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‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them

silverguide.site – In Tehran, the Guardian spoke to people about how war is transforming their feelings toward the regime and their country’s future…
‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold mining industry – and won

silverguide.site – As rising gold prices fuel environmental destruction, communities in the country’s biodiverse heartland are passing laws against mining…
How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold mining industry – and won
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Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds

silverguide.site – Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024…
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
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‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

silverguide.site – An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’…
‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out
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Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid

silverguide.site – Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights…
Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid
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Stabbings, kidnap threats and arson attacks: how the Iranian regime targets UK journalists

silverguide.site – Staff at outlets critical of Tehran have faced chilling intimidation and violence, amid calls for greater protection and support…
Stabbings, kidnap threats and arson attacks: how the Iranian regime targets UK journalists
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Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change

silverguide.site – From rainwater harvesting to tree nurseries, communities in Medellín are taking steps to increase their landslide and flooding resilience…
Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change
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Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease

silverguide.site – Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of the landlocked African country to eradicate the killer disease…
Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease
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More than £1bn pledged for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens

silverguide.site – Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but ceasefire talks stall with warring parties absent from talks…
More than £1bn pledged for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens
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Soaring rents and a four-hour commute: the misery of the Lagos housing crisis

silverguide.site – The Nigerian megacity’s dynamic growth is outstripping its rental supply, and wages are not keeping up with rising costs…
Soaring rents and a four-hour commute: the misery of the Lagos housing crisis
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Anger at ‘bloody unacceptable’ efforts to end Sudan’s war as conflict enters fourth year

silverguide.site – A top UN official has criticised lack of global urgency as reports confirm the world’s largest humanitarian crisis is worsening…
Anger at ‘bloody unacceptable’ efforts to end Sudan’s war as conflict enters fourth year
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Cuba’s doctors were a lifeline for the world. Now the Caribbean is shamefully complicit in the US drive to expel them | Kenneth Mohammed

silverguide.site – For decades, Cuban doctors have served the Caribbean’s most marginalised. Now, as Cuba faces its own crisis, the region looks away, waiting on Trump’s approval…
Cuba’s doctors were a lifeline for the world. Now the Caribbean is shamefully complicit in the US drive to expel them | Kenneth Mohammed
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Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water?

silverguide.site – Javier Milei’s reforms to the law will open up high-altitude areas to mining and risk water reserves already strained by the climate crisis, say activists…
Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water?
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‘We fear the epidemic will return’: Senegal’s harsh anti-gay law puts decades of HIV progress in jeopardy

silverguide.site – Arrest toll mounts and gay men flee the country as new, harsher legislation cracks down on ‘promotion’ of homosexuality…
‘We fear the epidemic will return’: Senegal’s harsh anti-gay law puts decades of HIV progress in jeopardy
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Sluts, simps and body shaming: the rise of Africa’s manosphere

silverguide.site – Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on social media. We profile seven men from across the continent who are gaining traction…
Sluts, simps and body shaming: the rise of Africa’s manosphere
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Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran, says her daughter

silverguide.site – Activists accuse Iran’s regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts of Nasrin Sotoudeh are unknown…
Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran, says her daughter
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‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?

silverguide.site – Regime has long used the death penalty to suppress dissent but now appears to be withholding information on the killing of hundreds of prisoners, say rights groups…
‘Everyone is thinking about oil prices’: is Iran using the war to hide a surge in executions?
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‘No more than a drop in the ocean’: this drug could end new HIV infections in Eswatini – why isn’t there enough?

silverguide.site – The southern Africa country has the world’s highest prevalence of HIV but the amount of lenacapavir reaching it is too small to reach all those at risk…
‘No more than a drop in the ocean’: this drug could end new HIV infections in Eswatini – why isn’t there enough?
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My year in solitary confinement has not broken me. My peaceful fight for Baloch rights in Pakistan goes on | Mahrang Baloch

silverguide.site – No home in Balochistan is safe and enforced disappearances are widespread. Detaining me and other rights activists only confirms the justice of our cause…
My year in solitary confinement has not broken me. My peaceful fight for Baloch rights in Pakistan goes on | Mahrang Baloch
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Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say

silverguide.site – A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists say…
Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say
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