Category: Climate
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Queen’s death intensifies criticism of British empire’s violent atrocities The death of Queen Elizabeth II revived longstanding criticism in the US over the monarchy’s enrichment from the British empire’s violent colonization of African, Asian and Caribbean nations and their diasporas. #TheQueen #colonialism #imperialism #britishempire Tropical Storm Kay dumps rain on Mexico’s Baja peninsula Hurricane Kay made landfall on a sparsely…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
China issues alert as drought and heatwave put crops at risk “It’s signalling to markets, anyone with the jitters, or thinking of stocking up on food, that: hey everybody is mobilised and we’re going to do everything we can,” said Pay. “It’s also signalling to local province and county level governments that they need to…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
After ceasefire, battered Palestinians recall Israeli ‘massacre’ “I was a mother of four children. Today my children have become three in the blink of an eye. My son was very obedient, kind-hearted and excelled in his studies despite our difficult circumstances,” she said. “Why are we in Gaza exposed to all this? We can lose…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
China cuts off vital U.S. contacts over Pelosi Taiwan visit Pelosi’s visit has stirred emotions among the Chinese public, and the government’s response “makes us feel our motherland is very powerful and gives us confidence that the return of Taiwan is the irresistible trend,” said Wang Lu, a tourist from neighboring Zhejiang province. #China #unitedstates #Trade #taiwan When…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Locals f–king hate you. Leave’: Mexicans say American residents are a ‘plague’ Americans can come here, and they can afford everything and live like kings and queens,” Dan Defossey, a business owner in Mexico City told the LA Times. “Mexico is not cheap for Mexicans.” #Mexico #UnitedStates #gentrification #economics Tunisia’s president handed unchecked power with new constitution Adel,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Heat waves around the world are connected, scientists say Those topsy turvy undulations helped to cause both the 115-degree high temperature in Mangum, Oklahoma, on Tuesday and the U.K.’s breaking of its all-time record high temperature, with 104.36°F recorded in Coningsby, England, the same day, scientists tell Axios. #heatwave #Europe #unitedstates #climatechange Lula da Silva confirmed as Brazil party’s…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Record-breaking heat wave sprawls across US Triple-digit temperatures, while not unusual in the U.S. Southwest, are arriving earlier and more often in the summer season due to climate change. Worse, above-average temperatures are sticking around through the night — another consequence, climate studies show, of planetary warming. In the areas where officials issued excessive heat warnings this weekend,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Summit of the Americas highlights US disconnect with Latin America Fourteen leaders of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), followed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Bolivian Luis Arce and Honduran Xiomara Castro, announced that they would not participate if Washington persisted in its drive to exclude other nations. #SummitoftheAmericas #Presidente #LatinAmerica #Politics 1 Killed, 30 Injured As Car…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Uvalde Police Didn’t Move to Save Lives Because That’s Not What Police Do THOSE OF US who have been calling for the defunding of police departments — indeed for police abolition in favor of real, collective public safety practices — have been treated by Democratic and Republican leaders and commentators alike as fanatical #massshooting #DefundThePolice #Texas Colombia presidential election: Leftist Petro and…
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Reflections on the Empire: Part III
New World Order If you watch the mainstream media in the United States, the average citizen would be blissfully unaware of the sea change in geopolitics happening thanks to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The global south has refused to condemn Russian actions against the nation of Ukraine. I deep dove into Europe’s latest war in…
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