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Desmond D’Sa was one of seven South African winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, a global award to inspire grassroots activists to take action to protect the planet. Hundreds of fellow activists and colleagues paid tribute to his life and legacy at a series of memorial services in Durban last week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — Despite the relatively small Hindu population in Sabah and Sarawak, Deepavali celebrations t...

Bathla's property projects across Sydney that were designed to build communities remain unfinished as frustrated local residents fear the implications for their suburbs.

Out-of-control energy bills and lack of transparency around data centres a running theme among demonstrators

Senator Solomon Adeola, aka Yayi, has announced the immediate construction of the Ofada-Owode road and a general hospital in Obafemi-Owode LGA, Ogun State. Read More: https://punchng.com/yayi-announces-road-hospital-construction-for-ogun-communities/

OpenAI has promised to set a "new standard" of listening to communities as a backlash against data centres in the US continues to grow. On Thursday, after the Democrats had won control of Congress in the US midterm elections , OpenAI announced a National Community Compact. "The blueprint proposes policies to help ensure that compute campus development gives

The amendment applies to members of six non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who, fearing “religious persecution”, entered India without valid travel documents, or whose documents have since expired

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has promised help to communities in Uzere affected by an oil spill, assuring them that operating companies will m Read More: https://punchng.com/oil-spill-oborevwori-promises-help-to-affected-communities/

The proponent of a major artificial intelligence data centre proposal in southern Cape Breton is slated to make its pitch to local residents in person.

Such efforts are expected to help secure agricultural labor and broaden the ranks of people with continuing ties to the regions.

In the run-up to the midterm elections, experts have documented a surge of Islamophobia in political ads and speeches. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on some of the targets of that rhetoric and the impact it's making. It's part of our series, Race Matters.

A former House of Representatives aspirant, Remi Odunsi, has taken the campaign for President Bola Tinubu’s reelection and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Lagos, Dr Obafemi… Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ex-reps-aspirant-takes-tinubu-hamzat-campaigns-to-lagos-communities/

After years of advocacy from residents and legal battles with Big Oil, Los Angeles voted to ban drilling and phase out oil extraction in the city. It's the first city in the United States to kick the oil industry out.

A senior police officer says e-bikes and associated crimes are "blighting" communities across the UK.

Politicians should always be scrutinised and held to account because scrutiny is how democracy corrects itself, but scrutiny and intimidation are not the same thing.

One doctor has taken to seeing patients in a caravan fitted out as a mobile clinic in his spare time.

When Julius Dam opened in 1976, it was hailed as the answer to Mount Isa's water shortages. Half a century later, the engineering achievement continues to support communities and industry across North West Queensland.

Rep. Gboyega Nasir Isiaka has unveiled ‘The Living Borders’, a development agenda for his Yewa North/Imeko-Afon constituency’s border communities in Ogun. Read More: https://punchng.com/ogun-rep-unveils-agenda-for-border-communities/

Treat Accessibly has been organizing events for children of all abilities and encouraging neighbourhoods to join in by thinking about how to make Halloween night fun for all.

Through grassroots counselling and livelihood assistance, the social worker is nurturing hope across fractured ethnic groups

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority has reaffirmed its support for its Ogun host communities with interventions in education, healthcare, and inf Read More: https://punchng.com/nepza-restates-support-for-ogun-host-communities/

MIRI, Oct 29 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke took his first flight with AirBorneo on a trip from Miri to Limbang...

With some 16.2 million people in Myanmar needing humanitarian aid in 2026, local organisations are helping bridge gaps by providing essential supplies and skills training.

Residents of Goshen, Abuleokuta and Kusheyin in Bariga, Lagos, lament a four-month blackout crippling businesses and forcing many to sleep outdoors due to Read More: https://punchng.com/residents-groan-as-blackout-hits-lagos-communities/

Police in Kebbi State have confirmed three people were killed and a police inspector injured following violence triggered by rumours of cattle rustling. Read More: https://punchng.com/kebbi-violence-leaves-three-dead-residents-fleeing-communities/

In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search engine results.

In Southern California, powerful king tides forced business and home owners to scoop water from their residences, while in Florida, flood waters from those high tides overtook streets and the threat is not over. TODAY's Al Roker tracks full forecast.

Taylor Swift looked back on her earliest days crafting songs in Music City as she was inducted Monday into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member at 36. Swift was inducted by former tourmate Brad Paisley, whom she teased, and serenaded by Lainey Wilson, whom she praised, before launching into a lengthy […]

Community leaders in Danmusa, Katsina State, have pledged to sustain peace initiatives by the Centre for Democracy and Development and its partners. Read More: https://punchng.com/katsina-communities-pledge-to-sustain-cdd-peace-initiatives/

Many parts of Papua New Guinea are feeling the full force of El Niño, with devastating impacts now reported from the Highlands to the coastal provinces.

Beach communities across Southern California took on damaging surf this weekend as warm temperatures and El Niño fueled unusually high tides. Akiko Fujita reports and Andrew Kozak has the forecast.

Brazil's indigenous communities say they’re concerned by how the election outcome could impact environmental protections

Residents of Ogun communities appeal to Governor Dapo Abiodun to save their ancestral lands from being allocated to Chinese investors, fearing loss of home Read More: https://punchng.com/save-our-ancestral-lands-ogun-communities-beg-abiodun/

The Chief Minister said the proposal follows a query from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on whether such a committee existed to bring all communities together

Communities along the West Coast were bracing for high tides to add to recent flooding that has also inundated the Southwest. Akiko Fujita reports, and Andrew Kozak has the forecast.

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A form of Parkinson's disease once considered rare is far more common in Pacific communities than previously recognised.

Authorities detained a suspect and are investigating whether the shootings, which wounded four other people, targeted a specific race, origin or religion.

As health care workers fought to control the latest outbreak this year, they got crucial aid from churches in beating back fear and misinformation.

Ogun communities have urged APC governorship hopeful, Solomon Adeola (Yayi), to prioritise road infrastructure and other projects if elected governor in 20 Read More: https://punchng.com/ogun-communities-demand-improved-infrastructure-from-yayi/

The Rural Electrification Agency has restored power to two communities in Kano State after 16 years through two mini-grid projects serving 2,222 households Read More: https://punchng.com/rea-restores-power-to-kano-communities-after-16-years/

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The Federal Government is strengthening primary healthcare delivery in over 700 communities across Nigeria through its National Health Fellows Programme. Read More: https://punchng.com/fg-to-strengthen-primary-healthcare-in-700-communities/

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Some residents of the Peaks District in the 13th century may have experienced worse lead pollution than city-dwellers during the Industrial Revolution. Female skeletons showed higher lead levels and earlier ages of death

Trump says data centers should consider community "dividends" as AI financing worries grow.