People face six-hour wait for evacuation from Dnipro
Sarah Rainsford
BBC Eastern Europe Correspondent
At Dnipro rail station, people face at least a six-hour wait in the snow and the cold to board an evacuation train headed west.
Many began queueing at 08:00 local time, including families from Dnipro itself, who see the war creeping closer to them and want to get out while they still can.
A few days ago, there were chaotic scenes on the platforms here, as people shoved their way onto carriages.
Now, there's an orderly queue stretching for hours along the square. Volunteers arrived earlier with cups of hot rice and slices of bread.
Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows
Analysis of satellite observations show forest is losing stability with ‘profound’ global implications
The Amazon is approaching a tipping point, data shows, after which the rainforest would be lost with “profound” implications for the global climate and biodiversity.
Computer models have previously indicated a mass dieback of the Amazon is possible but the new analysis is based on real-world satellite observations over the past three decades.
Novel statistical analysis shows that more than 75% of the untouched forest has lost stability since the early 2000s, meaning it takes longer to recover after droughts and wildfires.
What are humanitarian corridors?
They are set up to avert humanitarian catastrophes and provide relief for civilians. But they also can be abused. How can humanitarian corridors help and how can they harm?
The United Nations considers humanitarian corridors to be one of several possible forms of a temporary pause of armed conflict.
They are demilitarized zones, in a specific area and for a specific time — and both sides of an armed conflict agree to them.
River fishing limits remain 11 years after nuclear disaster
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 7, 2022 at 18:52 JST
A sign along the Manogawa river that runs through Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, is faded, but the message is clear--and perhaps unnecessary.
“Regulations have yet to be lifted,” it says. “Please do not conduct fishing activities.”
The sign is located on a riverbank about 30 kilometers north of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant run by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
The area used to be crowded with people trying to catch “ayu” (sweetfish). But anglers from near and far
Bill to criminalize librarians would intellectually impoverish Idaho students
Finally, the Legislature has the courage to stand up to a class of criminals who have gotten away with it for far too long.
Librarians.
A bill introduced by Rep. Gayann DeMordaunt, R-Eagle, would subject a library worker to up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if they distribute to a minor material that’s judged to be obscene. The bill — which by an absolutely hilarious stroke of luck, is numbered HB 666 – passed through the House State Affairs Committee on Thursday.
DeMordaunt introduced Stephanie Gifford, a Bonneville County woman who described herself as a “curriculum and literary analyst for Family Watch International.” Incidentally, Family Watch is a hate group, which teaches the idea that homosexuality is a mental illness and has supported severe criminal penalties for homosexuality both in the U.S. and abroad.
After decades-long fight, Philippines raises age of sexual consent from 12 to 16
Updated 0925 GMT (1725 HKT) March 7, 2022
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, his office said on Monday, in a bid to protect minors from rape and sexual abuse.
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