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- www.theguardian.com Israel imposing apartheid on Palestinians, says former Mossad chief
Tamir Pardo comments, slammed by ruling Likud party, carry weight because of high regard for intelligence agency in Israel
- www.kyivpost.com Ukraine Issues Warning to Moscow Residents: ‘Expect More, Daily Attacks’
After another drone attack on Russia’s capital this morning, Ukrainian military intelligence told Kyiv Post there is a “certain justice” in how Moscow’s residents are feeling.
- www.livescience.com Mars is spinning faster, and scientists aren't sure why
Data from NASA's InSight mission shows that Mars's rotation is speeding up and its days are growing slightly shorter. Scientists have a few ideas why.
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Biden Just Made Land Around the Grand Canyon a National Monument—Blocking New Uranium Mining There - Native American tribes had been pushing for the designation for decades
www.motherjones.com Biden just made land around the Grand Canyon a national monument—blocking new uranium mining thereNative American tribes had been pushing for the designation for decades.
- www.businessinsider.com After watching Ukraine track down and kill Russian military commanders, the US and its allies are training to avoid the same fate
Command posts with "large and static footprints can be targeted and destroyed within minutes," an Australian army officer said in July.
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A rift is growing between Xi and Putin after Russia mocked a Ukraine peace plan backed by China
China has been Russia's most important backer amid the war in Ukraine, but it's growing increasingly frustrated with Russia's leadership.
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Explosion rocks plant near Moscow: evacuation ongoing
www.pravda.com.ua Factory warehouse containing pyrotechnics explodes near Moscow: dozens injuredAn explosion has rocked an optical-mechanical plant producing observation devices and sights in Moscow Oblast.
- www.ukrinform.net Ukrainian official: Russia is sponsor of global neo-Nazism and must be demilitarized
Russia is currently the only sponsor of global neo-Nazism and it must be demilitarized. — Ukrinform.
- www.businessinsider.com Zelenskyy warned Russia that it may be left with no ships if it continues to attack Ukraine's ports
Zelenskyy gave a warning to the Russian Navy after Ukrainian sea drones made some bruising strikes against Russian shipping in the Black Sea.
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China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's
www.businessinsider.com China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's, research firm saysOne study says that, by the 2050s, China could be losing an average of 12 million working-age adults each year.
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Study: Protecting marine life is a big benefit to local communities, too - Led by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the study used data from the Healthy Reef Initiative and USAID to an...
news.mongabay.com Study: Protecting marine life is a big benefit to local communities, tooLess than 3% of the world’s oceans are currently protected. Conservationists say that figure needs to hit 30% to prevent major diversity loss and climate change. But marine conservation can be tricky: local and Indigenous communities often rely on fishing for their livelihood, and blocking off certa...
- www.businessinsider.com Russia rejects peace agreement, insisting its war in Ukraine will rage on 'for the foreseeable future'
"There are currently no grounds for an agreement," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said of Russia's war in Ukraine.
- www.alaskasnewssource.com U.S. Navy destroyers dispatched to Aleutians after Chinese, Russian vessels spotted nearby
Speaking by phone on Saturday, Senator Dan Sullivan confirmed the event happened “within the last few days”, and that while the military response was robust — four naval destroyers were dispatched to the ships’ location — it was also uncommon.
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Brazil to Launch Green Transition Plan Worth Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
www.senecaesg.com Brazil to Launch Green Transition Plan Worth Hundreds of Billions of Dollars - Seneca ESGBrazil is gearing up to unveil an ambitious green transition plan that will involve significant investments from both the public and private sectors, totaling hundreds of billions of dollars, as reported by the Financial Times on July 27. The plan, which is set to be...
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Air-raid warning was announced all over Ukraine due to launch of missiles including cruise missiles from belarus
www.pravda.com.ua Air-raid warning was announced all over Ukraine due to launch of missilesOn Saturday evening, an air-raid warning was announced throughout the territory of Ukraine due to the launch of cruise missiles and later - Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles.
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Judge gives opioid addict in his courtroom one more chance to get clean before sending her to prison. Years later, she returns to the judge's courtroom clean, with an Ivy League law degree, to defe...
www.fox9.com From jail to practicing law, Minnesota attorney scores big winThe life of Sarah Gad could have been defined by drug addiction and prison. Instead, Gad chose to give herself a chance and go to law school. Now, in her new life, she has been helping others find their path to success.
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Lithuania has declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security and said it is stripping them of their permanent residency permits
abcnews.go.com Lithuania declares more than 1,000 Belarusians and Russians to be national security risksLithuania has declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security and said it is stripping them of their permanent residency permits
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How seed networks across Brazil are helping to restore biomes - Seed networks are community organizations that have multiplied in the last decade in different Brazilian biomes to collect, trade and...
news.mongabay.com How seed networks across Brazil are helping to restore biomesIn the Chapada dos Veadeiros area, in Goiás state — 230 kilometers (143 miles) from Brasília — members of seed networks from several parts of Brazil met for almost a week in early June. Together with environmental organizations, researchers and government officials, they participated in discussions ...
