Victories — Week 2
By: Marcus Day
Here’s what we found this week.
A Nurse Woke Up from Beirut Blast Holding Three Babies Whose Lives She Saved
via Bilal Marie Jawich / Facebook
The photo was taken shortly after the blast rocked the medical center… According to the photographer, the nurse was surrounded by dozens of bodies wounded or killed in the blast. The unidentified nurse told Jawich that when the blast hit she was in the maternity ward and it left her unconscious. When she woke up, she found herself carrying these three children.
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2. Rhino Poaching Plummets 53% During Lockdowns, Extending 5-Years of Success in South Africa
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'“An astonishing reprieve was celebrated in the Kruger National Park where, during April, no rhinos were killed in the Intensive Protection Zone for the first time in almost ten years.”
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3. Britain to Roll Out Five Million Coronavirus Tests That Get Results in 90 Minutes
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“Millions of ‘ground-breaking’ rapid coronavirus tests will be rolled out to hospitals, care homes and labs across the UK to increase testing capacity ahead of winter. The tests will enable clinicians and the NHS to quickly test and trace to stop any future spread of the virus.”
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4. Efforts to combat child labour heightened after rescue of child workers in Indian garment factory
Photo by Reuters/Krishnendu Halder
“In one of the first cases of child labour reported in India since the pandemic, 32 girls and three boys were rescued in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu state last week following a tip-off to staff at Childline, a toll-free emergency helpline for children.”
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5. Germany Set To Become the First Major Economy to Phase Out Coal and Nuclear Power
PGE Bełchatów power plant and coal mine by Roman Ranniew
“Germany is trailblazing a new route for global economies by putting itself on track to be the first major power to phase out coal and nuclear energy. This announcement came after the German parliament voted on the plan to eliminate coal use by 2038 and nuclear power by 2022.”
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