Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report saysThe annual report by environmental and human rights advocacy group Global Witness documented 105 killings in Latin America in 2025. Colombia was the deadliest country for the fourth consecutive year, with 39 killings, followed by Brazil with 26. Honduras and the Philippines recorded 12 each.
https://apnews.com/article/environmental-defenders-killings-global-witness-colombia-brazil-2e48546eb027159d2bbabc6a4f40e648USDA to Boost Food Exports to Venezuela as Local Campesinos Protest Unfair CompetitionThe Agriculture Department also announced that it will lift restrictions to allow foreign banks to back Venezuela-related transactions. … Protesters complained that imports from countries where food production is subsidized, including the US, create unfair competition and risk driving Venezuelan campesinos bankrupt. The latest mobilization was sparked by the reported arrival of a shipment of 355 thousand tons of rice, more than half of the Venezuelan production in 2025.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/usda-to-boost-food-exports-to-venezuela-as-local-campesinos-protest-unfair-competition/Argentine judge orders suspension of Falklands oil projectThe plaintiffs sought to block Britain's Rockhopper Exploration and Israel's Navitas Petroleum from the so-called Sea Lion oil field, located about 220 kilometers (137 miles) from the islands. The judge ordered the companies to "refrain from initiating, pursuing, carrying out or having carried out any material actions" that would involve drilling, installing infrastructure or extracting hydrocarbons, according to a ruling seen by AFP.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260916-argentine-judge-orders-suspension-of-falklands-oil-projecthttps://archive.ph/KXD1yEU chief floats associate membership for Canada after U.S. trade attacksIf the proposal goes through, the shift would pull Ottawa deeper into Europe's economic and security architecture as Canada reduces its reliance on the U.S. — something Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has signaled the nation is open to.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/16/eu-canada-associate-membership-carney-trumphttps://archive.ph/DUNdhStudents skipping meals and working multiple jobs to meet living costsIts survey found 63 per cent of students reported skipping meals, and 9 per cent used a foodbank in 2025-26. More than one in four have at least two jobs, while nearly half have considered dropping out over money. Tom Allingham of Save the Student said: “Maintenance loans have always fallen short of living costs, but this has become exponentially worse in recent years.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/students-skipping-meals-working-multiple-jobs-living-costsUK trade unions back motion to boycott and sanction IsraelThe unanimous vote demands that the Trades Union Congress take action to oppose what the motion described as the “catastrophic destruction of Gaza” and Israeli settler violence “supported by the IDF [Israeli army]”. The steps include campaigning to end military cooperation and arms deals with Israel, calling on the government to impose wide-ranging sanctions on Israel and backing trade union-led campaigns in support of Palestine.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/16/uk-trade-unions-back-motion-to-boycott-and-sanction-israelhttps://archive.ph/yEpILReturn of displaced Syrian Kurds to Ras al-Ain suspended after violenceJawan Isso, from a committee representing displaced people from Ras al-Ain, told AFP that a "first batch" of around 2,500 people were headed home but were later attacked by "armed groups". Mahmud Khalil Ali, deputy head of security forces in Syria's Hasakeh province, said several of those involved in the attacks were arrested, but return trips were "temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of residents".
https://www.newarab.com/news/return-syrian-kurds-ras-al-ain-suspended-after-violence Saudis pound Yemen as Houthis solidify gains in new theatre of Middle East war Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Houthis said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advance that has extended Tehran's reach in the Middle East war and further disrupted global oil supplies. In a sign of the worsening conflict in a new theatre, the United States tightened its travel warning for Saudi Arabia, banning government employees from travelling within 20 miles of the Yemen border.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/saudis-pound-yemen-houthis-solidify-gains-new-theatre-middle-east-warHomes burn across Darfur as more ‘dry season’ fires flareThe group said the blaze affected homes belonging to displaced families as well as members of the host community, causing substantial property losses. No casualties were reported. In South Darfur, another fire broke out on Saturday in Babanusa camp in Gereida locality, west of the Abuja market and east of Sheikh Ali Ahmed Younis mosque. Preliminary estimates indicate that the blaze destroyed about 30 homes, causing extensive property damage.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/homes-burn-across-darfur-as-more-dry-season-fires-flare Hindu nationalists eye Kolkata’s Communist street names Prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won power in the eastern state of more than 100 million people for the first time in May, ending the 15-year rule of the populist Trinamool Congress, which took over from the Communist Party. ‘The committee will try to make amends for the mischiefs committed by the leftists,’ said Tathagata Roy, former governor of the Indian states of Tripura and Meghalaya and a senior member of the committee.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/south-asia/314136/hindu-nationalists-eye-kolkatas-communist-street-namesPhilippine lawmaker pleads not guilty to taking kickbacks in flood control projectsRep. Martin Romualdez, a cousin and former ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is among several powerful legislators accused of pocketing huge kickbacks. Nearly 10,000 flood control projects worth more than $9 billion that were supposed to have been undertaken since Marcos took office in mid-2022 have come under scrutiny. Many were found to be substandard, overpriced or not built at all.
https://apnews.com/article/philippines-martin-romualdez-plunder-flood-control-b265b2c57ce2c2cba621896301f9676aFormer student journalist among 4 NPA rebels killed in Agusan Sur clash The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) honored its former officer Rocha Mae Bihag, one of four New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in a military operation Sept. 12 in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur. In a statement, the CEGP described Bihag, known to colleagues as “Rocha,” as a “people’s journalist” and “heroine of Northern Mindanao.” She was a staff writer at The Cursor, the official student publication of the College of Information Technology at Mindanao State University-Marawi.
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