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I find it really hard to concentrate at the moment with all the genocide going on in the world.

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Young survivors shed light on how rape is a horrifically common aspect of conflict in eastern DRC

The Filipino authorities arrested Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, on Tuesday, days after the International Criminal Court secretly issued an arrest warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity. Here's what to know.

Whippet becomes first Italian dog to win Crufts in its 134-year history

The sobering new state of feminism | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/04f00a13-b59b-45b1-82da-af76fdbfcb4f

A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the Trump administration slashed foreign aid: cnn.it/3Dno38X

From the banks of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, all the way to the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. This week's episode of Behind the Money from the @financialtimes.com covers a lot of ground. 🎧 Hope you'll check it out here 🎧: podfollow.com/behind-the-m...

The Syrians being swallowed up by Israel’s new frontline https://www.ft.com/content/ad09b87d-9040-452c-8c6a-6ac507f8f9b4

my current mental state is best represented by christina yang crying and yelling “SOMEBODY SEDATE ME” in greys anatomy s2 ep4

Women fighting for healthcare and abortion rights in the 1960s.

In broad daylight, law enforcement officers raid a warehouse on the outskirts of the city of Sukhumi in Abkhazia, a Russia-backed breakaway Georgian region. No one’s there; no drugs or weapons either. Only a cabinet containing dozens of electronic devices. It's a cryptocurrency mine. cnn.it/3F1xoUi

BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

Who would have thought that @apnews.com would become an 'alternative' source of news.

#feminism doesn't mean we can have it all. It just means that we have more #choices #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #womensright

It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.

Life is the beautiful lie but die is the painful true.

"Resist much, obey little." —Walt Whitman

Recommended read: A @theguardian.com interactive mapped the record heat experienced by two-thirds of the Earth’s surface in 2024.

Infant mortality rates in the US have increased by 7% following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

'Think global, act local' is the myth we all believed was true.

It's not enough to be outraged anymore.

As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

"All oppression creates a state of war." —Simone de Beauvoir

Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born OTD in 1964. Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program. Image: NASA

The human mind is in a recession | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/c288abc6-24a4-4062-aeb4-05c463ae7289

looks like this year’s darwin awards will be going to pretty much everybody

Representative Mark Pocan to introduce a new bill called the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act, it seeks to block special government employees from securing federal contracts. Especially corporate oligarch Musk. #OpCanary #3E #EndOligarchy 🧵

We didn't really need the planet anyway

Interesting analysis from an unlikely source...

In the age of AI and misinformation, how do we really know what's going on? Here are my tips, based on over two decades working with news media. @newscord.org #fakenews #misinformation

At least he's honest.

Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was our most read piece on.ft.com/3Cz9IG3

well it looks like i picked a bad year to [anything]

Study points to increasing build-up of microplastics in brains https://www.ft.com/content/8c967c65-aa78-4d21-bdd0-2c561d693c04

JUST IN: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting USAID administrator as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump work to dismantle the longtime international aid agency