Wagner’s prisoner of war: A Ukrainian soldier’s 46-day nightmare

Wagner’s prisoner of war: A Ukrainian soldier’s 46-day nightmare

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Illia Mykhalchuk, a Ukrainian soldier who lost both arms as a Wagner prisoner of war, photographed in Silver Spring, MD. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) Russian mercenaries captured Ilia Mykhalchuk outside Bakhmut. They amputated his arms in a dark basement, he says, and subjected him to mind-bending psychological abuse. August 13,…

Profiting from peatland in Indonesia — Global Issues

Profiting from peatland in Indonesia — Global Issues

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Progress is already being made: a school building was saved from burning down; farmers are earning 50 per cent higher incomes; and a healthier peatland is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since its launch in 2019, the programme, which includes training for villagers and critical infrastructure upgrades, has dramatically reduced fire…

Russia’s new history textbooks teach Putin’s alternate reality

Russia’s new history textbooks teach Putin’s alternate reality

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Comment on this storyComment RIGA, Latvia — When classes begin next month, Russian high-schoolers will get fresh history textbooks rewritten to carry Kremlin-approved narratives about the “special military operation” in Ukraine and the rivalry with the West — part of a wider government effort to shape how young generations of…

Profiting from peatland in Indonesia — Global Issues

With Quality Education, Youth are Empowered with the Green Skills to Save Our Planet — Global Issues

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Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Saturday, August 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 12 (IPS) – International Youth Day Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine SherifTo save our people and our planet from the life-threatening risks of the climate crisis, we must invest in the education of today’s…

Kristin Harila, record-setting K2 climber, defends ascent as porter lay dying

Kristin Harila, record-setting K2 climber, defends ascent as porter lay dying

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Comment on this storyComment In the amateur drone footage captured that day, a grisly scene unfolded atop one of the world’s most unforgiving peaks. It was July 27 and mountaineers, determined to reach the K2 summit in Pakistan, are shown stepping over the prostrate body of Muhammad Hassan, a local…

Russia-Ukraine war news: Russia says missiles downed over Kerch Bridge after Crimea drone attack

Russia-Ukraine war news: Russia says missiles downed over Kerch Bridge after Crimea drone attack

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Updated August 12, 2023 at 3:53 p.m. EDT|Published August 12, 2023 at 4:37 a.m. EDT A passenger train passes by the damaged parts of an automobile link of the Crimean Bridge, seen in an image from a video released on July 19 by the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee. (AP) Russian…

Profiting from peatland in Indonesia — Global Issues

As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet — Global Issues

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International Youth Day is marked annually on 12 August and the 2023 edition spotlights green skills and the major role young people will play in driving the much-needed shift towards an environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly mindset. These include technical knowledge and skills that enable the effective use of green technologies…

In Congo, Islamic State affiliate called the ADF is becoming deadlier

In Congo, Islamic State affiliate called the ADF is becoming deadlier

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Comment on this storyComment BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Deep in Congo’s forested ravines, a local affiliate of the Islamic State has been growing increasingly deadly — seizing children to swell its ranks, honing its bombmaking skills, and launching ferocious attacks on villages, churches and clinics — without attracting…