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Ecuador’s president promises answers and no ‘cover up’ after 4 children disappear

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Under pressure from human rights organizations and fellow Ecuadorians, President Daniel Noboa on Monday said his government will not cover up for anyone involved in the disappearance of four children who were last seen running away from a military convoy. The father of one told local media the children began to run when two vehicles carrying people …

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1 week ago

"Invitation for corruption": Warren suggests Elon Musk could be using Trump to make himself richer

Salon

After dropping more than $250 million on his effort to elect Donald Trump, billionaire and Pentagon contractor Elon Musk could now use his power and influence to steer sweetheart deals to his network of companies, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., warned in a letter sent Monday to the Trump transition team. “Putting Mr. Musk in a position to influence billions of …

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1 week ago

Fartcoin rides memecoin surge following Trump's win

Salon

Let’s get it out of the way: Haha, Fartcoin! Now, on to the reality: Memecoins — meme-based cryptocurrencies — are surging in market value after President-elect Donald Trump’s reelection and his pledge to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the planet." Crypto enthusiasts are anticipating a boost to the industry under a second Trump term, a sentiment that’s already …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — A man detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election died in custody Monday, marking the third such death reported by an inmates’ rights organization. His death came as Venezuela’s top prosecutor announced that roughly a fourth of the 2,000 people detained in connection with post-election demonstrations had been granted …

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2 weeks ago

Voluntary carbon market has failed the human rights test

Al Jazeera

One of the most salient decisions of last month’s climate summit in Baku was to create a new international carbon market, bringing nearly a decade of negotiations to a close. As leaders of two international human rights organisations, SOMO and Human Rights Watch, we’ve overseen in-depth investigations into major carbon projects implicated in human rights abuses, and we’re sounding the …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat

Associated Press

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House. Elon Musk, who was with Lara Trump on election night at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, responded to his mother’s post: “Lara Trump is genuinely great.” Led …

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Huawei helps Mauritius 'reforest' coral reefs

China Daily

Coral nurseries are planted near Pointe aux Feuilles, Mauritius, in July. Sudheer Maudhoo, Mauritian minister of blue economy, marine resources, fisheries and shipping, said, so far, the project has raised over 25,000 coral fragments and transplanted them across an area of 1.01 square kilometers. Maudhoo said coral reefs also play an important economic and social role, as they not only …

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Huawei helps Mauritius 'reforest' coral reefs

China Daily

Coral nurseries are planted near Pointe aux Feuilles, Mauritius, in July. Sudheer Maudhoo, Mauritian minister of blue economy, marine resources, fisheries and shipping, said, so far, the project has raised over 25,000 coral fragments and transplanted them across an area of 1.01 square kilometers. Maudhoo said coral reefs also play an important economic and social role, as they not only …

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Huawei helps Mauritius 'reforest' coral reefs

China Daily

Coral nurseries are planted near Pointe aux Feuilles, Mauritius, in July. Sudheer Maudhoo, Mauritian minister of blue economy, marine resources, fisheries and shipping, said, so far, the project has raised over 25,000 coral fragments and transplanted them across an area of 1.01 square kilometers. Maudhoo said coral reefs also play an important economic and social role, as they not only …

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Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

CNN

CNN — Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party. Trump’s statement last month announcing the creation of DOGE quoted Musk as saying that “this will …

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Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

CNN

CNN — Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party. Trump’s statement last month announcing the creation of DOGE quoted Musk as saying that “this will …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

At least eight migrants drown in shipwreck off Greek island of Samos

Al Jazeera

Six children died in the disaster, while the police found 36 survivors alive on Samos and three people were rescued. Greece’s coast guard has found the bodies of eight migrants, including six children, who drowned off the island of Samos, authorities said, in the second migrant shipwreck in the Aegean Sea this month. Greek police found a further 36 people …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Venezuela releases from prison some of the thousands detained after presidential election

Associated Press

TOCUYITO, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government on Saturday released some of the thousands of people who were detained during and after deadly protests that followed the July presidential election. Images shared on social media by the Venezuelan Prison Observatory showed women tearfully hugging loved ones outside another prison in the South American country. Government officials, including Attorney General Tarek William Saab, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Leaked GOP fact-sheet shows Trump's own party debunking his FEMA claims

Raw Story

Fox News “obtained a fact sheet assembled by the majority side of the House Appropriations Committee” that debunked several false claims made by Donald Trump and his supporters, Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram reported Tuesday. As the federal government mobilizes to respond to the storms, Trump has taken to the campaign trail to claim the Federal Emergency Management Agency doesn’t …

