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A former fishing village based in the Buhuka flats on the Uganda side of Lake Albert on the DRC border. Residents in the area say oil exploration has come with changes. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala, buliisa, kikuube) Thursday, September 21, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, BULIISA, KIKUUBE, Sep 21 (IPS) – French oil … Read more
Claudia Duarte Agostinho, a 24-year-old ER nurse from western Portugal, gets stressed thinking about the reality of climate change. “Right now … the big impact that it’s having on my life is the anxiety it gives me daily,” she tells Al Jazeera. She is leading a group of six young people in a landmark lawsuit … Read more
Mateusz Morawiecki’s remarks come as tensions escalate over Ukraine’s grain exports. #Poland #longer #supplying #weapons #Ukraine #grain #row
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Dressed in camouflage, the armed group moves silently to the doorway — before plunging through an apartment door and opening fire. Inside the abandoned building in central Taiwan, there are are only paper targets, and the weapons used are low-powered airguns that fire small pellets. This is the resistance, the civil defenders should Taiwan’s army be overwhelmed … Read more
Farmer Wilbert van der Post is worried that the Dutch government’s new nitrogen reduction rules will force him, a fourth-generation farmer, out of business. He plans to vote for the Farmer-Citizens Movement, known in the Netherlands by its acronym, BBB, on election day in November. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption toggle caption Rob Schmitz/NPR Farmer Wilbert … Read more
BEIJING — Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in China on Thursday on his first visit to the country since the start of Syria’s 12-year conflict during which Beijing has been one of his main backers. China’s foreign ministry said Assad would attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, an international sports event beginning Saturday … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with President Biden on Thursday in what would be the Ukrainian leader’s third visit to the White House. His packed schedule also includes meetings at Congress and at the Pentagon, while Biden seeks approval for an additional $24 billion in aid to Ukraine. The visit comes at a … Read more
A Swiss National Bank logo is pictured on the SNB building in Bern, Switzerland May 20, 2020. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters The Swiss National Bank ended its streak of five consecutive increases, keeping interest rates unchanged at its quarterly monetary policy meeting on Thursday. The bank, which began lifting rates out of negative territory in … Read more
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has revealed in a US television interview that his country is moving closer to normalizing relations with Israel. He also expressed concerns about Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, stating, “If they get one, we have to get one, for security reasons and the balance of power in … Read more