Katie Nguyen
@katienguyen.bsky.social
Former Reuters reporter and editor | Now writing and editing for NGOs and international organisations | Vietnamese refugee boat girl
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Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
- A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
- A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#ICYMI, here's what flight attendants on deportation planes told us about what it's like on board:
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Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world.
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art
Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world.
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
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Less than 10% of world's #plastic is made from recycled material
- most of 400m tonnes per year produced using fossil oil and coal
- only 28% is recycled
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- most of 400m tonnes per year produced using fossil oil and coal
- only 28% is recycled
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows
Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, such predominantly coal or oil
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Less than 10% of world's #plastic is made from recycled material
- most of 400m tonnes per year produced using fossil oil and coal
- only 28% is recycled
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- most of 400m tonnes per year produced using fossil oil and coal
- only 28% is recycled
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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A group of women in rural India have found an unexpected path to earn an income and some independence: operating drones for agricultural uses such as crop spraying reut.rs/4i5595O
Indian women pilot farm drones, earning a living and some independence
A group of women in rural India has found an unexpected path to earn an income and some independence: operating drones for agricultural uses such as crop spraying.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A group of women in rural India have found an unexpected path to earn an income and some independence: operating drones for agricultural uses such as crop spraying reut.rs/4i5595O
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
@influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #carbonmajors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 5, 2024 at 7:54 AM
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Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report, an allegation Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied reut.rs/4gj4nkl
Amnesty report says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report, an allegation Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied reut.rs/4gj4nkl
I enjoyed editing this paper for the Centre on Armed Groups about how Sudan’s increasingly fragmented conflict is forcing civilians to broker fragile truces with warring factions on their patch — in the absence of a nationwide ceasefire www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
Centre on Armed Groups — Islands in the Storm: Civilian survival deals with the warring parties in Sudan
This paper examines how Sudanese civilians, facing widespread violence from the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been compelled to negotiat...
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November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I enjoyed editing this paper for the Centre on Armed Groups about how Sudan’s increasingly fragmented conflict is forcing civilians to broker fragile truces with warring factions on their patch — in the absence of a nationwide ceasefire www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
I must say I love volunteering with Migrateful, which does such brilliant work training refugees and asylum seekers to lead their own cookery classes. Last week’s session was with Chef Nadereh whose homesickness and love for Iran, expressed through food and her mother’s recipes, touched many hearts
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
I must say I love volunteering with Migrateful, which does such brilliant work training refugees and asylum seekers to lead their own cookery classes. Last week’s session was with Chef Nadereh whose homesickness and love for Iran, expressed through food and her mother’s recipes, touched many hearts