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Gender diversity, resistance and ritual cross-dressing in Venezuela's sacred cult Originally published on Global Voices Portrait of Wander Rodríguez, part of the María Dolores Rodríguez Caravan and its powers, and the LGBTIQ+ community.
In 1987, biologists captured the last free-flying condor to transfer it to captivity, and the largest flying North American bird species was officially declared extinct in the wild.
This post is part of Global Voices’ October 2026 Spotlight series, “Big Tech and Authoritarianism.” In this Spotlight, we explore how Big Tech facilitates and hinders authoritarian governments and practices, and how these choices influence the Global South.
The Palestinian Authority has called for international pressure on Israel following a statement by a Palestinian official that approximately 1,200 Palestinians in Hebron, located in the West Bank, were forced to leave their homes after an attack on Friday that killed two Israeli soldiers.
The Palestinian Authority has called for international pressure on Israel after a Palestinian official said around 1,200 Palestinians in Hebron in the West Bank were forced to leave their homes following an attack on Friday which killed two Israeli soldiers.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.24, here are three recent Mongabay stories about the threats gibbons face and the people working to protect them: A growing demand for the exotic pet trade In 2025, gibbon trafficking seizures reached an all-time high; 336 individuals were recorded between January and August alone,
Nighttime lights of Toronto, Canada are a patchwork of white and warm LEDs in a classic North American grid design.
Bulgarians are voting in presidential elections amid security concerns over attacks on ships in the Black Sea.
François Picard and Selina Sykes are pleased to welcome New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara.
The Palestinian Authority called for international pressure on Israel after a Palestinian official said around 1,200 Palestinians in Hebron in the West Bank were forced to leave their homes following an attack on Friday which killed two Israeli soldiers.
Yet a recent global analysis suggests that mapping the evolutionary relatives of birds could offer better clues than their diets or feeding methods alone.
Thousands marched against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv on Saturday – just three days before Israel's general election – demanding accountability for the failure to prevent a Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, that led to the war in Gaza.
Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels said they launched attacks at Saudi oil facilities and airports on Saturday while Yemen’s Saudi-backed government said the group also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the port city of Aden.
Support from the Asian Federation bolsters FIFA's Gianni Infantino as he seeks re-election as president for a fourth term.
Support from Asian federation bolsters FIFA's Gianni Infantino as he seeks re-election as president for a fourth term.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.Being Mozambican is a matter of belonging — regardless of one’s origin, appearance, or surname Originally published on Global Voices Indians in Mozambique celebrating the Hindu festival of Navratri.
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Jaron Alexander, of Ingram, Texas, is one of more than 29,000 local law enforcement officers on the front lines of the Trump administration's deportation campaign.
Every shallow-water coral reef ecosystem in Australia faces an extremely high risk of collapse by 2075, driven largely by projected ocean warming, according to a global assessment.
But over Fourth of July weekend, a heat dome stretching from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico descended, leaving 165 million people facing major or extreme heat.
The most comprehensive record yet of carbon dioxide stored underground through geological carbon dioxide storage has been published today, revealing that 43.6 million metric tons were sequestered in 2024 alone—a new annual record—and that 421.7 million metric tons have now been stored in the past
The International Weightlifting Federation becomes the first Olympic federation to choose Russia to host a world championships since its invasion of Ukraine.
I enjoyed Friday’s New York Times piece by Dan Wang about all the impacts, from the geopolitical to the personal, of Apple’s chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor building fabs in Arizona as an attempt to boost American manufacturing capability and reduce risk of a future Chinese attack
claims to aspire to become a global cryptocurrency hub, an ambition that would appear to be at odds with the attitude to crypto purchases of its major banks.
Charity workers supporting the family of Andrew Frederick are demanding immediate government intervention to clear the path for a full investigation to begin almost 10 months after his death, which has been ruled a homicide by a pathologist.
Launcher-like pinned tabs, pop-over glance view, and more make Zen my go to browser.
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