Illegal Logging Turns Syria’s Forests Into ‘Barren Land’

Illegal Logging Turns Syria’s Forests Into ‘Barren Land’

A woman on a donkey carrying wood from trees cut at the Mount Abdulaziz nature reserve outside Hasakeh AFP On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria’s north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks poking out from dry, crumbly soil. Twelve years of conflict that led to a…

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Bankman-Fried Scores First Big Win After US Prosecutors Drop Illegal Campaign Contribution Charge

Bankman-Fried Scores First Big Win After US Prosecutors Drop Illegal Campaign Contribution Charge

Reuters KEY POINTS The prosecutors filed the charge in February, alleging Bankman-Fried and two other former FTX executives of using tens of millions of dollars in customers’ funds to illegally donate to federal political campaigns The campaign finance contribution charge was among the 13 charges Bankman-Fried was set to face at the October trial Bankman-Fried…

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Dallas ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Who Was Caught on Video Abandoning His German Shepherd Arrested, Charged with Animal Cruelty

Dallas ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Who Was Caught on Video Abandoning His German Shepherd Arrested, Charged with Animal Cruelty

A Dallas man who was caught on surveillance video abandoning his pet German Shepherd on the side of the road before driving off last week has been arrested. Ramiro Zuniga, 41, was arrested by the Dallas Police Department on Saturday, according to county jail records.He is now facing a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge, stemming from…

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Racist Woman Who Berated Philadelphia Pizzeria Owner for Playing Spanish on TV, Called Him an ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Charged with Hate Crime

Racist Woman Who Berated Philadelphia Pizzeria Owner for Playing Spanish on TV, Called Him an ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Charged with Hate Crime

A Philadelphia woman who was filmed going on racist rant against a Pizzeria owner because she was annoyed with Spanish-language TV being played at the establishment has been charged with a hate crime. Rita Bellew, 55, was charged with misdemeanor counts of ethnic intimidation and harassment, which is Pennsylvania’s hate crime statute, and harassment Friday…

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