The Daily Populous

Wednesday November 29th, 2017 night edition

image for China’s vow to shut down its ivory trade by the end of 2017 is a ‘game changer’ for elephants

“The large-scale trade of ivory now faces its twilight years, and the future is brighter for wild elephants.”.

China said it would begin phasing out the ivory trade in March and cease processing and trading completely by Dec. 31, 2017.

“This is great news that will shut down the world’s largest market for elephant ivory,” said Aili Kang, Asia director at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

There was also a realization that China’s key role in the illicit ivory trade was damaging its image in Africa.

China retains a small stock of legal ivory purchased in 2008, when international trade in it was allowed.

The announcement follows a pledge by Xi and President Obama in September 2015 to end the domestic trade in ivory in their respective countries.

Yao Ming aims to save Africa's elephants by persuading China to give up ivory]. »

Matt Lauer fired from NBC News after complaint about 'inappropriate sexual behavior'

Authored by money.cnn.com

Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News on Wednesday after an employee filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," the network announced.

In fewer than than 35 hours, NBC investigated and removed Mr. Lauer," Wilkenfeld said.

"Our impression at this point is that NBC acted quickly and responsibly, as all companies should when confronted with credible allegations about sexual misconduct in the workplace. »

The FCC is Lying When It Claims Net Neutrality Hurt Investment

Authored by dslreports.com

The FCC is Lying When It Claims Net Neutrality Hurt Investment.

As ISPs have poured millions of dollars into killing net neutrality protections, they have made one common refrain: that the FCC's fairly modest net neutrality rules somehow destroyed network investment in the United States.

In fact there's nearly a half-dozen different ISP executives on public record admitting to investors that this claim net neutrality hurt sector investment is false. »

Matt Lauer fired from NBC News after complaint about 'inappropriate sexual behavior'

Authored by money.cnn.com

Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News on Wednesday after an employee filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," the network announced.

"Our impression at this point is that NBC acted quickly and responsibly, as all companies should when confronted with credible allegations about sexual misconduct in the workplace.

Lauer is the latest high-profile man in media to be brought down by allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. »

Donald Trump retweets far-right group's anti-Muslim videos

Authored by bbc.co.uk

Donald Trump has retweeted three inflammatory videos from a British far-right group.

This was followed by two more videos of people Ms Fransen claims to be Muslim.

She posted on her account: "Donald Trump himself has retweeted these videos and has around 44 million followers!". »