June 23, 2023

The Fix Is In

A Guatemalan court recently convicted newspaper publisher José Rubén Zamora of money laundering and sentenced him to six years in prison. His newspaper, El Periódico, regularly investigated Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and Attorney General María Consuelo Porras, the New York Times reported, adding that human...

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June 23, 2023

Speak No Evil

The Mexican government ordered academics at a state-funded research institute to refrain from posting or sharing criticism of their bosses on social media or via email, a move that researchers said amounted to a gagging order, the Associated Press reported. The new rule is aimed at...

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June 23, 2023

Light Measures

One of China’s biggest airlines came under scrutiny this month after the company issued a new policy imposing strict weight requirements on female flight attendants, NBC News reported. Hainan Airlines unveiled a series of guidelines for its cabin crew, saying that female flight attendants would immediately...

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June 23, 2023

Ukraine, Briefly

This week, Ukraine reportedly launched an attack on a bridge connecting southern Ukraine to the Crimean Peninsula using long-range British-supplied missiles, according to Russian officials, the BBC said. The attack damaged the Chonhar bridge, which is crucial for transportation between Crimea and the front line...

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June 23, 2023

Unsung Heroes

Most researchers acknowledge bees and butterflies as the main pollinators that fly from different flowers and help fertilize plants. But scientists recently discovered that a tiny beetle species – long thought of as a pest – also serves as an important pollinator, Popular Science reported. When one...

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