Day: May 25, 2018

Tunisians of Semmama celebrate mountain culture to challenge extremism

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The Shepherd Festival at Mount Semmama, near the Tunisian-Algerian border, brings a message of peace and resistance in an area often only known as a hideout for terror groups. In the countryside outside Sbeitla, in the Kasserine governorate of western central Tunisia, lies a small hill at the foot of Mount Semmama framed by a sunset sky. Vehicles of the National Guard lined up and a smattering of soldiers could be seen on Darwish hill. The hill, named after the acclaimed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, was the venue for  “The…

CONECT receives ISO 9001 certificate, Version 2015

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The Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (CONECT) .has received, on Thursday in Tunis, the ISO 9001 certificate, Version 2015, a standard that establishes the requirements for a quality management system, which will help businesses and organisations to increase efficiency and increase customer satisfaction. It is a partnership between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and CONECT, culminating in the completion of two major projects, namely the implementation of the ISO 9001 V2015 Quality Management System and the creation of new websites for CONECT and CONECT International, using state-of-the-art techniques.…

Italy’s belligerent new coalition is bad news for the EU

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The EU is in desperate need of reform. But it’s unlikely to get help from Italy’s inward-looking, migrant-bashing new rulers. As Giuseppe Conte is asked to form Italy’s next government, I walk out of a screening of Loro, the controversial portrayal of Silvio Berlusconi by Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino. With images of drug-fuelled sex parties still in my mind, the uproar that accompanies the announcement about Conte appears odd. Italy has endured more than 30 years of dreadful governments. For much of the last two decades the country was led by a convicted tax fraudster.…

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs caused temperatures to rise by 5°C. Earth stayed that hot for 100,000 years. That’s much hotter than expected, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the next few centuries. “The implication is that the amount of warming that we are likely to see is greater than current predictions,” says Ken MacLeod of the University of Missouri in Columbia. The asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago slammed into rocks rich in carbonates, releasing immense quantities of carbon…