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How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest | The Intercept
Andrew Fishman November 23 2021, 1:00 p.m. The growing financialization of Brazilian agribusiness is enabling foreign investment in the industry most responsible for deforestation. In partnership with DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL, including of the Amazon, has grown at an alarming clip since … Continue reading
The Portuguese Language and What Makes it Intriguing
This is a documentary style language profile about the Portuguese language which is spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and beyond. * If you’re learning Portuguese, visit PortuguesePod101: http://bit.ly/portuguesepod101. (Full disclosure: if you sign for a premium account, Langfocus receives a small … Continue reading
Migrants
5th year students 3D short movie directed by Hugo CABY, Antoine DUPRIEZ, Lucas LERMYTTE, Zoé DEVISE and Aubin KUBIAK Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom … Continue reading
US says Russia threatened astronauts by destroying satellite – BBC News
The US has condemned Russia for conducting a “dangerous and irresponsible” missile test that it says endangered the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The test blew up one of Russia’s own satellites, creating debris that forced the ISS … Continue reading
Why are autocrats popular? – Assault on democracy | DW Documentary
A wave of authoritarianism is churning from East to West and assailing civil society. Autocrats are threatening democracy, while their regimes portray NGOs as Trojan horses for foreign interference. The resurgence of authoritarianism is impacting countries across the globe, no … Continue reading
Indigenous climate activist tells COP26 delegates, ‘We have no more time’ – BBC News
A 24-year-old indigenous climate activist from the Brazilian Amazon has said global leaders have “closed their eyes” to climate change. Txai Surui says her father told her to listen to the stars, moon, animals and trees. “The Earth is speaking: … Continue reading
First Black woman elected to German Bundestag gets set to start work | DW News
A month after Germany’s general election, the country may not yet have a new government, but the newly elected Parliament will take up work on Tuesday. The Bundestag will be more diverse than ever, with younger MPs, trans MPs and … Continue reading
