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Almost 8,000 shootings per year associated with hot weather, US study reveals

Researchers from the University of Washington examined the 100 worst cities for shootings in the US. They found almost 8,000 cases coincided with unseasonably warm weather.

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Over half of global environmental defender murders in 2020 in Colombia: report

Impunity still reigns when it comes to the murders of human rights defenders around the world, according to the Front Line Defenders organization, in its global analysis of 2020.

A bloody January for Brazil’s indigenous Kaiowá spotlights persecution
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A bloody January for Brazil’s indigenous Kaiowá spotlights persecution

Attacks on indigenous Kaiowá communities have highlighted a long-running campaign of persecution and growing violence against the group.

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