Category: Science
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate, research center says Environmental activists and organizations like the World Wildlife Fund warn that if the Amazon reaches a point of no return, the rainforest could become a dry savannah, no longer habitable for much of its wildlife. If this happens, instead of being a source of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
President Trump’s Comments About ‘The Squad’ Have Reinforced Racist and Inaccurate Posts About Them Online “This is the agenda of white nationalists, whether it is happening in chat rooms or it’s happening on national TV,” Omar said this week. “And now it’s reached the White House garden.” #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia#TheSquad ‘Die!’: Alleged arsonist turned a celebrated…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Anurag Bajpayee
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the inventor, entrepreneur, MIT grad, and CEO,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
China rebuked at UN over Uighur detention “We call on China to uphold its national laws and international obligations and to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion or belief in Xinjiang and across China,” the letter said. #China#UnitedNations#Uighur Britain says Iranian vessels tried to block tanker in Gulf In recent days, Iran had summoned…
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Supreme Court Green-Lights Gerrymandering and Blocks Census Citizenship Question In a pair of decisions with vast implications for the American political landscape, the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a victory to Republicans by ruling that federal courts are powerless to hear challenges to extreme partisan gerrymandering but gave a reprieve to Democrats by delaying the Trump administration’s efforts to…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
10 VERY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 10 VERY DIFFERENT RULES FOR LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS Around the world, LGBTQ+ rights are in flux, yet “what we are seeing in the world is, undoubtedly, momentum towards equality,” says Jean Freedberg, the Human Rights Campaign’s Director of Global Partnerships. To be clear, there’s still a lot of work to do to achieve that…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Massive protests draw apology from Hong Kong leadership Hong Kong citizens marched for hours Sunday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony. #HongKong #China #Protest #Revolution Golan Heights: Israel unveils ‘Trump Heights’…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
London bus attack: Arrests after gay couple who refused to kiss beaten Speaking about the attack, which happened in the early hours of 30 May, Ms Geymonat told BBC Radio 4’s World at One she had previously experienced “a lot of verbal violence”. But she said she had never before been physically attacked because of her sexuality.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World’s Worst Measles Outbreaks “Over the last three months, health workers in the Philippines have vaccinated 5.5 million people against measles. The government hopes to inoculate a total of 20 million — one fifth of the population — by the end of September.” #Philippines #Measles #Vaccines THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Bollywood and the politics of hate If Bollywood does not stop and reconsider, it risks not only losing whatever creative independence it has so far enjoyed, but also going down in history as an industry that displayed remarkable sycophancy and cowardice in supporting a destructive ideology. #Bollywood #India #Politics #Election2019 Wall Street slides as U.S.-China trade fears…
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