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Nine million people still make or receive calls while driving
2017-09-21 01:03:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A survey by the RAC suggests 23% make or receive calls illegally - but the number is falling.
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Nearly half a million people evacuated as tropical storm hits China
2016-07-09 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DW: Nearly half a million people evacuated as tropical storm hits China Typhoon Nepartak made landfall in China as a strong tropical storm. It had lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rains a day earlier. Typhoon Nepartak hit the city of Shishi in Fujian province at 1:45 p.m. local time (0545 UTC) in the municipality of Quanzhou, with winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour (55 mph). More than 422,000 people had to be evacuated, according to China's official Xinhua news agency. It was,...
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Almost 46 million people trapped in slavery with North Korea, India key offenders
2016-05-31 08:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global Slavery Index launched on Tuesday with Australian actor Russell Crowe. The index, by Australia-based human rights group Walk Free Foundation, increased its estimate of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, or trapped in debt bondage or forced labour to 45.8 million from 35.8 million in 2014. Andrew Forrest, founder of...
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IRENA Report: Renewable energy employs 8.1 million people worldwide
2016-05-25 23:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Leader Call: The report, released Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, found that more than 8.1 million people worldwide are employed in renewable energy, an increase of more than five per cent over the previous year. "The continued job growth in the renewable-energy sector is significant because it stands in contrast to trends across the energy sector", said Adnan Amin, director-general of IRENA. It said last month that renewable energy capacity grew worldwide by a record 8.3 per cent to 1,985 gigawatts in 2015, adding...
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Malawi says 8 million people need food relief due to drought
2016-05-25 12:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than half of Malawi's population is in need of food aid after an El Nino-induced drought decimated crops, the minister of agriculture said on Wednesday. The drought has ravaged much of southern Africa, but Malawi has been the worst-hit country with more almost half of its population of about 15 million affected. "The results of this rapid assessment showed that close to 8.4 million people will need food because they have partially or completely lost their crops through El Nino induced...