Progressive candidate and renowned disability activist from the ruling Alianza Pais of outgoing President Rafael Correa, Lenin Moreno has won the Ecuadorian presidential election Sunday.
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Readers may have noticed that Australia is in the midst of an energy war. On one side are right-wing commentators attacking renewable energy at every turn. On the other side are renewables advocates, quick to retaliate, sometimes without considering the whole story.
Between 40% and 50% of graduate teachers leave teaching within the first five years. Surveys reveal that they feel burnt out, unsupported, frustrated and disillusioned. Research shows that long-serving teachers are retiring early 鈥 if they can afford to 鈥 and most are feeling utterly spent.
News Limited鈥檚 Geelong Advertiser launched a personal attack on its front page on March 27 against local Geelong Greens secretary and activist Matt Hrkac. The front page read: 鈥淕reens red faced. Obscene rant: Party鈥檚 Geelong 鈥榖ranch secretary鈥 in shocking foul-mouth tirade after missing out on job鈥.
Many people suffering in Manus Island and Nauru detention centres are struggling to find hope that their situation will change. One such person is Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish journalist who fled Iran and has become well known for his writings about life in the Manus Island detention centre.
I wandered down to the Roe 8 freeway construction site after the March 11 state election that swept the Colin Barnett Liberal government from power. I'd heard Labor Premier-elect Mark McGowan on the radio calling on Main Roads to wind down construction immediately.
It was deserted. The hundreds of police were gone. The place where 200 of us had been arrested as we slowed the progress of the bulldozers was eerily silent.
After hours of debate, the Organization of American States (OAS) extraordinary session on March 28 came to a close with member-states failing to reach a consensus over Venezuela鈥檚 suspension.
Despite OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro鈥檚 insistent attempts to push for Venezuela鈥檚 expulsion, the 35 member-states expressed mixed opinions regarding the application of the regional body鈥檚 Democratic Charter against the South American country. Needing a two-thirds majority to invoke the charter, the session ended without a vote.聽
Snam Rete Gas, a leading Italian company in the transporting and dispatching of natural gases, announced in 2004 a planned pipeline extending from Massafra (Puglia) to Minerbio (Emilia-Romagna).
Named 鈥淭he Adriatic Line鈥 (in Italian: 鈥淩ete Adriatica鈥), it aims to export natural gases (methane, in this case) to Northern Europe.
Hundreds of Brazilian artists demonstrated on March 27 outside the Municipal Theatre in Sao Paulo on World Theatre Day to protest against the freezing of funds allocated for culture.
The cultural protest is one of the biggest of its kind in the country in decades, as artists, students, workers and other social movements rail against the austerity agenda under the neoliberal government of unelected President Michel Temer.
Silence is a film of ideas, examining the meaning of mercy and compassion, and the personal cost of betrayal.聽It is also visually stunning.聽The cinematography has been nominated for an Academy Award and rightfully so.
It poses fascinating theological questions, their historical bases and the comparison between their Christian and Buddhist understandings. With so much going for it, why does聽Silence听蹿补颈濒?
Bolivia鈥檚 government and social movements have announced they will host a global people鈥檚 summit on migrants and refugee rights. The "People鈥檚 Conference for a World without Walls and Universal Citizenship", set for June 20 and 21, is expected to draw together immigration experts and pro-migrant and refugee rights organisations and activists from around the world.
First night parrot sighting in WA for 100 years
In the first verified sighting since 1912, a night parrot has been photographed in Western Australia.
It follows a history of disbelieved reports, futile ecological surveys and unverified sightings of the species that was presumed extinct until it was rediscovered in Queensland four years ago.
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