9 h. ago Sudan tops global humanitarian crisis watchlist for third year as devastating war grips the country

Sudan has topped the International Rescue Committee's Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row

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5 d. ago Bulgaria’s entire government resigns after mass protests over corruption

Mass protests have gripped the country just weeks before it is due to join the eurozone

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5 d. ago Bulgaria's government resigns as large public protests grip the nation weeks before joining eurozone

Bulgaria’s government has resigned as mass protests gripped the country just weeks before it’s due to join the eurozone

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6 d. ago Teacher in Hungary facing criminal charges for organising Pride event

As Viktor Orbán tightens his grip in the country, rights organisations have called for the EU to intervene A rights campaigner in Hungary has been placed under investigation and is facing potential criminal charges after organising a peaceful Pride march, in a case that campaigners have described as “unprecedented and dangerous” for the EU.In early October, thousands flocked to the southern city of Pécs to take part in Pride. It was the fifth year that the march was held – the only other annual Pride gathering in the country besides that of Budapest – and was becoming a showcase of the city’s commitment to freedom, diversity and the coexistence of minorities. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK weather maps forecast snow and heavy winds to batter parts of country TONIGHT

The run up to Christmas could be a white one for some Brits as a cold snap begins to grip the nation - some parts of the country will face freezing conditions and heavy winds

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2 w. ago ‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures

Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina NayeriIn 2009, Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer set out to document the people suffering the first shocks of the climate crisis. They had just returned from China, where rapid, unregulated development has ravaged the natural landscapes. Back home, though, the debate still felt strangely theoretical. “In 2009, you still had people who denied climate change,” Braschler recalls. “People said, ‘This is media hype.’” So the couple, working with the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva and supported by Kofi Annan, began The Human Face of Climate Change, a portrait series that showed the people on the frontline of a warming world.Sixteen years later, climate change is no longer up for debate; the urgent discussions now revolve around solutions. Braschler an...

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3 w. ago Nicki Minaj is going all in for MAGA while Trump’s covert drug war is devastating her homeland of Trinidad

Caribbean island of Trinidad, just seven miles from Venezuela, is suffering as the U.S. targets drug runners amid huge military build-up in the region

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