Daily Archives: April 29, 2021

People laughed at him when he planted trees in a DESERT! But later they were all SHOCKED… –

Life Stories

Published on Apr 21, 2021

They say it’s impossible for one person to change the world… However, the hero of our story decided to prove everyone wrong. As he believes, the main thing is to know exactly what you want from life and pursue your goal with dedication. Then you’ll be bound to succeed…

Water — China’s Reckoning (Part 3)

Gravitas: Bill Gates says no to sharing vaccine formulas to developing world


Democracy Now!

Published on Apr 29, 2021

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NASA Astronaut Collins Remembered for ‘Carrying the Fire’


VOA News

Published on Apr 29, 2021

He made history as part of the 1969 Apollo 11 crew to first land a person on the moon #MichaelCollins#apollo11

Trump’s Rudy Nightmare!: Giuliani Raid Sparks Questions About Trump’s Exposure


MSNBC

Published on Apr 29, 2021

Feds escalated their criminal probe into Trump’s former lawyer, raiding Rudy Giuliani’s apartment and office and seizing Giuliani’s electronics, including his laptop and iPad. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber explains how this can add to citizen Trump’s legal woes and other updates in the lawsuits he faces across the nation. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC

What led India to a COVID catastrophe?


news.com.au

Published on Apr 27, 2021

With surging new cases and deaths, India is facing an unfolding COVID catastrophe. Here’s what led the country to this state of emergency.

Cornel West: Why Closing Classics Depts. is a Catastrophe | Amanpour and Company


Amanpour and Company

Published on Apr 29, 2021

There are few more recognizable educators and orators than Cornel West – a philosopher, scholar, and civil rights activist whose searing speeches have educated and inspired many. He speaks with Walter Isaacson about why classics must remain in the curriculum; Biden’s first 100 days; and the legacy of West’s mother, the late Irene B. West.

Green Templeton College: A Tour

Graduate Study at Oxford

Mar 2, 2020

DPhil student Spencer gives a tour of Green Templeton College, a graduate college where students focus on business and management, health and medicine, and social sciences.

About the Oxford Martin School

Oxford Martin School – Jun 3, 2019

The Oxford Martin School brings together the best minds from different fields to tackle the most pressing issues of the 21st century. Our academics work across more than 30 solutions-focused, pioneering research programmes that cut across disciplines to find solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges. From renewable energy to ocean sustainability, and from the future of work to tackling inequality, we foster ground-breaking collaborations between researchers working at the frontiers of knowledge. The unifying theme is that the research must be of the highest academic calibre, tackle issues of global significance, and could not have been undertaken without our support. Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva: ‘Roadmap to the Sustainable Developm ent Goals’

Oxford Martin School

Streamed live 10 hours ago

The global pandemic has derailed progress toward the SDGs as developing countries now balance long-term investments in health, education, roads, electricity, and water with spending to protect lives and livelihoods. Bringing the SDGs within reach by 2030 will take a global effort from all stakeholders. The IMF has run the numbers and is publishing a framework for developing countries to consider policy choices that can raise long term growth and bring in private investments in SDG projects. In this conversation with Ian Goldin, Kristalina Georgieva will look at country case studies and the kinds of reforms each can make to move towards the SDGs by 2030. Although it looks as though the building blocks of prosperity have moved just a bit farther out of reach, the roadmap for how to get there is now clearer.