Technicians at the Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Benin – a Crop Trust BOLD partner sort, count and weigh maize, millet, rice and sorghum accessions before shipping them off to be deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. May 2024.
New York City is considering paying reparations to the descendants of slaves under new plans approved by the City Council. The proposals, which are aimed at acknowledging and addressing the impact of slavery in New York City, are yet to be signed into law by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams.
Irish teacher Enoch Burke has been jailed for a third time after he was arrested outside the school that sacked him for refusing to “call a boy a girl.”Mr Burke became caught up in a gender row at Wilson's Hospital School in May 2022.