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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 6h

Britain must urgently prepare for hotter temperatures, climate advisers warn @sightmagazine.bsky.social #UK #ClimateChangeCommittee #climatechange #JuliaKing

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Britain must urgently prepare for hotter temperatures, climate advisers warn - Sight Magazine

Britain must urgently prepare for global warming of at least two degrees Celsius by 2050, its climate advisers said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 7h

Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Syria #Qutayfah #Dhumair #BasharalAssad #massgravesinSyria

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Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds - Sight Magazine

The Assad government carried out a clandestine operation to move bodies from mass graves, a Reuters investigation found.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 9h

Daniel Akin announces retirement from SBC seminary he led for 22 years @sightmagazine.bsky.social #DanielAkin #SBC #SouthernBaptistConvention #SoutheasternBaptistTheologicalSeminary #USseminaries

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Daniel Akin announces retirement from SBC seminary he led for 22 years - Sight Magazine

Daniel Akin, the president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, announced to students that he plans to retire this summer.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 9h

Ukraine authorities order mass evacuations from around devastated Kupiansk @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #Kupiansk #Ukrainianenergyinfrastructure

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Ukraine authorities order mass evacuations from around devastated Kupiansk - Sight Magazine

Authorities in Ukraine ordered the evacuation of families from dozens of villages near the all-but-destroyed north-eastern city of Kupiansk.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 9h

Cameroon opposition’s Tchiroma claims election victory, urges Biya to concede @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Cameroon #Cameroonelection #PaulBiya #IssaTchiroma #CameroonPeoplesDemocraticMovement #CPDM #CameroonNationalSalvationFront #FSNC

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Cameroon opposition's Tchiroma claims election victory, urges Biya to concede - Sight Magazine

Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory late on Monday in the country's 12th October presidential election.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 12h

French PM to suspend Macron’s flagship pension reform @sightmagazine.bsky.social #France #EmmanuelMacron #SebastienLecornu #Frenchpensionreforms

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French PM to suspend Macron's flagship pension reform - Sight Magazine

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu promised on Tuesday to suspend a landmark pension reform until after the 2027 election.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 12h

Trump awards Charlie Kirk top honour amid crackdown on left-wing groups @sightmagazine.bsky.social #DonaldTrump #CharlieKirk #USMedalofFreedom #ErikaKirk #NationalDayofRemembranceforCharlieKirk

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Trump awards Charlie Kirk top honour amid crackdown on left-wing groups - Sight Magazine

President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour, to slain activist Charlie Kirk.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 12h

Pushing back: As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer – and protest. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Chicago #USimmigrationraids #USimmigrationdetention #migrants #RevBrendanCurran #OperationMidwayBlitz #ICE #CoalitionforSpiritualandPublicLeadership

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Pushing back: As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer - and protest - Sight Magazine

JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how religious communities have been standing up for immigrants...

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 13h

As Gaza ceasefire takes hold, Vatican seeks to mend strained ties with Jewish leaders @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IsraelHamasceasefire #CatholicJewishrelations #CatholicChurch #PopeLeoXIV #CardinalPietroParolin #AmericanJewishCommittee #Israel #Vatican

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As Gaza ceasefire takes hold, Vatican seeks to mend strained ties with Jewish leaders - Sight Magazine

As Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement, the Catholic Church is faced with reestablishing weakened trust with the Jewish community.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 13h

Essay: Pastor Zafar Bhatti was robbed of the last 13 years of his life by Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Pakistan #blasphemylaws #PastorZafarBhatti #JesusWorldMissionChurchRawalpindi #EssaNagri #LazarMasih #CentreforSocialJustice
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Essay: Pastor Zafar Bhatti was robbed of the last 13 years of his life by Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws - Sight Magazine

ELLIS HEASLEY says the Pakistani Government must recognise its blasphemy laws are incompatible with fundamental human rights...

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 13h

Postcards: In Bangladesh’s flooded plains, schools in boats keep learning afloat. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Postcards #Bangladesh #Bangladeshfloods #floatingschools #ShidhulaiSwanirvarSangstha #SSS #MohammedRezwan

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Postcards: In Bangladesh’s flooded plains, schools in boats keep learning afloat - Sight Magazine

SAM JAHAN and RUMA PAUL report on Bangladesh's "floating schools", created to ensure children don't miss out on an education amid floods...

