Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct Manatees touch snouts in the waters of the Three Sisters Springs wildlife refuge in Crystal River, Florida, on 4 February 2026. Photograph: Zoraida Diaz/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock The Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday, finalizing a new rule that will open habitats of imperiled wildlife to development, logging, (…)

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Halfway between Cairo and Suez, some 60 kilometres from the centre of Cairo, concrete is being poured across a stretch of land measuring 170,000 feddans—an expanse twice the size of Cairo itself, or roughly equal to the historic heart of Greater Cairo, encompassing Cairo, Giza, and Shubra El Kheima. Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC) covers an area approaching that of Singapore, or four times the size of Washington, D.C. The state and its real estate developers present these figures (…)

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Is Putin is preparing a second partial mobilisation? Drawing on opposition media sources, particularly Verstka and Meduza, Yurii Colombo traces the convergent signals — his terminological shift from “special military operation” to “war,” the distribution of call-up documentation across multiple regions, and preparatory work inside state enterprises. The costs are substantial: logistical expense, per-soldier benefit obligations, the acknowledged incapacity to train new recruits effectively (…)

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