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Betting on misery: The dark side of Italy's gambling passion

Betting is booming in Italy, now Europe's biggest gambling market. That's lining state coffers, but putting the government at odds with those calling for curbs, including support groups and the Catholic Church.

Reuters

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UK 'preppers' get ready for conflict, chaos and collapse

In rural Wales, Leigh Price is among several British "survivalists" gearing up for potential disasters amid growing global uncertainty. At his shop, he helps others prepare as well, selling everything from tents to crossbows and axes.

Reuters

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Man recounts surviving 20 days stranded in wilderness

A California man is telling a miraculous survival story after disappearing for nearly three weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

CBS America

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Man recounts surviving 20 days stranded in wilderness

A California man is telling a miraculous survival story after disappearing for nearly three weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

CBS America

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UN warns insufficient global action keeps climate risk high

The United Nations is sounding the alarm, warning that current global efforts to combat climate change are falling short. The driving force behind future warming, the UN says, remains our reliance on fossil fuels like gas, oil, and coal.

Africanews

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UN report reveals climate pledges 'barely moving the needle'

A new UN report reviews the gap between countries’ climate commitments and global emissions targets.

Euronews

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Muslim cleric urges Nigeria to cut U.S. ties over Trump remarks

A senior Muslim cleric has urged Nigeria to cut ties with the United States over comments by Donald Trump threatening military action over the killing of Christians by Islamist insurgents.

Reuters

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Venezuelans in U.S. face uncertainty as Trump cancels protected status

South Florida is home to the largest group of Venezuelans in the United States. Many left their country after Nicolas Maduro took power and say they'd support the U.S. using military force to oust him. But some are also worried they'll b...

Al Jazeera

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Brazil prepares to host COP30 climate summit

The gathering gets underway months after two-thirds of the 195 nations that signed the Paris climate agreement missed a deadline to publish their new climate plans.

Africanews

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Nigeria FM says state-backed persecution impossible under constitution

Speaking in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Tuggar pointed to his country's "constitutional commitment to religious freedom and rule of law."

Africanews

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Mapping Kampala's cooler, cleaner future—one tree at a time

Urban foresters in the Ugandan capital are assessing tree numbers and health, as the city expands its tree cover to beat the heat and improve air quality.

DW News

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Scoring goals, planting trees: Gambia’s green football win

In The Gambia, young football players are turning their passion for sport into climate action.

DW News

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A win for Kenyan schoolgirls with babies

Learning and childcare go hand in hand at a pioneering school in southern Kenya. Its core focus is the education of pregnant teens and young mothers.

DW News

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EU struggles to agree climate targets before COP summit

The European Union's governments are trying to define the bloc's climate targets ahead of this month's COP conference in Brazil, but there's been widespread disagreement amongst the EU's 27 member countries.

DW News

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Indigenous people, environment bear the toll of Brazil's gold rush

Illegal gold mining in Brazil’s Amazon is thriving, fueled by rising gold prices and the promise of quick wealth. But with the environmental destruction it brings, local communities and Indigenous groups are bearing a heavy toll.

Al Jazeera

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Greater demand for e-books is increasing costs for Vancouver libraries

Do you e-read or do you still prefer a paper copy? Vancouver library users have tilted toward digital borrowing, which has now exceeded physical loans. It’s adding pressure on the library system over how to pay for the items.

CBC Canada

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Local public servants increasingly targeted by violent threats

Violent threats, once concentrated in Washington, D.C., are increasing against local public servants, according to new data.

CBS America

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Opioid settlement money being used to fund law enforcement across U.S.

Over the past two decades, state and local governments have been able to secure more than $50 billion in settlement money related to the opioid epidemic. A new KFF Health News investigation found that in 2024, more than $61 million of th...

CBS America

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Trump administration will partially restore food benefit funding

The Trump administration says it will restart the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but will only pay half the amount people usually get. The move comes after two federal judges ruled that freezing payments for the U.S.'s bigges...

CBC News

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Italy's right-wing government unveils new work permit plan

Italy's right-wing government has announced plans to issue 500,000 work permits for non-EU workers from 2026 to 2028 to address labor shortages.

Africanews

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How mussels reveal increasing microplastic pollution in Greek waters

Overtourism and heavy maritime traffic across the Mediterranean are contributing to a rise in pollution in Greece's azure waters, say Greek scientists who have deployed thousands of mussels on the seafloor to help detect microplastics.

Reuters

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Brazil to blast channel in Amazon river to increase shipping

With the United Nations COP30 climate summit set to get underway in Belem, Brazil in November, 300 miles upriver there are plans to blast an Amazon tributary in order to increase grains shipping as the soy frontier advances.

Reuters

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Lawless mining has destroyed over 4,000 hectares in Brazil

A never-ending game of cat and mouse is being carried out deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Illegal gold miners vanish into the jungle, only to return days later to set up new camps in a relentless cycle of destruction.

Al Jazeera

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Greece’s tough deportation policy clashes with need for workers

Last month, Greece adopted Europe’s strictest deportation policy to discourage asylum seekers from reaching its borders. But the country’s economic demands are now fostering a more positive outlook toward refugees.

Al Jazeera

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Deadly earthquake rocks northern Afghanistan

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city's historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely t...

CBC News

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One woman's mission to save Tamil Nadu's palm trees

Sustainability is at the heart of Prathee Jeen's palm conservation work, which includes tree planting, educational campaigns and training people to make palm products.

DW News

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Five German nationals killed in avalanche in Italy's South Tyrol province

All five missing mountaineers from Germany have died in an avalanche disaster in the Ortler mountainous region in South Tyrol. The last two missing bodies of a German man and his 17-year-old daughter were located on Sunday by Italian res...

Euronews

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Pakistan's Lahore suffers from its toxic 'fifth season'

Lahore, Pakistan's second-biggest city, remains shrouded in a blanket of toxic smog and is again topping the list of the world's most polluted cities. A mix of causes contributes to air-quality levels classified as "extremely hazardous" ...

DW News

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Brazil's environmental agency tackles illegal mining

Deep in the Amazon, Brazil’s environmental agents risk their lives to protect the rainforest from illegal gold mining and armed intruders.

Al Jazeera

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Argentina marches for LGBTQ Pride, against government-fueled 'hate'

Thousands gathered in Buenos Aires on Saturday for Argentina’s 34th annual LGBTQ Pride march, demonstrating both solidarity and resistance to right-wing President Javier Milei.

France 24