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Africa | Nigeria | Culture

Airport janitor ridiculed, honored for returning forgotten $60,000 to owner

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The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday held a special session to honour Josephine Ugwu, a cleaner at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, who returned N12 million she found at the airport toilet. Ms. Ugwu made the huge find, and returned same, in January 2015. She was invited to narrate her story to members of the Assembly. Kolawole Taiwo, the Deputy Speaker, who presided, presented a letter of commendation and an undisclosed amount of money to Ugwu. “For her honesty and patriotism for returning the N12 million on January 23, we find her worthy of honour. “Her
International | Environment

Sylvia Earle: There’s Still Time to Save the Oceans

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The legendary oceanographer talks about why she crisscrosses the globe to protect marine life Pioneering oceanographer Sylvia Earle’s lifelong affinity for the ocean began early. “When I was three years old I got knocked over by a wave, and the ocean got my attention,” she told me at DOER Marine, the ocean technology company in Alameda, California, that she founded. It’s held her attention ever since. A former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and current National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, Earle has led dozens of deep-sea missions
Africa | Kenya | Environment

Single mom wins top prize for forcing toxic plant closure

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Phyllis Omido, a Kenyan single mother, has won the prestigious annual Goldman environmental prize for her arduous but ultimately successful campaign against a battery recycling plant that was exposing inhabitants of a community in the port city of Mombasa to lead poisoning. As an employee of the factory and, therefore, regularly exposed to its harmful toxic effects, Omido was pushed to act after her own baby son was diagnosed with lead poisoning that he received from the breast milk she had been feeding him. She immediately quit her job to launch a concerted campaign, along with other a
Asia | Thailand | Corruption

Thai environmentalists pay for activism with their lives

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Jintana Kaewkao, a 53-year-old activist, shop-owner and mother of three, arrived at the district government office on March 12 ready for a fight. With local tensions rising over the planned construction of a steel manufacturing plant amid the wetlands and coconut trees of this seaside community of Bangsaphan, Thailand, more than 30 villagers had assembled in the morning heat. Most were women; some had toddlers in tow. They were ready to register their concerns over potential pollution, and a local conglomerate’s questionable land acquisitions, with the district leader. As usual, they w
South Asia | India | Entertainment

Radhika Apte won’t do songs that objectify women

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Actress Radhika Apte, who picks content-driven films, says she would not do an item song which objectifies women. Asked if she’s willing to do item songs in Bollywood, the “Hunterrr” told IANS: “It all depends on what it is. What is item number? It is a song and dance sequence. But if you are objectifying a woman and if that’s the sole purpose of an item number — to wear less clothes and dance — I don’t like it. I will not do it.” The actress, who has worked in films in as many as seven languages, also roots for equality in the remuneration of male and female actors in
North America | United States | Ethics

Elizabeth Warren Fires Back After Wall Street Threats

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has a blunt message for the big Wall Street banks that may withhold campaign donations to Senate Democrats in hopes of quieting her calls to break up the banks. "It will not work," Warren said in a statement emailed to The Huffington Post. Warren has been a vocal advocate for reigning in big banks that she says wield too much power in Washington after their recklessness triggered the 2008 financial meltdown. Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have discussed ways to soften Warren's strong tone, Reuters reports, and representatives
Middle East | Lebanon | Culture

Lebanese TV host Rima Karaki: I don’t feel like a hero, it was self-respect

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When Rima Karaki cut off the mic after her guest, Hani Sibai, an Islamist sheikh, ordered her to “be silent”, little did she expect it would become a viral video sensation in Lebanon and around the world. Supporters online have hailed her for standing up for women’s rights against a patriarchal religious establishment that sought to subjugate them. But for Karaki herself, it was a simple question of self-respect. “Had I not answered, I would have hated myself, and I don’t want to hate myself,” she told the Guardian in an interview. “When he said shut up, it was no longer

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