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Published by Relaxnews By mel/jhb/md Territories in Brazil’s fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation than similar areas in which land tenure is weak or non-existent, researchers reported Thursday. Territories in Brazil’s fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation […]

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – American health authorities proposed a further easing on Friday of AIDS-era restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men. Under the current policy, gay and bisexual men, even those in monogamous relationships, must abstain from sex for three months to be eligible to donate blood. The new proposed

Published by AFP Memphis (AFP) – The southern US city of Memphis braced itself for unrest Friday as authorities prepared to release a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man by five police officers who, the victim’s mother said, “beat him to a pulp.” The police officers, who are also Black, were charged

Published by Relaxnews By Courtesy of DS Landschapsarchitecten Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first of its largest-ever bicycle parking complexes, built underwater in a pioneering engineering project. Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first

Published by BOOM Live By Hazel Gandhi A photo of Rahul Gandhi with UK’s former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn is being shared with a false claim that Gandhi was photographed with the producer of theBBC Documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, which criticises the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Published by Kyodo News A Japanese court on Friday ordered a high court judge to pay 440,000 yen ($3,300) in damages after posting messages on social media that the bereaved family of a high school girl murdered in Tokyo found offensive. Social media posts by Kiichi Okaguchi of the Sendai High Court were “thoughtless” and

Published by AFP Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian forces fired dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday in a blistering wave of strikes targeting energy infrastructure, a day after Germany and the United States pledged heavy tanks for Kyiv. The latest wave of attacks came as the Kremlin said Moscow perceived the tank deliveries “as

Published by uPolitics.com Former President Donald Trump mistook E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples in an October 2022 deposition from Carroll’s defamation case against him, according to newly released transcripts. Carroll brought the case after Trump denied her rape allegations under the Adult Survivors Act, which is a New York law that allows

Published by BOOM Live By BOOM Team Despite government criticism of the documentary, a number of student organisations have scheduled screenings of ‘India: The Modi Question’ on campuses across the country. The two-part documentary looks back at the 2002 Gujarat riots and claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the state’s chief minister at

Published by OK Magazine Though it’s been 17 years since Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump allegedly had an affair, the world is still fascinated by the incident — except the former stripper. “It’s exhausting and eye rolling, but it’s not surprising, especially since he’s still around. Every time he pops out, I wish he would