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For decades, the North has been accumulating an ecological debt towards the peoples of the South
Jorge Muracciole: What is the current status of ecological debt? Éric Toussaint: It has reached an alarming level. Temperatures and sea levels are steadily rising, and the number of individuals affected, both in the Global South and the Global...

Millions of years of evolution on this island could be wiped out, conservationists warn
Sitting off the Horn of Africa, the Yemeni island of Socotra was largely left to its own devices for centuries, its few guests arriving to trade for aromatic frankincense, the healing plant aloe and the crimson sap of the dragon’s blood tree, used...

Uber Boat by Thames Clippers Partnership Sails On as River Travel Booms
Uber and Thames Clippers are renewing their game-changing partnership, extending the operation of Uber Boat by Thames Clippers and cementing the River Thames as one of London’s fastest-growing transport routes. The updated partnership agreement...

Chelsea's Mathis Amougou to join sister club Strasbourg in permanent deal
Chelsea have agreed to sell midfielder Mathis Amougou to Strasbourg for an undisclosed fee — just five months after buying him from Saint-Etienne. As The Athletic revealed when Amougou completed the switch to Stamford Bridge for around...

Pakistan leading emerging markets in reduced default risk
Pakistan is leading the Global Emerging Markets (EM) Rankings, indicating improvement in default risk, Adviser to the Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad said on Saturday. The current government has reassured that the country has moved onto a path...

Cocaine and synthetic drugs power new era of global traffick...
The world drug market has never been so globalised, active and diverse, according to the United Nations – which marks International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Thursday. RFI takes a look at the latest trends, from the...

Silver Origin: 5 Years of Galapagos Operations
The Silver Origin completed its fifth year of service earlier this month after being delivered to Silversea on June 3, 2020. As the company’s first destination-specific vessel, the expedition ship was built at the Dutch shipyard De Hoop. Designed...

'Most Peaceful Country' Report Lists Ukraine, Russia Last: See Who Is First
The new Global Peace Index (GPI) report ranked countries based on their "level of peacefulness," placing Russia as the least-peaceful country and Iceland as the "most peaceful country" in the world. The 19th edition of the report from the...

Notorious gang leader recaptured more than a year after prison escape
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

It’s drill, baby, drill: More of it may be coming soon to the San Joaquin Valley
Turn on your hot water faucet and there is a chance if you have a natural gas water heater that the energy to fuel it came from the ground below San Joaquin County. There are four companies with 67 producing wells within the county. Most of the...

ICA General Assembly adopts new strategy in Manchester
“We are here to set out new objectives,” International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) president Ariel Guarco told the organisation’s General Assembly, held in Manchester on 2 July. Over 400 ICA delegates attended the event at Manchester Town Hall, and...

Churu crash: Why IAF continues to fly the vintage SEPECAT Jaguar
A SEPECAT Jaguar jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF), with two pilots on board, crashed in Ratangarh tehsil of Rajasthan’s Churu district at around 12.30 pm on Wednesday (July 9). Both pilots were reportedly killed in the crash.This is the third...

PM arrives in Hanoi, concluding working trip to China
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a Vietnamese delegation landed in Hanoi on June 26 evening, concluding their attendance of the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and working visit to China....

The Chicago Architecture Biennial announces Participant List for the 6th edition
The participants for the 6th Chicago Architecture Biennial have been announced, scheduled to take place from September 19, 2025, to February 28, 2026. Themed as SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, over 100 forward-thinking architects,...

Sunny Side of the Doc announces its winning pitches
27/06/2025 - With In Front of Us and Leonard Cohen: Behind the Iron Curtain, European producers shine bright in two of the seven categories in which awards were handed out at the documentary market pitch A promotional image for In Front of Us by...

Peru's President: We will leave 50,000 scholarships by the end of our term
Mrs. Boluarte participated in the inauguration of the "9 de Julio" Bicentennial School in Concepcion, Junin region. Within this framework, the top official noted that three such schools have already been delivered in the region, adding that more...

MCC students named to college’s honors lists
Published 6:22 pm Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Meridian Community College recognizes scholastic achievements by publishing the President’s and Dean’s lists after the completion of the fall and spring semesters. The President’s List includes students...

Peru and regional countries condemn Tren de Aragua's terrorist violence
Peru submitted a Joint Declaration —backed by Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States of America, Panama, and Paraguay— urging countries to adopt urgent and concrete measures aimed at combating this transnational criminal threat,...

Highlights and sets Sinner vs Shelton in Wimbledon (7-6, 6-4, 6-4)
Set 3: Jannik Sinner (6-4) BREAK, SET AND MATCH! Jannik Sinner, world number one, beats Ben Shelton in straight sets. 7-6 and double 6-4 achieves the Italian in a match that was very even from start to finish, but where he managed to make the...

Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process
Preamble The 7th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum was organised by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, through the World Heritage Leadership Programme. The Forum brought together 18 professionals responsible for...