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This 1,000-mile river suffered decades of oil spills. Now it’s a legal person, things could change
In the year 2000, over 5,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a barge into…
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On Ecuador’s cocaine coast, with a fisherman who turned to smuggling
“One more trip,” he says. “And then I’ll stop.” He’s a fisherman by trade, born…
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What happens next after Francis’ death? How the Catholic Church will pick a successor
The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and…
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Ukraine says Russia launched deadly aerial barrage as pressure grows on Kyiv to respond to US peace proposal
Ukraine says it was struck by a new barrage of deadly Russian air attacks as…
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El Salvador’s president offers Maduro US-deported Venezuelans for prisoner swap
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela, offering to repatriate hundreds…
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Lion kills 14-year-old girl outside Kenya’s Nairobi National Park
A 14-year-old girl was killed by a lioness outside the Kenyan capital Nairobi when she…
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‘Professional failures’ led to killing of Palestinian medics in Gaza, says Israeli military
The Israeli military says “professional failures” led to the killing of 15 paramedics and first…
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Pope Francis, voice for the poor who transformed the Catholic Church, dies at 88
Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic…
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What the UK ruling on the definition of ‘woman’ means for same-sex spaces, culture wars and more
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is defined by “biological sex”…
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Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say
The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose…