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Spain’s deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin

Scientists say violent weather battering Mediterranean is a harbinger of what the rest of Europe can soon expect

*Spain's deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin. Scientists say violent weather battering Mediterranean is a harbinger of what the rest of Europe can soon expect.*

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Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency

Country’s allies and aid workers say move could cripple services for Palestinians who increasingly depend on them

*Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency.* I don't know whether this will make a difference to Palestinians in Gaza, since Israel is already choking off food, water and medicine for them. But it could overwhelm the West Bank with suffering.

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TikTok videos spread misinformation to new migrant community in New York City

False information spurred these west African migrants to come to the US. Now they receive even more misleading guidance about navigating their new ...

Fake testimonials on TikTok, purporting to be from unauthorized immigrants and made in their own languages, are designed to fool people back home to think they would be welcomed if they were smuggled into the US. So it's not just minors that TikTok is likely to harm, and it isn't mainly a mater of being owned by a Chinese company.

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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out

An additional reason to insist on support for cash payment is to reduce the damage done by internet server failures. I wish there were an organization in the US to campaign for the option of paying cash. Can anyone point me at one?