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- Pacers put on shooting show to down Knicks, reach NBA Eastern Conference finals
- US envoy touts 'potential' of Israel-Saudi deal in Netanyahu talks
- Dominicans vote for president in poll overshadowed by Haiti crisis
- Brest secure Champions League qualification, PSG win without Mbappe
- Mbappe absent as PSG win final Ligue 1 game
- Still exhausted after arrest, Scheffler closes with 64 at PGA
- Brest secure historic Champions League qualification
- France's Macron calls fresh emergency on New Caledonia unrest
- Taiwan swears in new president as China pressure grows
- Schauffele leads as dramatic PGA back-nine battle begins
- Biden faces silent Gaza protest at Martin Luther King Jr's college
- Ten Hag says Man Utd 'must do everything' to win FA Cup after Premier League flop
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- Pep Guardiola: Man City manager addicted to winning
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- Things get real as imaginary friend flick 'If' tops N.America box office
- Paris seeks to boost sluggish sales for Paralympic Games
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- Man City make case to be ranked as England's greatest-ever team
- Hamdy gives Zamalek second CAF Confederation Cup title
- Rome champion Zverev eyes French Open but wary of Djokovic 'at his best'
- Spain recalls its ambassador to Argentina over 'insult'
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- Man City's six Premier League titles in seven years 'insane': Guardiola
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- It may take 100 points to stop Man City, says Arsenal boss Arteta
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- Man City win historic fourth straight Premier League title
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- Arsenal's title dreams dashed despite last-day win over Everton
- Foden fires Man City to record fourth consecutive Premier League title
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Feiertag in Kenia zum Pflanzen von hundert Millionen Bäumen
Kenias Bevölkerung hat am Montag einen Feiertag bekommen, um im ganzen Land hundert Millionen Bäumen zu pflanzen. In der Hauptstadt Nairobi folgten hunderte Menschen trotz heftigen Regens dem Aufruf der Regierung. Sie habe bereits 50 Setzlinge eingepflanzt, sagte die Regierungsbeamtin Joan Kirika der Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Sie hoffe, dass die Menschen künftig auch freiwillig jedes Jahr einen Pflanztag einlegen werden.
Obwohl er sich gern als Vorreiter beim Klimaschutz präsentiert, hatte Präsident William Ruto im Juli die Aufhebung eines seit fast sechs Jahren geltenden Holzeinschlagverbots angekündigt. Zum Ausgleich will seine Regierung bis zum Jahr 2032 rund 15 Milliarden Bäume pflanzen. Ruto versicherte damals, eine kontrollierte Forstwirtschaft werde Arbeitsplätze schaffen und die Wirtschaft ankurbeln. Es sei "Wahnsinn", alte Bäume in den Wäldern verrotten zu lassen, während Sägewerke Holz importieren müssten.
Zwar blockierte ein Gericht im vergangenen Monat die Aufhebung des Rodungsverbots. Gleichzeitig aber erlaubte es die Abholzung von mehreren tausend Hektar altem Wald.
Kenias Vorgängerregierung hatte das Verbot im Jahr 2018 beschlossen, um die "zügellose" Abholzung einheimischer Bäume zu stoppen. Sie warnte damals, dass dem Land jährlich 5000 Hektar Wald verloren gingen.
O.Lorenz--BTB