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3 months ago

Pope denounces slaying of Honduran environmental defender

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the slaying of an environmental activist in Honduras, adding to a growing number of international voices that have raised concern over the killing. The environmental leader, Juan López, was gunned down earlier this month in the municipality of Tocoa in rural northern Honduras after spending years combating mining companies to preserve the …

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3 months ago

FBI disrupts Chinese cyber operation targeting critical infrastructure in the US

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The FBI has disrupted a …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN humanitarians struggle to deliver aid in Gaza

China Daily

A man checks a destroyed building after an Israeli bombardment in Deir al-Balah refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Aug 25, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - A recent spate of Israeli evacuation orders has forced a shutdown of UN agency humanitarian aid operations in Gaza, a senior UN official said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …

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4 months ago

Regulators may not like ‘deepfakes,’ but businesses are using them anyway

Live Mint

Companies are drawing up their own best practices for the use of AI-generated imagery and video, also known as deepfakes, for a range of business situations, from research to employee training. Sonesta International Hotels said it is using avatars from tech provider Colossyan to create employee training videos at a fraction of the cost it used to take to film …

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4 months ago

Nicaragua closes US Chamber of Commerce and 150 other organizations

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nicaragua’s government closed another 151 …

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4 months ago

Several NGOs start a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador as anti-gang crackdown continues

Associated Press

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Several nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday launched a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador, a tool meant to help families with relatives who disappeared during the country’s extended state of emergency that was declared to battle street gangs. While the government is accused of committing mass human rights abuses in the crackdown, Bukele remains highly …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s president will send a diplomatic note over US funding for a Mexican anti-corruption NGO

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption nonprofit group Wednesday, and said he will send a diplomatic note to the United States in protest. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed the group is part of the conservative opposition, and shouldn’t receive foreign funding or tax deductible contributions. The organization has issued reports critical …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ten years of maritime resistance in the Mediterranean Sea

Al Jazeera

European states may resent civilian rescuers helping migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean, but they are here to stay. Next month will mark 10 years since the first nongovernmental rescue organisation entered the central Mediterranean in search of migrant boats in distress. When NGO rescuers first came onto the scene, there were some concerns that their rescue activities would …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. suspends $95 million in aid to Georgia after passage of foreign agent law

LA Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks at a security meeting in Singapore on Wednesday. The Biden administration on Wednesday suspended $95 million in U.S. assistance to Georgia after its parliament adopted legislation related to foreign agents that critics say was inspired by a Russian law used to crack down on political dissent and that sparked weeks of mass …

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5 months, 1 week ago

European aid worker arrested in Central African Republic over spying allegations is on hunger strike

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — A European aid worker who was arrested two months ago in Central African Republic over spying allegations has begun a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his detention, his family and the Portuguese honorary consul told The Associated Press. Martin Joseph Figueira, a consultant for the American nongovernmental organization FHI 360, was arrested in May, according …

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Ecuador’s president promises answers and no ‘cover up’ after 4 children disappear

"Invitation for corruption": Warren suggests Elon Musk could be using Trump to make himself richer

Fartcoin rides memecoin surge following Trump's win

Venezuelan rights group reports 3rd in-custody death among people detained in post-election unrest

Voluntary carbon market has failed the human rights test

Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat

Huawei helps Mauritius 'reforest' coral reefs

Huawei helps Mauritius 'reforest' coral reefs

Huawei helps Mauritius 'reforest' coral reefs

Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China

At least eight migrants drown in shipwreck off Greek island of Samos

Venezuela releases from prison some of the thousands detained after presidential election

Leaked GOP fact-sheet shows Trump's own party debunking his FEMA claims

Pope denounces slaying of Honduran environmental defender

FBI disrupts Chinese cyber operation targeting critical infrastructure in the US

UN humanitarians struggle to deliver aid in Gaza

Regulators may not like ‘deepfakes,’ but businesses are using them anyway

Nicaragua closes US Chamber of Commerce and 150 other organizations

Several NGOs start a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador as anti-gang crackdown continues

Mexico’s president will send a diplomatic note over US funding for a Mexican anti-corruption NGO

Ten years of maritime resistance in the Mediterranean Sea

U.S. suspends $95 million in aid to Georgia after passage of foreign agent law

European aid worker arrested in Central African Republic over spying allegations is on hunger strike