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“Here’s a little Black boy from Louisville, Kentucky, sitting in the United Nations talking to presidents of the world, why? Because I’m a good boxer,” he said at a press conference at UN Headquarters in 1979. “I needed boxing to get…

Ahead of Zero Waste Day, marked annually on 30 March since 2022, we looked back at how that simple but heart-rending statement, a child’s plea to protect the East, echoed across the world. Long before activist…

MIAMI, March 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a heartfelt tribute to luxury diversity and beauty, Global Ambassador Nobel C.K. McWhorter of the esteemed McWhorter Family proudly announces the inclusion of Tems' captivating music video,…

UN rumour has it that the unofficial tradition began almost 40 years ago, when a delegate from the United Kingdom requested the floor to make a point of order at the end of an intense months-long session.The now annual tradition is flush…

As we celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, we are reminded of all the ways these flexible copyright exceptions enable libraries to preserve materials and meet the needs of the communities they serve. Indeed, fair use is…

In his intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family’s journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife. Book Talk: REPLAYMarch 27 @ 10am PT / 1pm ETRegister…

From expanding indigenous peoples’ seats at the UN table to appointing an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra co-founded by renowned scholar Edward Said as a UN Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding, here is a peek at some of what…

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With its green glass and Vermont marble shimmering in the sunlight and the water of the East River, the building’s modern aesthetic was an intentional decision by the collaborating architects to symbolize change, embodying a sense of…

Actor Boris Karloff. Famous for his role in the film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Mr. Karloff also acted in 130 movies, playing, as he called it, many “spine-chilling…

This #ThrowbackThursday, we revisited the exchanges that unfolded in the Security Council.On 5 February 2003, Mr. Powell addressed a packed Council Chamber, laying out the case for the US invasion of Iraq the following month.“Every…

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell briefs the UN Security Council in February 2003 on evidence of Iraq's failure to disarm. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, we’re featuring…

Sequence Read Archive (SRA) Reprocessed Data. NLM Tech Bull. 2024 Jan-Feb;(456):e3. Recently, SRA staff identified and fixed a technical error in submission processing that affected approximately 2,289 submitted records between April…

Once upon a time, Liz Gotauco fell in love with fairy tales. That is, making videos while retelling them with some quirky twists. Librarian Liz Gotauco, aka “Cosbrarian” across social media. By day, Gotauco is a full-time…

Even the "eternal ice" on the Grand Combin is not made to last forever. Visible at the upper right of the photo is the drilling camp of the 2020 Ice Memory expedition…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This year, Fabletics, the world’s most fashionable, high-performance active wear brand, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in style. In honor of this momentous milestone,…

Answer: 269 minutes“Although we have been given the reputation of speaking at great length, the Assembly need not worry,” Fidel Castro of Cuba said at the outset. “We shall do our best to be brief.”While the General Assembly requests…

When Zeau Modig began as the graduate school librarian at the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) nearly a decade ago, many of the students lived nearby. They came to the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, campus to check…

“Yet, out of millions of publications each year, fewer than five per cent are made available in accessible formats for visually impaired persons in developing countries,” he added.The global superstar, who lost his sight shortly after…

Recent Updates Clarifying PubMed Central's Role as an Archive. NLM Tech Bull. 2023 Mar-Apr;(451):e7. PubMed Central (PMC) has a large and diverse user base that includes students and the public, as well as researchers, clinicians, and…

Soon after becoming a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1988, she went on a mission to Ethiopia, where years of drought and civil strife had caused terrible famine.After visiting UNICEF emergency operations, she talked about the projects to…

Distributed via the CDC Health Alert NetworkDecember 17, 2020, 8:00 AM ETCDCHAN-00438 SummaryThe purpose of this Health Alert Network (HAN) Advisory is to alert public health departments, healthcare professionals, first responders, harm…

Distributed via the CDC Health Alert NetworkMonday, April 25, 2022, 1:00 PM ETCDCHAN-00463 SummaryThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to update healthcare…

Distributed via the CDC Health Alert NetworkJune 14, 2022, 5:00 PM ETCDCHAN-00468 SummarySince May 2022, monkeypox cases, which have historically been rare in the United States, have been identified in 18 states and territories among…

Magic-BLAST Magic-BLAST is a tool for mapping large next-generation RNA or DNA sequencing runs against a whole genome or transcriptome. Magic-BLAST executables for LINUX, MacOSX, and Windows as well as the source files are…

The Sequence Read Archive (SRA) stores raw sequence data from "next-generation" sequencing technologies including Illumina, 454, IonTorrent, Complete Genomics, PacBio and OxfordNanopores. In addition…

Ocean today provided a 30 minute tour of the free videos and resources available from NOAA’s Ocean Today program. In this presentation we explored the Ocean Today Coral Comeback? Collection...

Original Air date: July 2, 2020Time: 2:00 PM EasternLength: 41 Minutes   Live from Ocean City, New Jersey! Attention parents, teachers, kids, and ocean…

Original Air Date: August 3, 2020Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Length: 57 Minutes Discover America’s underwater ocean parks as we “Get Into Your Sanctuary” this full…