Ugandan leader’s plan to ban used Western clothing spreads panic among traders Posted November 11, 2023 Downtown Kampala’s Owino Market has long been a go-to enclave for rich and poor people alike looking for affordable, but quality-made used clothes, underscoring perceptions that W…
Why being car-free is a distant future in Berlin Posted October 23, 2023 Across Europe, several cities are taking steps to remove cars from their city centers, but one capital is going in the other direction—Berlin’s new government wants to protect dri…
California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at ‘brazen’ store thefts Posted October 16, 2023 California will spend $267 million to help dozens of local law enforcement agencies increase patrols, buy surveillance equipment and conduct other activities aime…
Berlin Wall relic gets a ‘second life’ on US-Mexico border as Biden adds barriers Posted October 2, 2023 As the U.S. government built its latest stretch of border wall, Mexico made a statement of its own by laying remains of the Berlin Wall a few steps away. The 3-ton pockmarked, …
Biden vows gov’t will help Maui for ‘as long as it takes’ after wildfire Posted September 19, 2023 President Joe Biden told survivors of Hawaii's wildfires that the nation “grieves with you” and promised that the federal government will help Maui for “as long a…
Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in Posted September 4, 2023 Get ready to say goodbye to the once ubiquitous incandescent light bulb, pioneered by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. You can thank — or blame — new federal energy efficien…
India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the US Posted August 24, 2023 Chatter on one of Prabha Rao's WhatsApp groups exploded when India announced that it was severely curtailing some rice exports to the rest of the world, triggerin…
Donated synthetic 2nd hand clothes creating environmental hazard for Kenyans Posted August 23, 2023 Environmental campaigners are demanding action to tackle the mountains of low-grade second-hand clothes in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The groups say most of t…
Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization’s new foundation raise concerns Posted August 17, 2023 Nearly 40% of the money raised by the WHO Foundation in its first two years came from anonymous sources, worrying some that donors may be trying to influence the …
Phoenix officials ask judge for more time in clearing downtown camp of homeless people Posted August 13, 2023 Phoenix city officials said they have been slowly and steadily clearing hundreds of people from a downtown encampment of homeless people called “The Zone,” and they asked a judge …