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Nearly 13,000 residents of Kharkiv Oblast may be affected by potential flooding caused by Russian strikes on the Pechenihy Reservoir dam, including 3,500 individuals with limited mobility, says Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, UkrInform reports. The attacks are part of Russia’s efforts to halt theContinue Reading

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Moscow is trying to create a new tool of influence — “water diplomacy.” Having lost its leverage through gas blackmail in Central Asia, the Kremlin is shifting to manipulating water resources, a move that could potentially alter the region’s political balance, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service reports. Disrupting the water balanceContinue Reading

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Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between environmental protection and economic growth. By Bob Berwyn Despite claims of environmental leadership and promises to preserve the Amazon rainforest ahead of COP30, Brazil is stripping away protections for the region’s vital ecosystems fasterContinue Reading

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Sébastien Lecornu faces a vital test to his premiership over the social security budget bill., Sébastien Lecornu faces a vital test to his premiership over the social security budget bill. France’s National Assembly is set to vote on a major social security budget bill, in a critical test for theContinue Reading

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Office workers were seen climbing down ladders to escape a deadly fire in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta., Deadly fire breaks out in office building in Indonesia’s capital NewsFeed Office workers were seen climbing down ladders to escape a deadly fire in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, where at least 22 people died. PublishedContinue Reading

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