November 09, 2023

The Grudge Match

A Madagascan court recently postponed the first round of the country’s presidential election by a week to Nov. 16, after security forces injured opposition candidates at unauthorized political demonstrations. Police dispersing the demonstrations fired a tear gas canister that struck and injured opposition candidate and former...

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November 09, 2023

Identity Crisis

Mass protests continued in Panama this week over the government’s contract with First Quantum Minerals, which grants the Canadian company mining rights to a significant portion of the country’s land, the Washington Post reported. The unrest has seen demonstrators block key arterial roads and vandalize businesses....

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November 09, 2023

Opening Doors

Australia’s High Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s power to hold individuals indefinitely in immigration detention centers is illegal, a landmark ruling that overturned a nearly two-decade-old precedent that has significantly influenced the country’s border policies, the BBC reported. The case involved a stateless Rohingya man...

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November 09, 2023

A Full Tank

No water? No problem for an evergreen shrub found in arid coastal regions of the Middle East, which packs a unique and sophisticated mechanism to obtain water in extremely harsh environments, Science News reported. In a new study, a research team explained that the Athel tamarisk...

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