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Academia 1 year ago

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End the financial system that fuels the planet's destruction

Governments subsidize and incentivize environmental destruction through direct payments, tax breaks, and cheap loans to corporations that clear-cut, overfish, pollute and destabilize the climate through fossil fuel emissions.

Academia 2 years ago

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East Asia has a lot to learn from the Syrian crisis

The pressures that East Asian countries face to enter military alliances to combat the rise of China could lead to the repetition of the painful experiences of Iraq, Syria and others.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

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Images reveal devastation in tsunami-hit Tonga

Tonga has been virtually cut off from the rest of the world since Saturday's volcanic blast -- one of the largest recorded in decades.

Art & Culture 4 years ago

Taliban now guard site of Bamiyan Buddhas they destroyed

The monuments in Bamiyan province had stood for 1,500 years but their destruction was ordered in 2001 by that regime -- already infamous then after banning television and imposing ultra-strict rules governing the conduct of women -- for being against the Muslim faith.

World 4 years ago

Cyclone Seroja causes 'widespread damage' in Australia towns

The storm, which devastated parts of Indonesia and Timor Leste last week, brought lashing rain and winds of up to 170 kilometers per hour to areas officials said had not seen a tropical cyclone in "decades".

World 4 years ago

Rio Tinto chairman resigns over Aboriginal site destruction

The revelation Rio had blown up the 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia sparked a public backlash and investor revolt that led the CEO and two top executives to resign in September.

National 5 years ago

Flash flood decimates rows of villas in North Sumatra hamlet

Eight rental villas and several shophouses were swept away by a flash flood in the Landak River tourist area in North Sumatra’s Langkat regency early on Wednesday.

World 5 years ago

Rio Tinto launches probe after destroying ancient Aboriginal site

Mining giant Rio Tinto launched a high-level review of its operations in Western Australia on Friday after the company blew up a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site to expand an iron ore mine.

World 6 years ago

Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris, endangering ISS: NASA

The Indian satellite was destroyed at a relatively low altitude of 180 miles (300 kilometers), well below the ISS and most satellites in orbit.

SE Asia 9 years ago

HRW: Satellite reveals big destruction in Rohingya villages

Human Rights Watch said Monday that high-definition satellite images show 820 newly identified structures destroyed this month in five Rohingya Muslim villages in the Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state where the military is carrying out counter-insurgency operations.