QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — In an usual ruling, a court in Ecuador ruled Sunday that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the capital, Quito. The city government appealed the ruling, which is based on an article of Ecuador’s Constitution that recognizes the rights of natural features like the Machangara River…
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has directed the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadia Umar-Farouk, to give details of how N729bn allegedly disbursed to 24.3 million poor Nigerians was carried out. The court ruled that the ex-minister should provide a list of all the beneficiaries…
Hyderabad: Chanting ‘manava seve – madhava seva’ (serving humanity is serving God), Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy stated that the Telangana government has taken equal care of all communities as it respects every religion and accords freedom and opportunities to all faiths. There is no distinction between caste…
Mobile gaming platform Skillz has filed a lawsuit against Voodoo for unlawful conduct and false advertising on its Blitz Win Cash app.Filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, the suit alleged that Voodoo falsely advertises the app as being “fair” and “skill-based,” claiming it uses bots to…
Humanity has made great strides in recent decades: air is cleaner; poverty, deforestation and childhood mortality have fallen; gasoline cars—and maybe coal—are on the way out…
In a recent update, the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage. Recently, a team led by Ang Babu Sherpa took on the daunting task of cleaning up debris and recovering remains near Everest’s summit. He reports that despite their efforts…
Elon has said that : All that matters is improving Tesla self-driving AI such that miles between interventions is >> human All that matters is improving Tesla self-driving AI such that miles between interventions is >> human — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2024 Elon and Nextbigfuture agree that all that matters is more self…
A prominent local voice for animal protection is out as head of the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. Melanie Coulter, the local humane society’s long-time executive director, said Friday in an emailed statement to the Windsor Star that she was not provided with information as to why the animal rescue service let her go…