The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Amnesty Confirms What It’s Plain to See: Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Continues

“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal. But while Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over.”

#GazaGenocide‌ #FreeGaza #IsraeliOccupation

Many hoped U.N. climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop

BELEM, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 3: The COP30 logo at the central building is seen ahead of the COP30 Brazil Amazonia 2025 on November 3, 2025 in Belem, Brazil. The Conference of the Parties (COP) meets annually to discuss and negotiate on climate change. Brazil will host the climate summit on November 6 and 7 and the 30th COP meeting between November 10 and 21 in Belem. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

A few days before the talks concluded, there were signs that even Lula, arguably Brazil’s most dominating political figure of the last 25 years, was tempering his expectations. In a speech Wednesday night, he made the case that climate change was an urgent threat that all people needed to pay attention to. But he was also careful to say that nations should be able to transition to renewable energies at their own pace, in line with their own capacities, and there was no intention to “impose anything on anybody.”

#ClimateEmergency #COP30 #Brazil #SouthAmerica

Pakistan’s population crisis: Nation expanding faster than survival capacity

Sea view Beach Karachi at sunset.

Data compiled by research organisation Population Council, UK Aid and the United Nations Population Fund shows the average annual growth rate — based on data from 2017 to 2023 — is 2.55 per cent, resulting in the population of 241.5 million, making Pakistan the fifth most populous country in the world.

The consequences of this growth are visible across every sector, such as malnutrition and a demand for jobs, infrastructure and healthcare that cannot be kept up with

#PakistanUpdates #Pakistan #Growth #punjabi

Humans Are Evolving in Front of Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau

That’s natural selection at work, and it can be a bit strange and counterintuitive; in places where malaria is common, for example, the incidence of sickle cell anemia is high, because it involves a gene that protects against malaria.

#Tibet #humanity #Science #evolution


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