Another 200 species went extinct today. They were my kin. They were yours, too. - Lierre Keith

CLIMATE CHANGE

TH25I: International Climate Science in the Next Decade: A Vision from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) 

Trump sparks clearing-versus-climate debate as California wildfire deaths set record

Wildfires Are Getting More Frequent and More Destructive. There Are No Easy Ways to Prevent Them

The plastics conspiracy: who is to blame for the waste crisis?

ACTIVISTS

ICAN at the 2nd World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace

THESE ACTIVISTS BLOCKED MIGRANT DEPORTATIONS. NOW THEY FACE LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN THE U.K.

“IT’S KILLING THE STUDENT MOVEMENT”: CANARY MISSION’S BLACKLIST OF PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVISTS IS TAKING A TOLL

The Queer Movement Changing Hearts on Christian Campuses

DeVos: Technology enables educators to 'rethink' school

Buckle Up, Betsy DeVos: Democrats Have Won the House

MARIJUANA

Marijuana stores are open in Mass. Now what?

How To Get a Medical Marijuana Card in California

The Myth of Social Costs Associated with Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana menus, explained

NATURE & OUTDOORS

This legless insect can jump 30 times its body length

Mysterious Amazon Animal Seen for First Time in 80 Years

Gray Seal Numbers Are Rebounding After Near Extinction

Birdwatching with Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't the only danger to birds'

READ

The Last Airship (Sam Reilly Book 1) FICTION

India: A History

Left of Boom: How a Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda

The Complete Ellery Queen Jr. Mysteries FICTION

CANADA

Nine Ways Canadian Teachers Support English-Learners

A Syrian Man Marooned for Months in a Malaysian Airport Has Been Granted Asylum in Canada

Romaine makes more Canadians ill as government says this is not going to be easy

Eritrean Refugees See First Snow In Canada – And It Will Melt Your Heart

MALI

Mali's central region faces unprecedented violence: Report

Mali to get CFA 93 bln loan from China for Digital 2020 programme

Mali: Out Looking For A Fight

Mali jihadists block schooling for 2000 children

CARIBBEAN

Caribbean countries must stop shooting themselves in the foot over climate change, says former St Lucia minister

Caribbean consumers warned over E. coli infections from romaine lettuce

Caribbean Airlines to renew fleet with more efficient and longer-range B-737 MAX 8

Commentary: Coping with the OECD reality

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS

Male charged with firearm possession

Trade Unions can now be registered in TCI, registrar appointed

Turks and Caicos premier blamed for unsafe condition of parliament building

Commentary: Primary education in the Turks and Caicos Islands

BRAZIL

Thousands of Cuban doctors leave Brazil after Bolsonaro's win

The subtle field and political action

Federal Police again arrest JBS shareholder Joesley Batista in Operation Carwash

Brazil's new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot

THE PHILIPPINES

Duterte says he will 'wipe out' Parojinog clan of Ozamiz City

3 cops guilty of Kian delos Santos murder

‘5 millions Filipinos still involved in illegal drugs’

Philippine editor accuses Duterte of 'weaponising' rule of law

CHINA

China’s giant transmission grid could be the key to cutting climate emissions 

HOW CHINA PLANS TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF SKIERS WORLDWIDE

China Speeding Up Large-Scale Military Buildup

AFGHANISTAN

Bombs Dropped On Afghanistan: Numbers Rising

Afghan presidential election may be postponed: officials

Afghan wrestling coach re-opens gym despite losing arm in Isis attack

Afghanistan’s Rivers Could Be India’s Next Weapon Against Pakistan

INDIA

THIS TERRIFYING INDIAN GANG STRANGLED 105 PEOPLE IN ONE WINTER

Narlai Stepwell

US tourist killed by reclusive tribe on illegal visit to isolated Indian island

#MeToo Reshapes India's Workplace

EUROPE

HOW DRONES HELP FIGHT EASTERN EUROPEAN CORRUPTION

Interpol elects South Korean as president over Russian rival

CAN THE EU SURVIVE WITHOUT SWISS CHOCOLATE?

EU tussles over emissions rules loophole favoring smaller carmakers

ITALY

Palestinian arrested in Italy for planning chemical attack

Italy’s politics gives new life to anti-abortion campaign

Boy, 4, fined for riding electric scooter near St Mark's Square in Venice

Italian journalists respond with fury to M5S's 'whores' insult

GERMANY

Experts gather at BfR to discuss viruses and antimicrobial resistance

CDU targets financing of German environmental aid

WATCH: Israeli journalist in Germany harassed for ‘reporting in Hebrew’

Staunch EU critic Yanis Varoufakis to run in European election — in Germany

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