"West Africa and Congo basin are hotspots for forest loss but receive lower global attention [that the Amazon]."

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"My son is one of Kashmir’s ‘disappeared’. When will India tell the truth about their fate?" He was disappeared in 1991 and his mother has had no news of him since.

The UK barred a journalist from covering an arms sale fair. Political bias is suspected.

Some airport terminals in India are imposing face recognition on every passenger.

They say that the biometrics will be stored only temporarily, and deleted after the flight departs, but we can hardly trust that it doesn't send a copy to a government agency in the mean time.

Indeed, I can't see why they would bother implementing this (since the existing system works) if it isn't the basis for some other snooping.

Dolphins in the English Channel have high levels of persistent toxins in their blood. We do not know whether this is causing tangible harm.