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2 weeks ago |
ibanet.org | Isabelle Walker
Rohingya children eat from jars with the USAID logo on them, at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 11 February 2025. REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumonab. Significant cuts to US foreign aid will have far-reaching repercussions. Global Insight assesses the consequences and the future of the aid sector. The decision of President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was met with global condemnation.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
In 1836, British naturalist Thomas Nuttall hiked down from Monterey into Santa Barbara County, picking up botanical samples and birds as he went. One was a tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor), which he shot and brought back to Boston to show his friend John J. Audubon. It was the first tricolor blackbird known to science, and Audubon named it Icterus tricolor — incorrectly placing it in the genus of orioles.
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2 months ago |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
The Santa Barbara City Council is having a tree moment. On Tuesday, for the second time this year, councilmembers found themselves juggling community attachment to a set of mature street trees with the realities of crumbling sidewalks and pedestrian safety.
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Feb 3, 2025 |
ibanet.org | Isabelle Walker
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that 2024 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian personnel. The Aid Worker Security Database recorded the deaths of 344 aid workers, surpassing the 2023 total of 280. ‘It is unspeakably tragic when colleagues lose their lives trying to do their jobs’, says Linda Isabel Ngesa, a legal adviser with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in London.
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Jan 30, 2025 |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
Santa Barbara Public Works Gets Green Light to Remove 13 Trees from Milpas Street Parks and Rec Commission Gives Unanimous Approval on Condition That at Least 30 New Trees Will Be Planted By Isabelle Walker Thu Jan 30, 2025 | 1:34pm Add to Favorites The 13 trees are being removed from North Milpas Street for safety, accessibility, and sightline issues. | Credit: City of Santa Barbara Public Works Santa Barbara’s Parks and Recreation Commission gave a unanimous go ahead Wednesday, January 29,...
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