Category: Climate
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison, where US criminals could be held El Salvador’s president has offered to incarcerate criminals deported from the U.S. at The Terrorism Confinement Center, a mega-prison intentionally isolated from urban areas that can accommodate up to 40,000 inmates. #ElSalvador #MegaPrison #TheTrumpadministration #ThisIsAmerica South Sudan to accept man deported from US in bid…
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No Other Land Director Hamdan Ballal Injured and Missing Following Attack “There were dozens of settlers together with the Israeli soldiers and they were threatening us with weapons. The police were there from the beginning and did not intervene. While the soldiers were pointing their weapons at us, the settlers started attacking the houses of the…
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South Sudan rejects claims UAE-built hospital supports RSF “Today marks a historic day for the people of Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State and the region,” Governor Mawut said. “This state-of-the-art medical facility could not have come at a better time. Our people face immense health challenges, particularly in light of the influx of refugees and returnees…
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CDC says it is monitoring mysterious deadly disease in Congo At least 1,318 people have exhibited symptoms of the mysterious malady and 53 people have died from the disease as of Feb. 25, the World Health Organization said Tuesday in its most recent update. On Feb. 27, the WHO reported that 60 people had died…
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Rio de Janeiro’s hottest day in at least a decade sends residents to the beach Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) on Monday as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off. #RiodeJaneiro #riocarnaval2025 #heatwave #ClimateCrisis Massive crowds mourn…
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The Power of Black Self-Defense in Lincoln Heights Black people in a small city showed the rest of the country the importance of organizing. They acted fearlessly in the face of open racism. They didn’t consult with elected officials or public intellectuals. They knew they were in danger if they didn’t act of their volition.…
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Trudeau says Trump is serious about wanting to annex Canada “Our American friends understand that they need Canada for their economic security, they need Canada for their energy security and they need Canada for their national security,” the industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, told AFP. #Trudeau #Trump #Canada #UnitedStatesOfAmerica Portugal’s approach to drug decriminalisation: A model…
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Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably This is all happening because everyone — every one — who was supposed to protect the American people from this failed in the most miserable, unforgivable ways. It was a catastrophic top-to-bottom failure that many millions of people at home and abroad will be living with,…
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Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a Gaza ceasefire Those of us who, day after dreadful day, have watched – bereft and helpless as a ruthless apartheid state has gone methodically about reducing Gaza to dust and memory – owe our deepest gratitude to the brave, determined helpers who have done…
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Los Angeles Fires: The Santa Ana Blowback of Capitalist Climate Change Neglect The incendiary cataclysms in Los Angeles, California remind us that the root cause of the climate crisis exacerbating the fires spreading throughout that city and surrounding areas is fossil fuel production emblematic of runaway capitalism fueled by white “supremacy” ideology, patriarchy, and colonization.…
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