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Authorities install air quality Monitors around Nairobi

Voice of America 

Authorities in Nairobi are trying to tackle the Kenyan capital’s chronic and worsening air pollution. With help from the U.S. Agency for International Development, authorities are placing sensors that can monitor air quality around the densely populated city. Victoria Amunga reports from Nairobi. Camera: Jimmy Makhulo

Al Harrington on missing first meeting with Larry Bird: 'I feel like to this day he held that against me the whole two years he coached me'

HoopsHype: Atlanta Hawks 

Al Harrington on missing first meeting with Larry Bird: My mother was like ‘I can’t believe you missed this flight blah blah’… When I walk into the arena for the press conference I see my mom and I see her face, she looks so disappointed, right? So I walked in and Larry Bird looked at me, reached his hand out to me and he said ‘Don’t f*cking be late again.’ That’s what he told me! He didn’t say ‘hi’, he didn’t say ‘welcome to the team’, he said ‘don’t ever f*cking be late again’. That was the first thing Larry Bird said to me... Читать дальше...

Cape Town’s Metal Theft Unit recovers 1.8 t of metal, 54 km of cable

Engineeringnews.co.za 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its dedicated Metal Theft Unit (MTU) in the past year (ending June 30) recovered more than 1.8 t of metal and 54 km of stolen cable. “The scary thing is that for all the confiscated items, thousands of kilograms more have made it to bucket shops and unscrupulous scrap dealers, so fuelling a number of illicit trades,” says CoCT Safety and Security MMC JP Smith.

Portuguese home fixed internet penetration reaches 88%

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) At the end of the second quarter of 2024, 3.7 million residential users in Portugal had subscribed to fixed high-speed internet services, a take-up rate of 87.5 percent...

Online sexual abuse now at severe levels in Thailand

BangkokPost.com 

The growing threat of sexual harassment on social media is having a severe impact on children and the young, according to Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).