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In Major Win for Indigenous Rights, Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in Protected Amazon Lands
Ecuadorian voters have overwhelmingly supported a ban on future oil extraction in a biodiverse section of the Amazon’s Yasuní National Park — a historic referendum result that will protect Indigenous Yasuní land from development. We speak with Helena Gualinga, a youth Kichwa Sarayaku environmental activist from Ecuador who has fought against oil drilling all her life and says the results of the vote not only set a “crucial precedent” as the first time a country has voted by democratic ballot initiative on resource extraction in the Amazon, but also demonstrates that “Ecuador is a country that is committed to protecting the Amazon rainforest and to protecting Indigenous peoples.”
India has become first country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole
The country has become the fourth to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon, but is the first to touch down on the relatively unexplored lunar south pole.
Xi Jinping unexpectedly pulls out of BRICS summit speech in 'extraordinary' move
The Chinese leader has flown out to South Africa for the summit but asked his commerce minister to read out his remarks.
Taliban carried out hundreds of extrajudicial killings after seizing power, UN says
Russian dam collapse cuts off cargo rail link to Far East
Pakistan: All eight people rescued from broken cable car dangling 274m above canyon
The incident started when a cable line snapped as the group was travelling to school. The cable car spans a river and connects villages in a remote mountainous area.
Ukraine has no plans to sign peace deal with territorial concessions, says FM Kuleba
Ukraine is not going to sign a peace agreement similar to the one signed by Finland after the Winter War, which involved territorial concessions, Spanish news outlet El Diario quoted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba as saying on Aug. 21.
China officials hit by US sanctions over ‘forced assimilation’ of children in Tibet
Antony Blinken criticises China’s state boarding schools that ‘seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious traditions’
Central Moscow building hit by drone in latest attack on Russian capital
Moscow airports suspend flights briefly as drone hits site in city centre, with two others brought down across the region
Canada likely sitting on the largest housing bubble of all time: Strategist
The Canadian housing market is at high risk of unravelling, according to one expert.
Marshalls 'astounded' at exclusion from US nuclear compensation plan
Despite telling the Marshall islands there is no money for nuclear test compensation, Washington is helping people in Guam affected by the nuclear legacy.
U.S. tells Americans to leave Belarus immediately
Amid a buildup of Russian troops, the U.S. Embassy warned it has “limited ability to assist” Americans in Belarus, who shouldn’t “rely on U.S. government assistance.”
Brazil High Court Rules Homophobia Punishable By Prison
Chinese activist Kwon Pyong, a critic of Xi Jinping, flees to South Korea on jet ski
With five barrels of petrol, binoculars and a compass, Kwon Pyong navigates a jet ski more than 300 kilometres across the Yellow Sea from Shandong to Incheon.
Ukraine blows up five jets ‘deep within Russian territory’
Five Russian jets have been blown up by Ukraine in the past three days, as Britain said drone attacks on targets within Russia were being launched from inside its own territory.
Russia’s Surovikin dismissed as head of aerospace forces: Russian journalist
Journalist Alexei Venediktov said on his Telegram channel that General Sergei Surovikin had been removed by official decree.
Putin says Russia faces big economic challenges, must keep inflation in check
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that inflationary risks were rising and he told the government and central bank to keep the situation under control.
Angelina Jolie urges support for jailed Afghan man who championed higher ed for girls
It's been 5 months since Matiullah Wesa, an activist who urged an end to Taliban bans on girls' education, was arrested. Media attention has faded. Now Angelina Jolie is making a plea in his behalf.