‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

“Thank God we’re alive! What they did to us was very cruel. They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities told us things had been handled very badly.”

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Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say

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Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Six environmental activists from around the world will be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 20. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six inhabit...

Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

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Opinion | A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality

Masha Gessen: "For the first time in France, and possibly for the first time ever, anywhere, an entire corporation had been put on trial and found criminally liable for enabling terrorism. "

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Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

The countries that want to forge ahead with the energy transition cannot be held back by the naysayers. With a “coalition of the willing”, Colombia and the Netherlands hope to break the deadlock of UN climate talks that are frequently hijacked by the unwilling.

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ICE agent charged with 2 counts of felony assault in Minneapolis An ICE agent has been charged with two counts of second degree assault which occurred in February, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s office in Minneapolis.

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ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

Who's in your wallet?

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran. Saudi Aramco, Gazprom and ExxonMobil are among the biggest beneficiaries of the bonanza.

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Italy suspends defence agreement with Israel Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government freezes automatic renewal of defence cooperation deal with Israel.

Giorgia Meloni: “In view of the current situation, the government has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defence agreement with Israel”

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‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next

Francesca Albanese: “My life has become a rollercoaster. I never imagined living without a bank card, but I do. People help me. My freedom is stronger than my fear. You are defeated the moment you stop fighting.”

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NPA finally pursues justice for Life Esidimeni victims after nine years of delays After nearly a decade of painful delays and institutional resistance, the National Prosecuting Authority has decided to prosecute those implicated in the deaths of at least 141 mental healthcare users...

Finally ... www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026... #LifeEsidimeni #SouthAfrica #justice

Korea decriminalized abortion 7 years ago. For many women, it remains a dangerous choice. The Hankyoreh reviewed years’ worth of court cases to understand how the failure to enshrine the right to abortion in law and normalize it as standard health care has affected Korean women who chose t...

“The continued lack of clear legal status has meant that abortion is still not regarded as a medical procedure. Instead, women who terminate pregnancies are stigmatized. It is not uncommon for them to become victims of blackmail for having undergone an abortion,”

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Can the 25th amendment save us all from global disaster? | First Dog on the Moon We all know Trump has been doing loads of terrible things but apparently threatening to destroy Iranian civilisation is finally a bridge too far

Funny ... not funny ...

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‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

The tactic of mass destruction of homes in Gaza, where Israel has been accused of committing genocide, was described as domicide by academics, a strategy that is used to systematically destroy and damage civilian housing to render entire areas uninhabitable.

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At SF State, a Campus Protest Movement Gives Birth to an Emboldened Student Union | KQED Amid pro-Palestinian protests two years ago, students met with university administrators for a first-of-its-kind public negotiation. Now, they’re back with a broader set of demands.

“Many of us have learned from the encampment, and learned how to win”

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A day in the life of a 19-year-old in ICE detention: ‘I feel that this nightmare is not going to end’ Olivia has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas. She has lost 20lb, and wakes up every day with a headache

“Another day passes, another night comes. And sometimes I feel that this nightmare is not going to end.”

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Call Trump's Concentration Camps What They Are Andrea Pitzer on the history we cannot allow to repeat itself.

Many people are understandably wary of calling the Trump regime’s ICE detention camps “concentration camps,” for fear of minimizing the atrocities of the Nazi death camps.

But @andreapitzer.bsky.social powerfully argues that camps like Auschwitz are exactly why we should use that term today.

The Trump administration has systematically pressured the nation’s immigration judges, threatening them with disciplinary action if they do not deport more people and firing those seen as insufficiently supportive of the president’s aggressive enforcement agenda.

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The deadliest 10 minutes in decades: Lebanese reel from Israeli strikes that killed hundreds Beirut residents and officials say civilians were main casualties in operation that bombed 100-plus targets in 10 minutes

“It’s getting ridiculous. There’s no Hezbollah here, the Israelis are just getting happy when they bomb people, it’s not about Hezbollah."

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48% of New Yorkers Approve of Mamdani’s Performance, Poll Says

Around half of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s job performance as he approaches his 100th day in office, and a clear majority believe the city is headed in the right direction, a new poll found.

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African creators are being exploited in the AI Boom To turn the tide and address AI threats, African copyright frameworks need to be revised.

African regulators must strengthen existing copyright frameworks to include explicit provisions that address AI-generated works, including human authorship requirements, ownership, and originality standards.

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Exhausted Palestinians struggle to put lives back together as world’s gaze fixes on Iran Five months after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, airstrikes are still killing civilians and the humanitarian situation remains dire

There is little left that connects Palestinians in Gaza with their prewar existence. The contours of life have become darker and far more brutal, as if the population has been stripped of its past.

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#NoKings in DC.

‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme

History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme ...

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Trump Called My Neighbors “Paid Agitators.” This is Who They Really Are. After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbo...

“We’re just watching out for our neighbors. If that’s a form of protest, so be it.”

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France's Socialists hold on to power in major cities in election boost for mainstream Paris and Marseille are held by the Socialists in local elections which saw the nationalist right win in Nice and certain towns.

So, in France's mayoral elections, "Socialists hold on to power in major cities in election boost for mainstream" (www.bbc.com/news/article...), and in Italy, "Meloni concedes referendum defeat, calling it ‘a lost opportunity’" (www.aljazeera.com/.../italys-m...) ...

Zanele Muholi: queer South African visual activist cements their global influence The Hasselblad is the world’s largest award for photography. It cements Muholi’s global influence.

Yes!!!

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‘Second chance’: why minister wants to jail fewer women in England and Wales James Timpson believes many women in prison shouldn’t be there – and a new board aims to bring about change

Half of female prisoners are victims of domestic violence and more than half have suffered a brain injury. While two-thirds did not commit a violent crime, female prisoners are nine times more likely to self-harm than men.

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