While the Moldovan government is diligently working to meet the requirements for EU membership, the people of Moldova will go to the polls on October 20 to vote in a referendum on the matter. It does not seem likely to be an overwhelming yes.
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Since Brazil’s 2023 presidential transition from Jair Messias Bolsonaro to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, international attention to the Amazon rainforest and its critical role as a climate regulator has waned. However, numerous scientific reports continue to highlight the ongoing threats to this vital ecosystem.
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Many politicians, NGOs and the general public in Europe often criticise the national policies of countries in the South American Amazon, but seem to conveniently forget their own role in the global climate crisis.
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Ten years after the arrival of ISIS in Iraq, the question still remains: what exactly happened? Was ISIS an Iranian conspiracy? The arrival and fight against the terror group changed the demographics of Iraq, benefiting pro-Iranian forces.
Continue readingThis piece about Saudi fauna ends with a plush tiger on a rock but begins in a small hall in Najran, a spacious, seemingly prosperous city in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. Najran once belonged to Yemen and was a famous caravan city.
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Iraq does not see the need for further investigation into the crimes of ISIS perpetrators against Yazidis and is sending the UN organization that does this away in September. But if the perpetrators of the genocide are not prosecuted, Yazidis will never feel safe in Iraq.
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