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Having nearly tripled its tiger population since 2010, Nepal is now shifting its focus to improving habitat connectivity and coexistence with humans.
news.mongabay.com Nepal won’t set fresh tiger number goal, to focus on coexistence, connectivityKATHMANDU — After nearly tripling its population of tigers in just 12 years, Nepal’s conservation authorities have decided to now focus on improving human-tiger coexistence and shoring up the big cat’s connectivity between different habitats across the country. The National Tiger Conservation Action...
- www.theguardian.com Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister
Marina Silva welcomes progress but says climate crisis means upcoming regional summit needs to produce real action
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World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitat - The Norwegian state pension fund has recommended excluding a major Chinese hydropower developer from further investment...
news.mongabay.com World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitatJAKARTA — Major investors continue to sour on a hydropower project being built in an orangutan habitat in Indonesia, with the powerful Norwegian state pension fund the latest to call for cutting ties. On July 6, the fund, the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, with $1.4 trillion in assets, ...
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Indonesian oil palm firm charged with $61m fine for fires on its plantation - To date, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment has filed lawsuits against 22 companies for fires on their concessions,...
news.mongabay.com Indonesian oil palm firm slapped with $61m fine for fires on its plantationJAKARTA — Indonesia’s highest court has upheld a $61 million fine against an oil palm company over massive fires on its plantation that razed an area seven times the size of New York City’s Central Park. On July 3, the Indonesian Supreme Court ordered plantation company PT Rafi Kamajaya Abadi (RKA) ...
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Women in Kenya’s Kilifi County are planting trees from which to produce herbal medicines and supplements; they say their efforts help protect local forests.
news.mongabay.com Forests & finance: Fears for forests in Angola, flashes of hope from Kenya & GhanaGhanaian researchers diligently working to save two endangered tree species Ghanaian scientists are cultivating seedlings of two critically endangered tree species while searching forests across the country for surviving Talbotiella gentii and Aubregrinia taiensis in the wild. T. gentii, an evergree...
- www.justice.gov Two U.S. Navy Servicemembers Arrested for Transmitting Military Information to the People’s Republic of China
In two separate cases in the Southern and Central Districts of California, two U.S. Navy servicemembers were arrested for transmitting sensitive military information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
- www.thedailybeast.com 40 Norwegian Reindeer Accused of $4M in Damage to Russia
The deer crossed a frozen river into Russia’s Murmansk region late last year in what one Russian nature reserve called a show of “arrogance.”
- www.pv-magazine.com India hits 70 GW solar milestone
India's cumulative solar capacity reached 70.10 GW on June 30. The states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Karnataka accounted for more than 50% of the total.
- innovationorigins.com Cancer pill AOH1996 shows promise in annihilating all solid tumours
If approved, AOH1996 could be used in combination with existing therapies to both enhance cancer-killing effects and decrease side effects
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In Zambia, small-scale farmers are planting more resilient "orange maize" to help deal with climate impacts
www.care.org Weathering the climate crisis in ZambiaThe climate crisis is causing severe droughts and flash floods in Zambia, devastating the country's agriculture sector. CARE is implementing sustainable solutions to combat these challenges, providing drought-resistant seeds and launching agricultural resiliency projects. Despite these efforts, the ...
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Houston-area school district announces free breakfast and lunch for students
All students at Pasadena ISD schools will get free breakfast and lunch for the entire year, starting on the very first day of school.
- abcnews.go.com US economic growth accelerated in 2nd quarter, exceeding expectations and quieting recession fears
A cooldown of inflation and a solid jobs market have fueled growing optimism.
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She's 15 years old and just swam 28.5 miles AROUND Manhattan for cancer.
abc7ny.com 15-year-old girl swims 28.5 miles around Manhattan to raise money for cancer researchSwimming the extra mile: Maya Merhige took almost 9 hours to complete the 20 Bridges Swim in Manhattan -- all to help raise money for cancer research.
Young teen girl swims in Manhattan waters, raising money for cancer research, one of the youngest swimmers to complete marathon across the Manhattan
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Predicting earthquakes is currently impossible. GPS data could help change that - GPS data can track slight tremors underground that could help predict earthquakes two hours in advance.
www.livescience.com Predicting earthquakes is currently impossible. GPS data could help change thatGPS data can track slight tremors underground that could help predict earthquakes two hours in advance.
- www.bbc.com Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years
Banned for a century because of filthy water, bathing is to resume in parts of the river.
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The longest-living animals on Earth - They can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
www.livescience.com The longest-living animals on EarthThe longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.
The longest living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest living animals in the world.
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Study finds that Fungi could be crucial in storing emissions and lessening climate change
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Scientists may have found the missing link between heart disease and sleep problems - A new study suggests sleep problems often experienced by people with heart disease may be caused by damage to a...
www.livescience.com Scientists may have found the missing link between heart disease and sleep problemsA new study suggests sleep problems often experienced by people with heart disease may be caused by damage to a group of nerves that regulate both the heart and the brain.
- www.reuters.com Canada releases framework to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies
Canada is the first G20 country to deliver on a 2009 commitment to rationalise and phase out government support for the sector.