Amazon countries sign rainforest pact to save it

[ad_1] “The Amazon is our passport to a new relationship with the world, a more symmetrical relationship in which our resources will not be exploited for the benefit of a few, but valued and placed at the service of all,” Lula said in a speech at the meeting. Deforestation rates have dropped by 42 per cent during Lula’s tenure. Preliminary satellite imaging The agreement sets the groundwork for coordination between the Amazon basin’s eight countries…

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An unsolvable paradox? Why Spain breaks job market records but tops EU’s unemployment

[ad_1] Is Spain ‘doomed’ to unemployment? Although its job market has been breaking new records with the number of unemployed at a 15-year low, it still tops EU’s unemployment rate. After being unhappy with his job for months, Francisco Gómez, 36, received a letter of dismissal. He had been working in Barcelona as a lawyer since 2018. Gómez had asked for a promotion that stalled due to a change in management. He did not agree…

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Here’s Everything of IT Chapter 3: The Haunting Continuum

[ad_1] In the shadowed corridors of horror, where reality intertwines with the ethereal, a familiar malevolence stirs once again. “IT Chapter 3” emerges as a haunting continuation of Stephen King’s timeless narrative, beckoning audiences to traverse the boundary between the tangible and the phantasmal. As the saga deepens, the town of Derry finds itself ensnared in a sinister dance with its darkest secrets, while a resolute group of individuals grapples with the interplay of terror…

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Ukrainians Shun a Church Seen as a Kremlin Tool

[ad_1] For two decades, Ilya Solkan served as the parish priest in a tiny Ukrainian village outside the capital, Kyiv. He baptized babies, blessed marriages and conducted funerals. The Orthodox church stood at the heart of the village and Mr. Solkan was central to its life. “Being a priest is my God-given calling,” he said in an interview at his house in the village of Blystavytsya, describing the church as his “second home.” Today, he…

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Haiti: American nurse, her daughter kidnapped

[ad_1] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Chants of “freedom” echoed through the streets outside an aid facility in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday where just days earlier an American nurse and her daughter were kidnapped by armed men. Hundreds of Haitians marched through the gang-ravaged zone, bursting with anger at the abduction, which has become a symbol of the worsening violence plaguing the Caribbean nation. New Hampshire woman Alix Dorsainvil had been working as a community nurse…

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Putin says there can be no peace while Ukraine is attacking Russia | World | News

[ad_1] Vladimir Putin has not ruled out peace talks – but says there can be no ceasefire while Russia is under attack from Ukraine. The Russian president made the comments to journalists after meeting African leaders in St Petersburg. He said Moscow has not rejected talks on Ukraine – and an African peace initiative, or one from China, could be a basis for peace. However, Putin said that elements of these initiatives “are difficult or…

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What Comes Next for Israel Amid Judicial-Reform Crisis

[ad_1] For decades, the threats that defined Israel arrived from without, and produced a basic cohesion. On security, Jewish Israelis spoke as one, historically giving the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) approval ratings near 90%. But the paroxysm convulsing the country in its 75th year is wholly internal. The current crisis rises not from any Arab neighbor—several of which now enjoy cordial relations with the Jewish state—but over how Jewish Israelis choose to live. The question…

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Russia raises maximum age for military conscription to 30

[ad_1] Russia’s lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to raise the maximum age at which men can be conscripted to 30 years from 27, increasing the number of young men liable for a year of compulsory military service at any one time. Last year, Russia announced a plan to boost its professional and conscripted combat personnel by more than 30 per cent to 1.5 million, an ambitious task made harder by its heavy but…

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How growing cities and Latino clout turned New Mexico blue

[ad_1] ALBUQUERQUE —  For five long weeks, the White House hung in the balance as one of the closest, most wrenching presidential campaigns in history went deep into overtime. It all came down to Florida, where Republican George W. Bush was finally declared the winner, by Supreme Court decree. The official margin was 537 votes. But in 2000, one state was even closer. Lost amid Florida’s tumult and all the legal gladiating was Al Gore’s victory…

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Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for the first time since Franco

[ad_1] MADRID — Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government. Here’s what you need to know about the vote. ___ WHAT IS AT STAKE? Opinion polls indicate the political right has the edge going into the election, and that raises…

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