Indonesia wants to auction off development rights for more than 100 islands spread out among 25,000 acres that offer some of the most biodiverse areas of the planet. The New York arm of auction house Sotheby’s was planning to accept bids for the opportunity to develop...
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The Netherlands issued an official apology this week about its colonial past and its involvement in the slave trade from the 17th to the 19th centuries, a move that has divided the Dutch public and descendants of slaves, the BBC reported. In a speech on Monday,...
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Fiji’s opposition parties reached a deal Tuesday to form a coalition government, putting an end to the 16-year rule of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of the South Pacific Island nation, Agence France-Presse reported. The minor Social Democratic Liberal Party said it would join a broad coalition...
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The UK’s High Court ruled this week that the government’s controversial immigration plan to deport potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda was lawful, a verdict that came just months after the policy’s introduction, NPR reported. The court found that the immigration plan did not violate the UK’s legal...
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It might be advisable to close the toilet lid when flushing, according to a new study on public hygiene. Scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder found that a toilet flush can blast out a flurry of tiny water droplets invisible to the naked eye,...
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