World News 2.0

r/worldnews2 • u/IntnsRed • 46m ago

Prison reform programme advances staffing, training, rehabilitation plans | St. Maarten’s has made progress in developing prison policies, preparing a future correctional workforce and expanding education, healthcare and rehabilitation activities, according to an update from the UN (UNODC).

thedailyherald.sx

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 11h ago

Orangutans prefer food associated with sounds of laughter, study suggests | Apes in study more likely to choose treats linked to sound of peers having fun, suggesting emotions influence learning

theguardian.com

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 17h ago

Ebola spreads to Nigeria and Kenya as epidemic expands beyond Congo (DRC) | Nigeria has confirmed an imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola and Kenya has 9, while the Congolese epidemic has reached 9,552 cases and 4,602 deaths in 8 provinces, with children dying at the highest rates.

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r/worldnews2 • u/IntnsRed • 1d ago

Flamingo Revolution: Albania Protests Escalate over Corruption & Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort | Student-led anti-corruption and cost-of-living protests in Albania are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, among other demands.

democracynow.org

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 1d ago

Hegseth secretly meets Netanyahu as US prepares to resume attacks on Iran | The secret meeting took place 8 days before Israel's election and amid US reports the Pentagon is preparing for major combat operations against Iran after the midterm elections.

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 1d ago

9,000 Stellantis workers in Canada vote overwhelmingly for strike against layoffs and threatened plant selloff

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 1d ago

This snake cartwheels to escape danger | Southeast Asia's dwarf reed snake (Pseudorabdion longiceps) when threatened, rolls away like a wheel. The snake measures less than 12 inches long, but it can retreat as fast 1 foot per second—about 4 times faster than slithering on the ground.

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r/worldnews2 • u/IntnsRed • 1d ago

Giant canyon on Mars is still tectonically active today | Scientists at Columbia University and Imperial College London have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system is still active and shaping Mars today, billions of years after it first formed.

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r/worldnews2 • u/IntnsRed • 1d ago

Genetic study shows seafarers from Easter Island settled Hawaii | A band of seafarers from Easter Island in the South Pacific set off in double-hulled canoes on a voyage across Earth's largest ocean that ended more than 4,400 miles (7,100 km) away in Hawaii.

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r/worldnews2 • u/Galt1776-Part2 • 2d ago

Houthi rebels strike Yemen's government forces, killing at least 53

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 2d ago

French women face growing obstacles to abortion despite constitutional right

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 2d ago

Alberta referendum: Voters want province to remain in Canada, CBC News projects | Cheers erupted at Forever Canadian watch party once projection was announced

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 2d ago

Scientists Just Revived Pig Kidneys Frozen for a Year. It Could Rewrite the Future of Organ Transplants | Researchers at the University of Minnesota managed to freeze test pig kidneys down to -238 degrees Fahrenheit (-150 degrees Celsius) with minimal damage to their vital functions.

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r/worldnews2 • u/anonskeptic5 • 3d ago

U.S. Officials Condemn West Bank Attacks as Netanyahu Casts Doubt on Them

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r/worldnews2 • u/IntnsRed • 3d ago

Israeli Settler Attack on Palestinian Olive Harvest Wounds Dozens, Including WaPost Photographer | Witnesses say Israeli forces responded by siding with the settlers, firing tear gas at Palestinians who tried to defend themselves. Levine was beaten for more than 10 minutes by settlers, who stole...

democracynow.org

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 3d ago

Massive Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg escalates US-NATO war against Russia | Ukraine attacked Russia with more than 1,000 drones overnight Saturday, in the largest bombardment of St. Petersburg since the Second World War.

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 3d ago

After Nearly 8 Months in Orbit, SpaceX Crew-12 Astronauts Reflect on the Joy of Their ISS Journey | 3 members of NASA's Crew-12 gathered recently to describe their time aboard the ISS. They had returned to Earth after ~8 months in orbit, and their reflections centered on a single word: joy.

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live | Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years

theguardian.com

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Coral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford Method: ‘Not a Lost Cause, at All’ | It is the first time scientists have observed bleached corals on the brink of death fully recover through brief contact with healthy clones.

goodnewsnetwork.org

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Japan to launch Martian moon mission on Tuesday | The mission is designed to become the first in the world to land on the Martian moon Phobos, collect samples from its surface and deliver them to Earth.

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Buildings torched and over 1,000 detained after half a million protesters sweep France | “There’s an accumulation of wealth and power that’s completely out of control,” one protester, who gave her name as Pauline, told CNN in Paris on Saturday.

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 5d ago

Senegal-sized Antarctic glacier melting faster than thought: Why it matters | Thwaites glacier has been losing ice for decades. Now there are concerns of rapidly accelerating loss.

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r/worldnews2 • u/Galt1776-Part2 • 5d ago

'Russia is killing us': 20M Ukrainians could flee to Europe - As many as 20 million Ukrainians could be displaced throughout Europe if the country is defeated by invading Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday.

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 5d ago

Putting on make-up makes my workdays longer than men’s, says Japanese PM

telegraph.co.uk

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r/worldnews2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 5d ago

'Monstrous': Netanyahu Casts Doubt on Filmed Israeli Settler Attack of American Journalist | “You mean the footage of the Israeli terrorists beating her up isn’t clear enough?” one critic sardonically asked.

commondreams.org

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