January 1, 2019
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Business, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Social, Breaking News • 31 Dec 2028
KUALA LUMPUR: In September, Malaysia Deputy Health Minister Dr. Lee Boon Chye said a hefty amount of RM10,000 will be fined (or 2 years imprisonment) on those caught smoking or vaping in prohibited areas, while RM2,500 will be imposed on eateries operators that fail to enforce the ban on their... Read more
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Kıbrıs NewsDört Büyük Şair ve Bir “Uyumsuz” Kadın: Tomris Uyar
Girne, • Arts & Books • 30 Apr 2029
Türk edebiyatının en değerli şairlerini gözleriyle, duruşuyla, huysuz tavrı ve çocuksu yanıyla etkileyen bir kadın… Kendi deyimiyle bir “Uyumsuz” , aşkla dolu ve aşkı dolu dizgin yaşamayı seven biri. Türk edebiyatında bir dönüm noktası olan İkinci Yeni şiirlerinin ilham perisi, Ülkü Tamer’in ilk... Read more
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South Africa: From apartheid to Xenophobia; hate in the rainbow nation
Washington, United States of America • Current Affairs • 24 May 2029
South Africa has come a long way in an attempt to bridge the divide of “what separates them” giving rise to nationalists, liberators and freedom fighters in their numbers. The African economic giant was the pride of Africa. Experiencing segregation during the apartheid period, hate smuggled its... Read more
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Kidnap of US tourist in Uganda has devastating effects on the Country’s Tourism. Here’s why
Washington, United States of America • Investigative Reporting • 12 Jun 2029
Uganda, though a landlocked country in East Africa is a tourism jewel in the continent. With a diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria, It’s abundant wildlife as well as rare birds have listed the country among top touristic destination in Africa.... Read more
