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In the United States, it's generally understood that college kids like to party. And according to UPI, a new study in JAMA Pediatrics says nearly a third of all college students smoke cannabis. 62%--roughly twice as many--drink alcohol. However, the number of students who say they neither drink alcohol nor smoke weed has increased from just under 20% in the early 2000s to 28% today. What's more, the percentage of students who have an alcohol use disorder also has declined to 10% over the same period from just under 20%.
Emergency services arrive at the UN war crimes court after a stunning drama saw a former Bosnian Croat military leader appear to drink poison seconds after judges upheld his 20-year sentence. IMAGES
In a stunning drama at a UN war crimes court, a former Bosnian Croat military leader appears to drink poison seconds after judges uphold his 20-year sentence. IMAGES
Sana'a (Yemen), 19 June, EFE/EPA, (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- According to the UN, the conflict in Yemen is the worst humanitarian disaster on the planet, and around 80% of the country's 30 million inhabitants still require basic necessities. On the occasion of World Refugee Day, celebrated on 20 June, the UN wants to remind the world that all people, including refugees, can make a contribution to society and every action counts to create a more just, inclusive and equal world. FOOTAGE OF AND STATEMENTS BY REFUGEES IN YEMEN. AYISH AL-WASSABI (DISPLACED FROM HODEIDAH PROVINCE 3 MONTHS AGO)Translation: "I now live in a makeshift shelter next to a bridge in Sana'a.FATHIATranslation: "My husband, my 5 children and I were displaced to Sana'a after the livelihoods in our village disappeared due to the war. We were working in agriculture but the bad economic situation forced us to flee to Sana'a. My husband collects plastic every day to earn a living. We lived in a room that we rented for 10,000 Yemeni rials (about $16). One of my children is sick. We don't know what he is suffering from, even the hospitals don't know."MOHAMMED NAJI, 15Translation: "I was displaced from Hodeidah to Sa'a two years ago because the Saudi-led war has forced me to live under a bridge with my family. We hope that NGOs can help us. I have nothing and can't find work. We have nothing and are living outdoors for a while until we can find a house." AHMED ALI FARHANTranslation: "All seven members of my family are unemployed. We were displaced from Hodeida two years ago. I collect and sell used plastic every day to earn 700-800 Rials a day ($1.12-1.29). It provides us with food and drink. The war has destroyed our lives."HUSSEIN DIMAN, 23Translation: "I was displaced from Hajjah to Sana'a. I collect and sell used plastic to help my family with the purchase of food. I earn between 1,000 and 1,500 rials a day ($1.61 to $2.41). My brother and I live in the back of our van after it was converted into a room."MOHAMMED AHMEDTranslation: "I was displaced from Haradh because the war destroyed the houses and roads. We went to Sana'a leaving our belongings there, we had no other choice. We have no income except what we earn from selling plastic. We have received food rations from the World Food Programme every two months but it is not enough for a family of eight."ALI ABDULLAH, 25.Translation: "I sell khat leaves and earn about 1,500 rials a day (about $2.41). My family consists of nine people, my parents, four brothers, my wife and my two-year-old son. The air raids and the war forced us to flee to Sana'a. Sana is safer than my hometown."ABDO SHOUEI, 41. Translation: "I was displaced from Hajjah because of the Saudi attacks that destroyed my house and forced us to flee to Sana'a in 2016. My family consists of six children, my wife and my mother. I cannot work because of an illness. I receive food aid from local NGOs from time to time."
Santiago (Chile), Sep 7 (EFE), (Camera: José Caviedes).- Chile, one of the world's largest wine producers, has managed to renew the millenary art of making this drink and now is focused on producing organic and vegan wines. FOOTAGE OF EMILIANA ORGANIC VINEYARDS. SOUNDBITES OF CRISTIAN RODRÍGUEZ, EMILIANA'S GENERAL MANAGER:"Emiliana winery was born in 1986 as a conventional vineyard, using chemicals, and in 1998 we made the change, mainly for the workers since they have to wear like we currently do with the coronavirus (he refers to protective gear). So we said 'enough is enough' and in 1998 we made a complete change in our then 1,000 hectares —today we almost have 900 ones certified as organic—. More than 20 years ago, more than 20 years ago.""The new generations are looking for honest producers. They want to know what they are eating, drinking and where it comes from, who is the producer and the key is that organic is a synonym of healthier and better made, made in a more modest and healthier way."
Cali, May 17 (EFE).- While Colombia last week won the World Bird Watching Championships for most species recorded, the coronavirus epidemic in the country is making it difficult to continue feeding those at Alejandria farm, known as "El Paraíso de los Colibríes" (The Hummingbirds Paradise).Raul Horacio Nieto, an Argentinian living in Colombia and one of the owners of the Finca Alejandria on the outskirts of Cali, said that they usually feed dozens of birds with the income they make from tourism, but there hasn’t been any tourists for almost two months since the mandatory quarantine to combat COVID-19 was announced.(Camera: ERNESTO GUZMAN JR)FOOTAGE SHOWS HUMMINGBIRDS IN THE ALEJANDRÍA FARM IN CALI, COLOMBIA.SOUNDBITES: OWNER OF ALEJANDRÍA FARM DERAUL HORACIO NIETO (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATIONS:(00:06:00-00:00:37) Finca Alejandría is a bird habitation site that today is already an emblematic site in the Valle del Cauca area to come and see birds. There is a record of 347 species of which 32 are hummingbirds and the rest (...) are other bird species. It is a very visited placee by all the people from around here in the valley and from all over the world.(00:00:42-00:01:54) Finca Alejandría has 60 feeders to feed 32 species of hummingbirds, which drink an average of 380 liters of water daily and eat 750 kilos of sugar per month. Birds -which are birds like tangaras, tucanetas or quetzales- eat bananas and have an average of 200 or 250 bananas a day now that we are in low season. In high season they reach 400 bananas a day (...) They are between 12 and 14 monthly packages of sugar at 140,000 pesos (about $ 35) each; there are between eight and 14 boxes of bananas every five days, at 20,000 pesos (about five dollars) each. All that came from what was the income of tourists. Today Finca Alejandría no longer has that contribution and we are exhausting resources, we are suffering from this situation, and ecotourism is suffering from the situation of not having tourists. (00:01:59-00:02:14) When there was no pandemic and you could go out and do a good job of counting birds, in total Colombia has a record of 1,969 species, it is the number one country in the world in bird registration.
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