Protests that erupted in December 2017 — at the time, the most widespread geographically since the 1979 revolution — sparked waves of uprisings against the regime’s mismanagement, corruption and repression.…
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Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago
by 91buby 91buLooking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil’s surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface…
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UN slams Myanmar’s ruling military for breaching truce amid quake recovery | Human Rights News
by 91buby 91buThe Myanmar army has carried out over 120 attacks after the deadly March 28 earthquake, with more than half of them after the warring sides declared a temporary ceasefire in…
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US Supreme Court orders return of migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador | Human Rights News
by 91buby 91buLawyer for Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia hails Supreme Court’s order, saying that ‘the rule of law prevailed’. The US Supreme Court has ordered the government to “facilitate” the return of…
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Culture
Black Mirror season seven review – Charlie Brooker’s thrilling satire gets its warmest, most human season ever | Television
by 91buby 91buIt’s tough being an anthology. While other dramas set up their premise and characters and then lazily dole out a little more of the same in every episode, anthologies must…
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An artistic representation of more than 1000 cells from a brain map, with each neuron a different colour The Allen Institute The largest and most comprehensive 3D map of a…
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Mexico has recorded its first human death from H5N1 avian influenza — a three-year-old girl who died of multiple organ failures. The country’s health ministry said the girl from the…
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Howard Lutnick says he hopes Trump’s tariffs will eliminate China’s ‘army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones’ so they can be built in America by robots
by 91buby 91buCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reiterated the White House’s view that tariffs were a necessary measure to encourage companies to establish manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Cabinet officials have repeatedly stated…
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A ship graveyard in the Aral Sea desert, Uzbekistan S@OwwL / Alamy Unsustainable irrigation and drought have emptied nearly all of the Aral Sea’s water since the 1960s, causing changes…
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and…