May 9, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, May 08, 2018 – Heavy Phone Usage During the Security Council meeting on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock For diplomats at the United Nations sitting in a meeting listening to others’ usually predictable speeches has never been easy. But smartphones have increasingly turned such meetings into reading, text, Tweeting and web surfing sessions with meetings of the mind become even less frequent. Is the smartphone killing diplomacy? It doesn’t have to. The question is, what are the diplomats reading [Read More]
May 5, 2018
News
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Midtown Manhattan, New York, USA, May 05, 2018 – Hundreds of Peoples Marched in support of the legalization of marijuana and Participated on the 2018’s Cannabis Parade & Rally today in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock The Cannabis Parade began in the 1970s on Manhattan then-scruffy Lower East Side. Today’s parade features elected officials like City Councilman Jumaane Williams and Democratic candidate for New York State Governor Cynthia Nixon. In Washington, New York Senator Chuck Schumer is talking up a Federal legalization bill, and former pot opponent John Boehner, long time Republican Speaker of the House [Read More]
Apr 20, 2018
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 19 2018 – Sona Sridhar, 21-year-old artist from India, winner of the first ever UNICEF Climate Comic Contest launching her comic book on climate change during the Event entitled “Youth Power the Planet: an SDG Activate Talk to Celebrate Earth Day” on the occasion of International Mother Earth Day (22 April) today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock To celebrate Earth Day 2018, on April 19 at the United Nations there was the distribution of a comic book by Sona Sridhar, a 21-year-old artist from [Read More]