A worn open book spread like wings — Shakespeare's Wings

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Arts & Culture·5 April 2021

The story behind our film: The Girl Who Built a Rocket

This February, three missions are going into Mars orbit with two landers reaching the surface of Mars in the second half of the month. Those missions aim to look for water on the planet.

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Education·31 March 2021

UN Library's Francesco Pisano: 'This body of knowledge is the Silicon Valley of multilateralism'

Published on 31 March 2021, 05:50 UN Library's Francesco Pisano: 'This body of knowledge is the Silicon Valley of multilateralism' by Zelda Chauvet 1.7 million books. Tens of thousands of digital references. All the official UN documents. And the ongoing digitizing process of the entire fund. This m

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Arts & Culture·31 March 2021

Japan’s cherry blossom viewing parties – the history of chasing the fleeting beauty of sakura

Lecturer in Japanese Studies (Japanese and Comparative Literature), University of Sheffield

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Economics·30 March 2021

G-7 Coordination Seen as ‘Missing Piece’ for Sustainable Finance

The booming sustainable finance industry needs global standards and upcoming gatherings of world leaders provide the ideal forum for designing them, according to the world’s biggest industry body for sustainable investing.

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Charities·28 March 2021

Finland grants nearly EUR 70 million in humanitarian assistance to strengthen food security, support refugees and promote the rights of vulnerable people

More than 200 million people across the globe need humanitarian assistance due to conflicts, natural disasters, and COVID-19 pandemic. The provision of humanitarian assistance is one of the most concrete ways of responding to crises and…

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Climate·25 March 2021

‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green

The Loess plateau, in China, in 2007, left, and transformed into green valleys and productive farmland in 2019. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Xinhua/Alamy

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Climate·24 March 2021

Jeremy Deller mints his first NFT: here is his advice for other artists

A still from Jeremy Deller, The last day (2021) © Jeremy Deller,

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Sustainability·22 March 2021

World Water Day

How is water important to your home and family life, your livelihood, your cultural practices, your wellbeing, your local environment?

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Health·21 March 2021

Women must be ‘front and center’ of pandemic recovery, UN chief says

“Male-dominated teams will come up with male-dominated solutions”, Secretary-General António Guterres warned a virtual town hall with women civil society during the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CWS) .

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Arts & Culture·20 March 2021

‘The Fastest Way to Make a Populist Into a Humanist Is to Listen’

Olafur Eliasson beside his art installation titled Moss Wall at Tate Modern in London on July 9, 2019. Photo Judith Burrows/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

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Education·19 March 2021

To build a better world from the Covid crisis, we need a global push to connect the world’s young people

Web Foundation Co-founders Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith

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Arts & Culture·17 March 2021

World Health Organization joins art world to launch global campaign confronting mental health toll of pandemic

A still from Ragnar Kjartansson's 2018 video Figures in Landscape (Friday), which will be offered at auction by Christie's on 25 March in support of the Healing Arts campaign

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Humanitarian·17 March 2021

Democracy Depends on Women’s Empowerment, Kamala Harris Says in Her UN Debut

Vice President Kamala Harris, Feb. 17, 2021, in the White House. In her first speech at the United Nations, on March 16, during the annual women’s conference, held virtually for the most part, she warned that democracy was imperiled…

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Climate·15 March 2021

SDGs: a global plan for investment in a post-Covid world

Covid-19 risks are unravelling significant progress across emerging markets. The US and Europe, with enormous resources, solid healthcare systems and vast service-based economies, have still struggled to control the spread, with over 1.3…

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Arts & Culture·8 March 2021

Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about

Michel Corneille the Younger: Aspasia surrounded by Greek philosophers. Wikimedia Commons

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Climate·5 March 2021

Les Yeux du monde sur l’action climatique

We Are Watching est un drapeau de la taille... d'un immeuble de 10 étages ! Installation participative globale, un œil colossal y figure, composé de milliers de portraits et messages envoyés par les populations de 190 pays. Ensemble, ils…

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Arts & Culture·4 March 2021

What’s next for the Contract for the Web

This post was originally published at contractfortheweb.org .

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Education·26 February 2021

MSF director on climate: 'We are at a crucial moment in the history of mankind'

Stephen Cornish, Director General of Médecins sans Frontières in Geneva INTERVIEW Published on 26 February 2021, 05:45. Updated on 26 February 2021, 08:20. MSF director on climate: 'We are at a crucial moment in the history of mankind' by Bruno Jochum We ask the incoming director of Médecins sans Fr

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