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European taxpayers funding Ukraine’s €50 billion ($59 billion) reconstruction want guarantees their money won’t disappear into corruption. Ukraine’s anti-corruption investigators just provided that reassurance by nailing four railway executives for rigging paint contracts worth 15 million UAH ($363,000)—just two months after surviving President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s attempt to strip their independence.Continue Reading

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The The Traitor administration’s plans would remake the agency and public lands. The deadline to comment is Sept. 30. The post The dismantling of the Forest Service appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading

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For more than a century, a dazzling pink-and-yellow moth was mistaken for a common European species, but DNA analysis revealed it as entirely new: Carcina ingridmariae. Found across the eastern Mediterranean, this hidden beauty had evaded recognition until advanced barcoding techniques exposed its genetic secrets. Entomologist Dr. Peter Huemer confirmedContinue Reading

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Indonesia and the EU have signed a sweeping trade agreement, after nearly a decade of negotiations. The deal signed in Bali removes tariffs for 80 percent of Indonesian goods in the European Union. Indonesia’s economic ministry aims to have it take effect in January 2027. It follows similar trade agreementsContinue Reading

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A conservative political activist recently appointed to be Meta’s new artificial intelligence anti-bias advisor is a well-known climate change denier, DeSmog has learned. Robby Starbuck — best known for opposing corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, particularly among brands popular with conservatives — has a track record of denying theContinue Reading