Fri 01 September 2023: Officials in Argentina announced Tuesday that scores of sea lions had died from bird flu, as an unprecedented global outbreak continues to kill wildlife, prompting fears that it could spread more easily among humans. Animal health authorities have recently reported dead sea lions in several locations along Argentina’s extensive Atlantic coast, […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: A First Nation has found 79 suspected child grave sites and 14 potential infant grave sites at a former residential school in Saskatchewan, Canada, CTV News reported Tuesday. “This is not a final number. It breaks my heart that there are likely more,” English River First Nation chief Jenny Wolverine was […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: Nearly one-third of Germans share populist right-wing views, according to a new study published on Tuesday. The representative study revealed that conspiracy theories and far-right narratives were endorsed by larger groups in society. Some “7% of Germans have a very strong attachment to right-wing populism, and 11% of them have a […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: Washington, DC – X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has lifted a ban on political advertising, though it says it will still prohibit the promotion of false information. The move comes as the 2024 election campaign season in the United States kicks off. In a blog post on Tuesday, X laid out its […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: Pope Francis, announcing that he will issue a new document on the protection of nature, said on Wednesday he was doing so because a “terrible world war” against the environment was taking place. Speaking at his weekly general audience, Francis said the document, a followup to his landmark 2015 encyclical “Laudato […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! Stargazers are in for a double treat this week: a blue supermoon with Saturn peeking from behind. Here is what to know about this rare celestial event: What is a blue supermoon? The term “supermoon” was coined in 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle to […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that the world with its different blocs and powers “will not be the same after the expansion of the BRICS group” during the recent South African summit. President da Silva, otherwise known simply as Lula, made his comment in a weekly video […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Belgium has suspended receiving single, male asylum seekers, media reports said Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Migration and Asylum Minister, Nicole de Moor, confirmed media reports that Fedasil, the agency that manages asylum reception sites, has been instructed to stop giving single men access to asylum reception and she said the focus would […]
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a new NYPD initiative to support and facilitate the Islamic call to public prayer at regularly prescribed times each Friday and during the holy month of Ramadan, at City Hall on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Wed 30 August 2023: Mayor Eric Adams announced […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Experts say impasse over contentious Canadian law should make media outlets rethink reliance on social media platforms. As fires raged in Canada’s vast Northwest Territories earlier this month, officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people before the flames could reach the capital of Yellowknife. A citywide evacuation deadline loomed and ensuring […]
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