4 d. ago ‘We don’t want contact because you are bad’: loggers close in on uncontacted people in Peruvian Amazon

Logging, drug trafficking and the climate crisis endanger the world’s largest isolated Indigenous group, on the border with BrazilIn 1999, Beatriz Huertas, then a young anthropologist, travelled deep into the Peruvian Amazon to investigate reports of uncontacted Indigenous peoples. Along the Las Piedras River, people in Monte Salvado, a Yine Indigenous village, described how every summer, “aislados” – those who avoid sustained contact with outsiders – would appear across the river.“They were coming into the fields and taking bananas,” says Huertas. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail and told to wait in prison to be sentenced on prostitution charges

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy and transporting sex workers

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7 d. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs cleared of most serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges but guilty of prostitution

Sean "Diddy" Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy and transporting sex workers

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2 w. ago Shocking photos from raid on Diddy’s mansion show weapons, drugs and bondage gear discovered by feds

Federal agents discovered Combs had firearms, tons of baby oil, bondage equipment, drugs and more at his homes in Miami and Los Angeles

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2 w. ago Diddy trial recap: Sean Combs tells judge he will not testify in sex trafficking trial

Jurors heard from 34 witnesses over the seven weeks of testimony, including Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura

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2 w. ago Diddy trial live: Combs addresses judge as prosecution rests case in sex trafficking trial

Jurors heard from 34 witnesses over the seven weeks of testimony, including Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura

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2 w. ago Diddy trial live updates: Sex trafficking trial enters its final stages as prosecution rests its case

Jurors heard from 34 witnesses over the seven weeks of testimony, including Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura

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2 w. ago Diddy trial live: Prosecution’s final witness testifies about explicit ‘freak off’ messages

Prosecution is expected to rest their case on Tuesday

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2 w. ago Diddy trial live updates: Prosecution to rest case as final witness testifies about ‘freak off’ messages

Prosecution is expected to rest their case on Tuesday

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3 w. ago The fight to save ‘adorably odd’ mammal from edge of extinction

The animals are heavily trafficked, largely due to demand for their scales in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as their meat

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3 w. ago The world’s most trafficked mammal on ‘razor’s edge of extinction’

Theanimals are heavily trafficked, largely due to demand for their scales in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as their meat

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3 w. ago The world's most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species Act

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