The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Israel’s war on Gaza

11 October 2023, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: A Palestinian woman sits on the ruins of her destroyed home following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/picture alliance via Getty Images)

An estimated 75,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza with experts predicting it could take years to clear the debris amounting to more than 42 million tonnes, which is also rife with unexploded bombs.

#GazaGenocide #Gaza_Under_Attack #Israel #WarCriminals

Language, lack of money and fear are matters of life and death with Milton approaching Florida

Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor, washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms and working construction.

#HurricaneMilton #Florida #migrants #Hurricane

5 things to know about Mexico’s first female president

laudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, takes office on Tuesday as Mexico’s 66th president and its first female leader. Sheinbaum, who won the election in June in a landslide, assumes the presidency amid high expectations and enormous challenges, including endemic cartel violence and a large national deficit.

#Mexico #ClaudiaSheinbaum #ClaudiaPresidentaEspuria #Election2024

Our food system is broken and we only have 60 harvests left, researchers warn

Plant-based diets, compassionate agriculture, Indigenous methods, consumer pressure, new laws, international agreements and even vegan pets—these are the solutions for fixing our broken food and farming systems, say dozens of environmental advocates, researchers, farmers and industry pioneers in a new book.

#Vegan #Science #FoodSafety #farming


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