Chinese city hunts for dozens of crocodiles (www.dw.com)
Chinese media reported on Tuesday that more than 70 crocodiles had escaped after deluges in Guangdong province caused a lake at a crocodile farm to overflow....
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Chinese media reported on Tuesday that more than 70 crocodiles had escaped after deluges in Guangdong province caused a lake at a crocodile farm to overflow....
Russia needs soldiers, and its authorities are increasingly turning to migrants to fill the military’s ranks. Guest workers from Central Asian countries are often rounded up on the street, taken to recruitment offices and pressured into signing contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry. This process can involve threats and...
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The United States is to impose visa curbs on Chinese officials suspected of “forced assimilation” of Tibetan children at state-run schools, the US State Department said in a statement on Tuesday....
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Indigenous peoples around the world are defending their human rights and culture as well as nature and their homeland. Time and again, they are faced with massive repression, discrimination and racism. There are approximately half a billion Indigenous people worldwide....
At least 15 people were killed and dozens others injured when a train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said....
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, Moscow is forced to funnel more and more of its military and economic resources to its western border. In Tokyo, conservative voices are hinting that the war could give Japan a chance to take control of what the Japanese call the Northern Territories. The strategically located islands...
More than 900 migrants have drowned off Tunisia’s coast so far this year, the country’s Interior minister, Kamel Feki, said on Wednesday....
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that ties between the US and China are “on surer footing” as she concluded a 4-day visit to Beijing....
I’ve been reading similar head lines about this Paris summit for some days now. After reading this article it still doesn’t sound too special. Like it’s more problem oriented and has a bottom-up approach; so does anyone get what exaclty is " new " about it?
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A woman who gave an interview as part of a vox pop in Turkey about the ban on Instagram was subsequently arrested. The legal proceedings against her will have an impact on freedom of expression there in future....
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Following reports a new strain of mpox arriving in Sweden, the EU’s health agency has urged preparedness. The ECDC said new cases are “highly likely” but the risk remains “low.”...
A brand new China-backed international airport is getting ready to be inaugurated in Gwadar, a port city in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province....