The West African country currently has 170 men and six women on death row, whose sentences will now be replaced by life imprisonment. Until now, execution has been the mandatory sentence for murder in Ghana.
Ghana ends capital punishment Read more
“We’re not only returning objects; we’re also embarking on a period of closer cooperation with Indonesia and Sri Lanka in areas like collection research, presentation, and exchanges between museums,” said Dutch Secretary of State for Culture and Media Gunay Uslu.
Netherlands to return nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka Read more
Franchetti, who will be the first woman ever in the joint chief of staffs, marks another first for the Biden administration’s Defense Department, which has now had the first Black secretary of defense and the first female Army secretary.
Admiral Lisa Franchetti to become the first female top officer in the U.S. Navy Read more
In the first quarter of 2020, the U.S. had roughly 80,000 public charging stations nationwide. In Q1 2023, it surpassed 140,000 public stations.
Number of EV charging points in the U.S. has nearly doubled in three years Read more
“This is really dramatic,” conservationist Rodrigo Botero told The Guardian. “It’s the highest reduction in deforestation and forest fires that there has been in two decades.”
Deforestation fell 26% in Colombian Amazon last year Read more
After over three decades of effort, the United States has destroyed the last of its chemical weapon stockpile that once consisted of 30,000 tonnes of deadly chemical agents in explosive munitions and storage containers.
U.S. destroys last of its Cold War chemical weapons Read more
The MS-2 Step mifepristone medication was previously only allowed to be prescribed by a doctor with specialist certification and then provided by a pharmacist registered to dispense the product.
Medical abortion pill to become easier to access across Australia as restrictions scrapped Read more
The British Home Office is expanding a program that pardons people convicted of any offense related to homosexuality. Previously, the program was only available to men, but it is now open to women.
U.K. to pardon women convicted of homosexuality Read more
From January to June the rainforest had alerts for possible deforestation covering 2,650 square kilometres, down from 4,000 sq km during the same period last year under former leader Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation drops 34% under Lula Read more
Under the new scheme, 250,000 children living in the country’s capital Nairobi will receive a hot meal every day.
Kenya is launching Africa’s biggest school meals program Read more
