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What does Europe want—a war with Russia?

2 October 2026 at 15:05
It was common practice during the Cold War to exaggerate the threat from the Soviet Union. Nowadays, Russia has assumed that role. Although the circumstances have changed, some of the political methods employed to create a sense of insecurity are still remarkably similar. Europe is not formally engaging in preparations for war since it desires […]

Villains of Judea: Gloria Steinem, by Jose Alberto Nino

2 October 2026 at 05:00
The news of Gloria Steinem’s death on September 2, 2026, at 92, invited the familiar ritual of American remembrance. Obituaries saluted the journalist who became the most recognizable public face of second-wave feminism. Yet a serious account of Steinem’s life must begin where tributes often hesitate. Before she confronted senators, presidents, and the editors who...

La députée Clémentine Autain témoigne du viol qu’elle a subi à 22 ans: «Il m’a mis un couteau sous la gorge, m’a conduite en plein jour dans un sous-bois et m’a violée» @Nice_Matin

2 October 2026 at 13:16
Alors que lexamen de la proposition de loi intgrale contre les violences sexuelles et sexistes a dmarr ce jeudi 1eroctobre 2026 lAssemble nationale, la dpute du groupe cologiste Clmentine Autain a livr un discours poignant la tribune, raconta

Wildlife traffickers are now targeting Indonesia’s critically endangered maleo birds

2 October 2026 at 12:33
Maleos, black-and-white birds that stand 60 centimeters (2 feet) tall with a distinctive splash of blue, orange and yellow on their faces, roam Sulawesi’s thick tropical jungles. But when it’s time to lay their eggs, they arrive at communal nesting grounds: Sandy beaches heated by the sun or the earth’s geothermal energy. There, they dig burrows with their webbed blue feet, lay their eggs and disappear. After a couple of months, the younglings hatch and, miraculously, are ready to fly within a few hours. This is an iconic bird on Sulawesi, serving as the official faunal mascot of Central Sulawesi province and of the Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park. Once considered widespread on Sulawesi, maleos (Macrocephalon maleo) are now on the brink of extinction, classified as critically endangered. Their numbers have dwindled to just 4,000-7,000 breeding pairs, mainly because their forest habitat is disappearing and they are targeted by poachers. Since 1983, the birds have lost more than two-thirds of their 149 nesting grounds as residential and commercial development takes over sandy riverbanks and beaches, and habitat is ravaged by mines and sliced by roadways. Maleo eggs are considered a delicacy, so people raid nests, and fewer chicks are born to replenish the population. But now, illegal trade in live maleos is emerging as a new and serious threat to their survival, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Asian Ornithology. These birds are trafficked to serve the booming demand for exotic pets. Researchers documented three seizures…This article was originally published on Mongabay

«Arrêtons de traiter ces idées comme quelque chose de normal. La misogynie n’est pas normale. Le patriarcat n’est pas une valeur. Le sexisme n’est pas une blague» @NoticiasONU

2 October 2026 at 08:16
Los estereotipos de gnero no son ideas abstractas: alimentan la discriminacin, la violencia y la exclusin, y pueden influir desde el acceso al trabajo y la justicia hasta la forma en que se desarrollan las nuevas tecnologas, advierte la Oficina

Iran Has Published a Naive Letter to the American People, by Paul Craig Roberts

1 October 2026 at 05:20
“As the first casualty of the endless wars waged by the US government has without exception been the truth, with the American people perpetually receiving the greatest harm as the result of the US government’s campaign of deception, we wish to highlight some of the facts that are being withheld from the American public. After...
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