Costa Rica is the first country on the American continent to introduce a national ban on sport and trophy hunting, removing any legal basis for the killing of wild animals for recreational purposes.
At the end of January, videos and photos of trees appearing to explode during intense cold snaps in the USA began to circulate on American social media networks.
This is not a diplomatic whim, but the emblem of a vision of power, focused on territorial expansion, strategic control and all the gestures designed to leave a mark.
Japan had just turned on a light that had been off for far too long. Yet, in just one day, that light dimmed again.
At a high school in Virginia, the school's workshop is a place where real opportunities are created.
We already knew about 'adult only' hotels and cruises, as well as some casual restaurants here and there, but trains were still missing from the list of places where children are not allowed.
27 January 1945 officially marked the end of the largest mass murder in history. But that was not the only major massacre that took place. Indeed, according to the WOIR, 180 million Native Americans died at the hands of settlers and as a result of wars of conquest they witnessed the loss of their habitat and forced change in their way of life...
Today, 27 January, the two giant pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, officially leave Tokyo's Ueno zoo to return to China. In the days leading up to their departure, thousands of visitors flocked to the park for a final greeting, turning the event into something of the likes of a small collective ritual.
Car horns, inappropriate comments from tourists, tampered exhaust pipes, motorbikes starting up, heels clicking in the upstairs flat or children shouting after school: noise pollution is all around us.
Today, 26 January, is the International Clean Energy Day. The perfect opportunity to reflect on the importance of renewable energy sources for our planet.