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Nov 21, 2024 - World

Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa follows killing of dozens of people in clashes between Sunnis and minority ShiasAt least 42 people have been killed and 20 wounded after gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s restive north-west, in one of the region’s deadliest such attacks in recent years, police said.The attack happened in Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where sectarian clashes between majority Sunni Muslims and minority Shias have killed dozens of people in recent months. Continue reading...

Nov 21, 2024 - World

Climate crisis, habitat loss and poaching have reduced its numbers – but will Trump put the kibosh on protections?They are the tallest animal to roam the Earth and have become an icon of children’s books, toys and awed wildlife documentaries. But giraffes are in decline, which has prompted the US government to list them as endangered for the first time.Giraffes will be listed under the US Endangered Species Act, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed in a move that will cover five subspecies of the animal. The agency hopes the listing will crack down on the poaching of giraffes, as the US is a leading destination of rugs, pillowcases, boots, furniture and even Bible covers made from giraffe body parts. Continue reading...

Nov 21, 2024 - World

Italy’s highest court rejects musician’s appeal after she was arrested in Rome in June over child custody disputeMalian musician Rokia Traoré, who was arrested in Rome last June over an international child custody dispute, will be handed over to Belgium in the coming days after Italy’s highest court rejected her appeal, her lawyer said on Wednesday.Traoré, 50, a former goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR, was arrested on 20 June at Rome’s Fiumicino airport under a European arrest warrant. Continue reading...

Nov 21, 2024 - World

President-elect Donald Trump is counting on panic to achieve what his administration cannot do alone — keep the primary promise of his presidential campaign, according to a legal expert. Dara Lind, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, detailed in a New York Times editorial Thursday the many ways Trump is counting on fear to overcome the hurdles of mounting a mass deportation program. "The government will do things that hurt people," wrote Lind. "It will do things that look scary. But how many people will be caught up in a deportation machine, and how quickly, is by no means a settled question." Lind detailed the many challenges Trump will face in mounting a mass deportation program even if he is willing to break the law to make it happen. The big one is the price tag. "The constraints on a mass deportation operation are logistical more than legal," wrote Lind. "Deporting one million people a year would cost an annual average of $88 billion, and a one-time effort to deport the full unauthorized population of 11 million would cost many times that."ALSO READ: It's time for Democrats to declare class warfareTrump will also need facilities that have yet to be built, staff yet to be hired, and the compliance of foreign nations willing to accept the millions of people he's planned to deport — and who may not grant it, Lind argued.Such serious problems plagued deportation efforts mounted in the 1930s and the 1950s that purported to remove masses of people but, according to Lind, relied on public relations to create the illusion of success. "Both entailed horrific conditions for those caught and deported, and the tearing apart of families with claims to both the United States and other countries," Lind wrote. "But in both cases, the federal government ultimately took credit for 'deporting' some people it never actually laid hands on — those who had been pressured or terrorized into leaving."This is why Lind believes Trump is banking on fear — hoping that people without citizenship will be so frightened of deportation at his hands they'll flee by their own means. This is also why Lind urges those who condemn Trump's campaign of mass deportation do what they can to support undocumented people in their local communities. Document cases when the government breaks the law, pressures local officials not to collaborate, objects to armed forces being deployed in the states and support legal representation for immigrants, Lind urged. "[It] starts with a committed and cleareyed understanding of what is actually happening, and a willingness to treat abuses of power as a rupture and an aberration — something that can, and should, be fought," Lind wrote."This work will require, particularly for those who are not themselves immigrants, a promise not to let pessimism do the Trump administration’s job for it."

Nov 21, 2024 - World

Resolute Mining chief executive Terence Holohan and two employees had been held since 9 NovemberBusiness live – latest updatesThree British mining executives who had been detained by the government of Mali have been released and are “safe and well”, days after agreeing to pay $160m to settle a tax dispute.Resolute Mining, an Australian company, said on Thursday its chief executive, Terence Holohan, and two other employees, who had been held in the country since 9 November, have been freed. Continue reading...