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Brazil 2017: environmental and indigenous rollbacks, rising violence
President Temer, pressed by the ruralist lobby, attacked indigenous and traditional land rights, conserved lands, and Amazon forests this year, and retreated from Brazil's Paris climate goal – analysis. ...[Read more]
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Emotional bond between humans and dogs dates back 14,000 years
Prehistoric people may well have had an emotional bond with domesticated dogs much earlier than we thought. Leiden Ph.D. candidate and vet Luc Janssens discovered that a dog found at the start of the last century in a grave dating back 14,000 years had be ...[Read more]
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More Americans now support a universal basic income
Political philosopher and economist Karl Widerquist remembers a poll from 10 years ago that showed just 12 percent of Americans approved of a universal basic income. That's changed — and quickly. Today, 48 percent of Americans support it, according t ...[Read more]
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Thousands of Israelis Take to the Streets Calling for Palestinian Genocide
Massive rallies calling for Palestinian genocide have been ignored entirely by social media and the corporate press. Earlier this year in April, a massive anti-Palestinian rally took place in Tel Aviv where thousands called for the death of all Arabs. The ...[Read more]
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Joe Biden’s Biggest 2020 Problem Is Joe Biden
Despite cultivating a populist image, the former vice president has spent his career championing policies favored by Republicans and the corporate elite. ...[Read more]
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New York City to Bury COVID-19 Victims in Mass Graves on Hart Island
Authorities in New York City, the epicentre of the current COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, will begin burying victims of the disease in mass graves on Hart Island in the Long Island Sound, a mayoral spokeswoman told The New York Post. "For decades ...[Read more]
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China ready to share moon rocks delivered by it probe, but US own restrictions might prevent it from getting any
China’s space agency has announced that it will share data and samples obtained from the moon by its Chang’e 5 probe under international conventions, although US restrictions could prevent them from receiving it. ...[Read more]
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Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer patient her life is ‘less valuable’
The former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption has been criticised for telling a woman with stage 4 cancer that her life was “less valuable” during a televised discussion of the costs of coronavirus lockdowns. Appearing on the BBC One show The Bi ...[Read more]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019: Protesters should ‘flood the Capitol’
In a video posted to social media months before announcing her congressional candidacy, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene called on supporters to "flood the Capitol Building" in a protest against "tyrannical" leaders, telling them that Democratic ...[Read more]
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Oakland, San Francisco residents unite against anti-Asian hate crimes
In the wake of a spike of violent attacks against Asian and Asian-American residents, many of them elderly, outraged citizens from all different backgrounds in U.S. cities Oakland and San Francisco have joined in solidarity over the past weekend. In San ...[Read more]
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Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 250,000
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll has passed a quarter of a million — the second-highest toll in the world after the United States, and about 10% of all coronavirus deaths worldwide. Brazil has vaccinated just 3.6% of its population after a disastrou ...[Read more]
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