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- Florida Judge Will Temporarily Block 15-Week Abortion Ban June 30, 2022The ban, passed by Republican lawmakers and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is scheduled to take effect on Friday.
- Columbia Won’t Participate in the Next U.S. News Rankings July 1, 2022The university, which had climbed to No. 2 in the influential rankings, said it needed more time to address questions about its data, which were raised by a Columbia math professor.
- ‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
- Wisconsin Court Validates a Republican Strategy to Preserve Power June 30, 2022The Senate’s method of keeping G.O.P. board members in office, by refusing to confirm replacements nominated by Gov. Tony Evers, was endorsed by a State Supreme Court ruling.
- Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 30, 2022Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
- A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
- Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
- Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.
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- Germany hands over two Benin bronzes to Nigeria July 1, 2022Two countries sign restitution agreement covering more than 1,000 items in German handsGermany has physically handed over two Benin bronzes and put more than 1,000 other items from its museums’ collections into the ownership of Nigeria, more than a century after they were looted by British soldiers from the once powerful kingdom in west Africa.The German for […]
- DRC buries independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s tooth, his only remains June 30, 2022Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC’s independenceThe family of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains – a tooth – in the capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.Hundreds gathered in […]
- ‘A bloodbath’: refugees reel from deadly Melilla mass crossing June 30, 2022Human rights groups say there have been no autopsies or identification of the 23 people killed trying to cross into SpainSeconds after Mohamed stepped on to Spanish soil, he turned around to see how his friends had fared along the metres-high chain link fence that slices off the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco.“It was horrible,” said the 20-year-old […]
- ‘It’s a sham’: Egypt accused of restricting protest in run-up to Cop27 June 29, 2022Climate activists say plight of jailed Alaa Abd El Fattah shows protesters’ voices will be ignored at Sharm el-Sheikh summitFive months before a pivotal UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners remains behind bars. Now on his 89th day of a hunger strike, Alaa Abd El Fattah is subsisting on just a hundred calorie […]
- Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought June 28, 2022Fossils from South African cave are 3.4 to 3.6m years old and walked the Earth at same time as east African relativesThe fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning they walked the Earth around the same time as their east African relatives like the famous “Lucy”, according to new research […]
- Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs June 28, 2022Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conferenceUN biodiversity negotiations have reached crisis point due to a lack of engagement from governments, leading NGOs have warned, three years after experts revealed that Earth’s life-support systems are collapsing.Last week, countries […]
- Peruvian firefighters contain blaze near Machu Picchu after three days July 1, 2022Forest fire broke out Tuesday and destroyed around 100 acres of land – the equivalent of about 50 football pitchesPeruvian authorities say firefighters have managed to control a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu after three days battling the flames.The blaze near one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites broke out on Tuesday, destroy […]
- ‘Talk with us, not for us’: fishing communities accuse UN of ignoring their voices July 1, 2022Developing countries’ delegates at UN conference seek recognition of small fisheries’ role in protecting oceans and fighting hungerSmall-scale fishermen and women from coastal nations in the frontline of the “ocean emergency” have accused world leaders and other decision-makers at the UN oceans conference of ignoring their voices in favour of corporate inter […]
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- Ukraine war: Russian missile strikes kill 20 in Odesa region - emergency service July 1, 2022The overnight strikes hit a residential building and a recreation centre in a village, officials say.
- Borsch soup in Ukraine added to Unesco endangered heritage list July 1, 2022While Ukraine considers the soup to be a national dish, Russia has repeatedly refuted the claim.
- Hong Kong: Xi Jinping defends China's rule at handover anniversary July 1, 2022Despite criticism, China's leader says the "one country two systems" model works and must continue.
- John Lee: Who is Hong Kong's new hardline pro-Beijing leader? July 1, 2022The ex-security chief was essentially handpicked by Beijing and is set to prioritise law enforcement.
- Brittney Griner: Detained US basketball star appears in Russian court on drug charges July 1, 2022If convicted on drugs charges Brittney Griner faces up to 10 years in prison.
- UK and New Zealand expand working holiday visas July 1, 2022The age limit for a visa to live and work in either country will go up to 35 under a new deal.
- Russia moves to take control of Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project July 1, 2022The Russian government moves to take over Sakhalin-2 in which Shell has a share of more than a quarter.
- South Sudan: Thousands facing starvation as food aid cuts hit July 1, 2022Some 60% of the country's population faces starvation amid food aid cuts, aid workers say.
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