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Oprah Winfrey donates $10 million for coronavirus relief

April 3, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Auto and Truck Manufacturers (TRBC), Celebrities, Children / Youth Issues, Company News, Computer and Electronics Retailers (TRBC), CORONAVIRUS, Education, Epidemics, General News, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Labour / Personnel, Living / Lifestyle, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), OPRAH, Picture available, Pictures, Retirement / Old Age, Software (TRBC), United States, US

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey said on Thursday she was donating $10 million to coronavirus relief efforts, including a

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Coronavirus sends climate strikers back to school – this time, online

March 21, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies, CORONAVIRUS, Education, Environment, Europe, Government / Politics, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Infectious Diseases, Pictures, Sweden, THUNBERG, US, Western Europe

FILE PHOTO: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest outside the EU Council as EU environment ministers

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Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, and Sesame Street feted at Kennedy Center Honors

December 9, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, AWARDS, Broadcasting (TRBC), Celebrities, Children / Youth Issues, Education, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Government / Politics, KENNEDYCENTERHONORS, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Music, Personalities / People, Picture available, Pictures, Television, United States, US, US Government News, US House of Representatives

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singer Linda Ronstadt, actress Sally Field, and music group Earth, Wind & Fire received the United States’

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Santa Claus dives into hot climate issue in Paris aquarium

December 5, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Children / Youth Issues, CHRISTMAS, Climate Politics, Education, Environment, Europe, France, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, Pollution, SANTA, SEASON, SHARK, Swimming, US, Video, Western Europe

A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims with fishes at the Aquarium of Paris, France, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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Environment 

New front opens in Australian bushfires, power cut to thousands

November 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Education, General News, Health / Medicine, Nature / Wildlife, Pictures, Power Markets, Precipitation, Transmission Lines, US, Video, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Electricity firms cut off power to thousands of people, more than 100 schools were closed and residents

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India’s smog-bound capital suffers most hazardous air so far this year

November 4, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Company News, Education, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Government / Politics, Healthcare (TRBC), INDIA, Pollution, Precipitation, Transportation (TRBC), US

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Air pollution in New Delhi and surrounding towns reached the worst levels so far this year

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Lori Loughlin among those facing new charges in U.S. college admissions scam

October 23, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, CHEATING, Children / Youth Issues, Company News, Corruption / Bribery / Embezzlement, Crime, Crime / Law / Justice, Education, Financial Fraud / Securities Fraud, General News, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Massachusetts, Pictures, United States, US, USA, White Collar Crime / Fraud / Corporate Crime

BOSTON (Reuters) – Actress Lori Loughlin is facing a new bribery charge after federal prosecutors on Tuesday said they brought

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Tens of thousands of New Zealand children kick off new climate strikes

September 27, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Education, Environment, Major News, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Pollution, STRIKE, United Nations, US

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of students gathered for marches across New Zealand on Friday to kick off a planned

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Inspired by Greta Thunberg, worldwide protest demands climate action

September 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BELGIUM, CHANGE, Children / Youth Issues, China (PRC), Civil Unrest, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Education, Environment, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, KENYA, Labour Disputes, Lebanon, Major News, Middle East, Nature / Wildlife, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Poland, Pollution, South Africa, STRIKE, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, US, Western Europe

(Reuters) – Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world on Friday to demand political leaders

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‘Dangerous’ air pollution in Indonesia’s Borneo leads to school closures

September 16, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Education, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Fires, General News, HAZE, INDONESIA, Malaysia, Nature / Wildlife, Oilseeds, Palm Oil, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, SOUTHEASTASIA, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

PALANGKA RAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Schools in two cities in the Indonesian part of Borneo island will be closed for

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