Category: Animal
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Suspect dead after 8 children killed, 2 women wounded in Louisiana shooting A man in Louisiana killed eight children Sunday in a shooting that authorities described as a domestic violence incident and was later killed by police after he fled in a carjacked vehicle, officials said. #Louisiana #MassShootings #Gunviolence #UnitedStates Chernobyl: Humans, Not Nature, Pose…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Beirut is bursting as over 1 million people flee Israeli strikes and evacuation orders The government has converted hundreds of public schools into shelters and pitched tents for displaced families beneath the bleachers of the city’s main sports stadium. Charities have scrambled to help, with one refashioning an abandoned slaughterhouse destroyed in Beirut’s 2020 port explosion into…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Hunger, death, devastation: No respite in Tigray a year after US aid cuts “As aid actors scale back or suspend activities in the region due to funding constraints, the most vulnerable are experiencing reduced access to medical care, water and sanitation services … while overall humanitarian needs continue to exceed the collective capacity.” #Ethiopia #War…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’ Keith Porter Jr, a 43-year-old father of two, was fatally shot by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve outside his apartment complex, according to LA and federal officials. An LA police department (LAPD) spokesperson said after the incident that Porter…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Israel could be bringing back the death penalty — but only for Palestinians Civil liberty advocates and human rights groups have eviscerated the proposed legislation, calling it deeply racist. And some fear its provisions could be made retroactive to cover Palestinian prisoners — an estimated 9,000 people, according to Palestinian prisoners’ groups — already in…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Women protest gender-based violence across Brazil following shocking cases “We’re seeing an increase in numbers but also in the intensity and cruelty of violence,” said Juliana Martins, an expert in gender-based violence and institutional relations manager at the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety. #Brazil #Femicide #womensrights #Sexism Mental health crisis reaches new lows for French…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Brazil and Peru are failing uncontacted peoples – and the Amazon’s future is at stake Indigenous peoples have resisted this hypocrisy because, for us, these forests are life itself. Many of our people have died in this struggle but we’ll keep fighting. We call on the Brazilian and Peruvian governments to stop playing both sides,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Global life expectancy climbs, but preventable deaths remain high Adolescents and young adults are facing risks that earlier generations escaped. In North America and Latin America, deaths among people aged 20 to 39 are increasing. Drugs, alcohol, and suicide are taking more lives each year. Sub-Saharan Africa faces a different struggle, where infectious diseases and unintentional…

