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Activism
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Jair…
In 2020, destruction of the world’s largest rainforest rose 9.5 per cent from a year earlier to 11,088 square kilometres, according to data from Brazil’s national space research agency Inpe.…
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Analysis
We’ve mapped a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky…
Astronomers have mapped about a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves. Aidan Hotan…
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Africa
Burundian Refugees in Tanzania Face Increasing Danger
He chose Kigoma, a town in northwestern Tanzania near which about 154,000 Burundian nationals continue to seek protection from the previous administration’s… Mausi Segun HRW Many Burundians in the area probably…
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Portuguese Reports (Português)
Governo angolano “surpreso” com dívidas das missões diplomáticas
Aia-Eza da Silva respondia à preocupação colocada pela presidente da comissão de Relações Exteriores, Cooperação Internacional e Comunidades Angolanas da… Agência Lusa Deutsche Welle Segundo a secretária de Estado para…
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Australasia
I’ve never been more fearful for our children
One clear and present danger I see is the European Union’s application of its new European Electronic Communications Code, which will take effect later this year. Julie Inman Grant The…
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Analysis
3 ways to transform our ‘Soviet-style’ aged-care mess into a…
This is becoming increasingly clear. Authors The Conversation If the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety — whose… 3 ways to…
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Australasia
Australia’s world-first repository of ‘modern slavery statements’ a step in…
The Australian government has taken a step forward by just publishing the first batch of statements from Australian companies outlining their efforts to ensure their… Authors: The Conversation The reports are…
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Africa
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Mekelle hospital struggling after attack – Red…
The main hospital in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray is “dangerously low” on supplies as it treats the wounded from the fighting around the city, the Red…
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Europe
Pope installs new cardinals, including first African-American
Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals on Saturday – including the first African-American – putting his personal stamp on the body that will one day choose his successor. SBS News…
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Activism
Protests in Paris turn violent in wake of footage showing…
It came after masked protesters launched fireworks at police lines, put up barricades and threw stones. ABC News The interior ministry said there were 46,000 protesters in Paris… Protests in…
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Australasia
How the making of Brett Sutton got him through pandemic…
It was 10 days of grinding physical exercise as they traversed the top of the world. The trail ran through monkey and banana tree tangles, then rice fields, canyons and…
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Asia
Bail Not Jail Is The Governing Principle, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Friday asked courts across the country to enforce the principle of bail as a rule and jail as an exception while examining… Arpan Chaturvedi…