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Anti-Putin Protests

‘An Exorcism Must Be Done’: An Anti-Putin Shaman Sets Off Unrest

She began reading the opposition leader Alexei Navalnys blog, which spotlights corruption in Russias ruling elite. She did not attend the rallies in Ulan-Ude, but is starting to think she needs to take responsibility for her countrys future. I understand tha…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Orangutan

Indonesia starving pregnant orangutan extinction palm oil boon mee

Even as people are becoming more and more aware of the harms of deforestation, authorities in power appear to be unbothered by its adverse effects on the environment and the wildlife. A giant rainforest was razed to the ground within days, in Indonesia, and…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey’s preparations for Syria operation continuing: defense minister/NTV

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s preparations and deployments for its planned military offensive in northeastern Syria are continuing, broadcaster NTV cited Defence Minister Hulusi Akar as saying on Wednesday. Earlier, an aide to President Tayyip Erdogan said …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Hrant Dink

Donald Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Could ‘Undo Five Years’ Worth of Fighting Against ISIS,’ Retired General Warns

Retired General Joseph Votel has hit out at President Donald Trump's erratic strategy in Syria, with the four-star general arguing in a new op-ed that the White House's conduct threatens to further destabilize the Middle East and undermine America's relations…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Yellow Vests

Hamilton is getting a reputation for hate, and critics say the city hasn’t done enough to fight it

It's a bright Saturday morning on the Hamilton city hall forecourt, and the crowd is split down the middle. Members of the yellow vest movement and far-right groups stand on one side. Rainbow flag wavers with signs displaying slogans like "Diversity is streng…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Neymar

Euro Papers: Pogba won’t sign Utd deal

Our friends at Football Whispers are here to round up all the latest news, views and gossip from across Europe. Italy Paul Pogba will not renew his contract at Manchester United. The midfielder's current deal expires in 2021 and he is prepared to force a mo…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Migrant boat plan fails to muster much support among EU states

A draft plan agreed some two weeks ago to distribute rescued migrants at sea failed to muster much support among EU states at a meeting of interior ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday (8 October).France, Germany, Italy and Malta had in late September put forwa…

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Panda

China says Thailand’s panda died from heart attack

A giant panda whose sudden death in Thailand sparked outrage in China last month died from a heart attack, according to a Chinese government agency. China dispatched a team of experts to Thailand after 19-year-old Chuang Chuang died at the Chiang Mai Zoo on …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Climate Change

Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youth Activists’ Climate Change Lawsuit

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. Twelve Alaska youths in 2017 sued the state, claiming …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

Water Pollution

Iraq’s uprising an open crisis with no known path forward

Iraq has been plunged into a new cycle of instability that potentially could be the most dangerous this conflict-scarred nation has faced, barely two years after declaring victory over Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS) in a war that left much …

bubmagOctober 9, 2019

‘An Exorcism Must Be Done’: An Anti-Putin Shaman Sets Off Unrest

Indonesia starving pregnant orangutan extinction palm oil boon mee

Turkey’s preparations for Syria operation continuing: defense minister/NTV

Donald Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Could ‘Undo Five Years’ Worth of Fighting Against ISIS,’ Retired General Warns

Hamilton is getting a reputation for hate, and critics say the city hasn’t done enough to fight it

Euro Papers: Pogba won’t sign Utd deal

Migrant boat plan fails to muster much support among EU states

China says Thailand’s panda died from heart attack

Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youth Activists’ Climate Change Lawsuit

Iraq’s uprising an open crisis with no known path forward

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