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Giant African rats join crackdown against illegal wildlife trade
Wily rodents deployed to sniff out illicit flows of rhino horns, elephant tusks and pangolin scalesBusiness - Financial Times - 6 hours ago -
Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle
Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the AmazonWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
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Steelers' Cam Heyward makes history against the Giants on 'Monday Night Football'
No Pittsburgh defender has played in more games than HeywardSports - CBS Sports - Yesterday -
Wildlife conservationists form new alliance
The Manx Nature Alliance aims to ensure nature conservation remains high on the island's agenda.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18 -
Jalen Hurts goes deep to A.J. Brown as the Eagles build on lead against the Giants
Saquon got the scoring started with a short TD run, then Jalen Hurts went deep to A.J. Brown.Sports - ESPN - October 20 -
Eagles running back Saquon Barkley outgains Giants in first game against former team
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley ran for 176 yards on 17 carries against the New York Giants, his former team, outgaining their offense by himself.Top stories - NBC News - October 20 -
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Brazil environmental disaster victims take case against mining giant BHP to UK court
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster are taking their case for compensation to a UK court on MondayWorld - ABC News - October 21 -
Worker at a Crimean wildlife park killed by lions
A worker at a wildlife park in Crimea has died after being attacked by lionsWorld - ABC News - October 16 -
Birth of rare lemur celebrated by wildlife park
The baby greater bamboo lemur is born at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
Flies, rats and offers of hush money - the price of living next to a ‘monster’ incinerator
The UK's burden of waste is disproportionately falling on deprived areas, where residents have spoken to the BBC.Top stories - BBC News - October 16 -
Woody the dog switches detection skills to save puffins
The rodents pose a risk to puffins and other seabirds who breed on Rathlin Island every year in their thousands.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
Russia’s shadow fleet grows despite western crackdown
Moscow’s capacity to transport oil on old underinsured ships has increased by 70% since last year, says reportWorld - Financial Times - October 14 -
What a Crackdown on Immigration Could Mean for Cheap Milk
Undocumented labor quietly props up the entire American economy — but nowhere more dramatically than on dairy farms.Top stories - The New York Times - October 15 -
Global biodiversity report shows "catastrophic decline" in wildlife populations
A shocking new report on global biodiversity is detailing what it calls "a catastrophic decline" in wildlife populations ahead of a major international conference on biodiversity.Top stories - CBS News - October 17 -
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UK ministers pledge crackdown on rising car insurance costs
Watchdogs, industry and consumer groups instructed to join taskforce as part of push to tackle ‘spiralling’ pricesBusiness - Financial Times - October 15 -
Netflix's subscriber growth is slowing, but its profit and stock price are still surging
Netflix says its subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer, a sign that the huge gains from the video-streaming service’s crackdown on freeloading viewers is tapering offTech - ABC News - October 17 -
Netflix’s third-quarter revenue and subscriber numbers beat expectations
US streaming service is investing heavily in live sporting events to differentiate from rivalsBusiness - Financial Times - October 17 -
Netflix raises prices as boost from password crackdown fades
The streaming giant will charge subscribers more in some countries to fuel growth.Top stories - BBC News - October 18 -
Tunisia's president is inaugurated for a second term following a crackdown on his opponents
Tunisian President Kais Saied has been inaugurated for a second term, following a monthslong crackdown and string of arrests against his political opponentsWorld - ABC News - October 23 -
Belarus arrests well-known analyst as crackdown on opposition continues
Police in Belarus have arrested a well-known political analyst who is the husband of an imprisoned journalist in the country’s relentless crackdown on opposition to authoritarian President ...World - ABC News - October 22 -
Turkey cracks down on Kurdish separatists after Ankara attack
Police detain 176 as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vows to eliminate ‘terrorism at its source’Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
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Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda
Critics say plan mooted by coalition government led by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party is ‘totally unfeasible’. The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
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Taiwan again rejects South African demand to move its representative office
Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of JohannesburgWorld - ABC News - October 22 -
South Carolina to build state's first individual monument honoring an African American
South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring Robert Smalls.Top stories - NBC News - 6 days ago -
‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies?
Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution. The dramatic sea cliffs, crags and stacks of ...World - The Guardian - October 20 -
Italy passes law clamping down on surrogacy tourism
Italians who go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy will face jail terms and fines of up to €1m. Italy’s parliament has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy – a ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad
Italy’s parliament has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy— a project of Prime Minister’s Giorgia Meloni party which activists say is meant to target same-sex ...Top stories - NBC News - October 16 -
Action demanded over surge in illegal meat imports
The government is warned of a "foot-and-mouth" level crisis over potentially diseased meat flooding into the UK.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
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Beyoncé to join Harris at Houston rally
Beyoncé is poised to get in "Formation" behind Vice President Harris's White House bid — the music superstar will reportedly join the vice president at a Friday campaign rally in Texas.The ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
The US swing states targeted with extreme ads
Pivotal battlegrounds are being swamped by messaging from Harris and Trump campaignsBusiness - Financial Times - 5 days ago
