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Belgian Parliament passes tighter migration rules ——————————– The Belgian Parliament on Friday passed a bill tightening migration regulations, with a particular emphasis on family reunification, Anadolu Agency reported. The bill, proposed by Belgian Minister for Asylum and Migration Anneleen Van…

Young Recyclers Transform Cairo’s Garbage City, Tackling Plastic Pollution ————————— Manshiyet Nasr, a neighborhood on Cairo’s outskirts known as Garbage City, is home to 200,000 residents who handle up to 80% of the city’s waste, The Guardian reported. Despite its…

Billions Wasted: Global Gas Flaring Reaches 17-Year High ——————– The amount of gas burned off by the fossil fuel industry hit its highest level since 2007 last year, releasing as much climate-warming pollution as the entire country of France, The…

Serious Pollution Incidents by English Water Companies Rise 60% in 2024 ————————— Serious pollution incidents caused by English water companies increased by 60% in 2024, The Guardian reported based on Environment Agency data. There were 75 serious incidents last year,…

Brazil Passes Controversial ‘Devastation Bill’ Weakening Environmental Protections ——————————— Brazil’s Congress has approved a highly contentious bill that significantly weakens the country’s environmental safeguards, raising fears of increased deforestation and harm to Indigenous communities, The Guardian reported. The legislation, known…

New Zealand’s National Library to destroy copies of Quran, Bible, Torah ————————————- The National Library in New Zealand is destroying over 500,000 overseas-published books, including sacred texts like the Quran, Bible, and Torah, to save about $1 million annually in…

Oxford University Press to halt publishing China-sponsored science journal ————————— Oxford University Press (OUP) announced it will cease publishing the academic journal Forensic Sciences Research (FSR) after 2025, following ethical concerns about several studies involving DNA samples from ethnic minorities…

Trump administration faces lawsuit by immigrants, civil rights groups over immigration court arrests ——————————- Twelve immigrants and civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Trump administration, seeking to block its policy that permits immigration agents to arrest…

US Senator revives push to label Muslim Brotherhood a ‘terror’ group —————————– US Senator Ted Cruz has revived efforts to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization with a new bill aimed at banning the group completely and…

Russia and Ukraine Conduct Body Exchange Amid Ongoing Conflict …………………. Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the remains of fallen soldiers as part of an agreement made during the second round of peace talks in Istanbul in June, Reuters reported on…