Why does President Zelenskyy dress in military-style attire, and why did he get flak from certain quarters when he wore it to the White House? @timkmak, Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova and Anastasiia Kryvoruchenko dig into it for Counteroffensive.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/why-zelenskyy-wore-that-shirt-to
#Ukraine #UkraineRussia #Clothing #WhiteHouse #Zelenskyy #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
“The cost of Trump’s executive disorder is measured in lives” is the headline of this piece in @thecontinent. The team at the Africa-wide weekly newspaper break down how the U.S. government’s freeze on international aid has affected HIV and tuberculosis programs in Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “American aid to the global HIV response is channelled through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar). It is the world’s biggest HIV response fund and it supports – or supported – up to 20-million people,” they write.
https://continent.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-trumps-executive-disorder
#Africa #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #Uganda #Mozambique #Zimbabwe #Health #USA #USAID #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
A new analysis shows that the U.S. has lost more than one-fifth of its butterflies in just two decades. @TheConversationUS explains what’s causing the decline, why you should care, and what you can do to help reverse it.
#Butterflies #Wildlife #Conservation #Environment #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Last of all, given the fraught situation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, our @CultureDesk shared an explanation of the term “elbows up” by MP Charlie Angus. For an extra treat, here’s a video to inspire Canadians through the weekend and beyond: Joe Canada/Jeff Douglas’s updated “I am Canadian” ad, but this time it’s not for beer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LzhCLzfJFg
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/elbows-up
#LIfestyle #Canada #IAmCanadian #JoeCanada #CharlieAngus #ElbowsUp #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
@Flipboard @TheConversationUS Find out what flowers are indigenous to your area and plant them in every nook and cranny you can find.
@Flipboard @CultureDesk I want to vote for Jeff for president in 2028.