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 14h

Peru’s Jeri taps constitutional lawyer as new PM, party leader says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Peru #JoseJeri #ErnestoAlvarez #DinaBoluarte

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Peru's Jeri taps constitutional lawyer as new PM, party leader says - Sight Magazine

Ernesto Alvarez, former head of Peru's Constitutional Court, has accepted the position of prime minister, a leader announced.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 14h

Pope urges Italy to remain open to migrants during rite of passage visit to presidential palace @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Italy #PopeLeoXIV #SergioMattarella #migrants #QuirinalePresidentialPalace

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Pope urges Italy to remain open to migrants during rite of passage visit to presidential palace - Sight Magazine

Pope Leo XIV thanked Italy on Tuesday for its efforts to combat human trafficking but urged the country to remain open to migrants.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 14h

US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #USmilitary #DonaldTrump #drugcartels #CaribbeanSea #Venezuela

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US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says - Sight Magazine

A US strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 14h

UN warns of more Haitian children in crossfire; Doctors without Borders shutters emergency clinic @sightmagazine.bsky.social #UN #Haiti #childreninHaiti #MSF #DoctorswithoutBorders

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UN warns of more Haitian children in crossfire; Doctors without Borders shutters emergency clinic - Sight Magazine

Haitian gangs' growing recruitment of children means it is inevitable minors will be caught in the crossfire, a UN official said on Tuesday.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 15h

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Bangladesh #Bangladeshgarmentworkers #Dhaka #Dhakafire

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Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise - Sight Magazine

A fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, an official said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 15h

Hamas hands over hostage bodies after Israel threatens aid cut @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IsraelHamasceasefire #Israel #Hamas #Israelihostagebodies #Gaza #Palestinians #humanitarianaid #UN #DonaldTrump

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Hamas hands over hostage bodies after Israel threatens aid cut - Sight Magazine

Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages after Israel threatened to reduce aid into Gaza and Donald Trump threatened violence.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 16h

Madagascar’s military takes power, fleeing President impeached @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Madagascar #GenZ #AndryRajoelina #AndryRajoelinaimpeachment #Madagascarprotests #ColonelMichaelRandrianirina

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Madagascar's military takes power, fleeing President impeached - Sight Magazine

An army commander who led a mutiny in Madagascar said on Tuesday the military had taken power after President Andry Rajoelina was impeached.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

IMF’s Georgieva says countries lack regulatory, ethical foundation for AI @sightmagazine.bsky.social #KristalinaGeorgieva #artificialintelligence #AI #debt #IMF #InternationalMonetaryFund

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IMF's Georgieva says countries lack regulatory, ethical foundation for AI - Sight Magazine

Countries lack the regulatory and ethical foundation to deal with the rapid advent of AI, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and ‘creative destruction’ @sightmagazine.bsky.social #NobelPrizeforEconomics #JoelMokyr #PhilippeAghion #PeterHowitt #creativedestruction

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Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and 'creative destruction' - Sight Magazine

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel economics prize for work on how "creative destruction" can drive growth.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

A look at the living hostages released by Hamas under ceasefire deal @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IsraelHamasceasefire #Israel #Israelihostages

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A look at the living hostages released by Hamas under ceasefire deal - Sight Magazine

Their faces stare down from every street corner on posters now sun-faded and ripped. Their stories are almost as well-known as celebrities.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

WHO warns of contaminated India cough syrups @sightmagazine.bsky.social #India #coughsyrup #WHO

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WHO warns of contaminated India cough syrups - Sight Magazine

The World Health Organization on Monday issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Rebels linked to Islamic State kill 19 in eastern Congo, officials say @sightmagazine.bsky.social #DRC #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #Mukondo #AlliedDemocraticForces #IslamicState

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Rebels linked to Islamic State kill 19 in eastern Congo, officials say - Sight Magazine

Suspected Islamic State-backed rebels killed 19 civilians in an overnight attack in eastern Congo, two local officials said on Monday.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Groups blast lack of progress on debt issues during South Africa’s G20 presidency @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthAfrica #G20 #debtrelief #debt #CyrilRamaphosa #Eurodad #AmnestyInternational #MalalaFund #ActionAidInternational

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Groups blast lack of progress on debt issues during South Africa's G20 presidency - Sight Magazine

A total of 165 organisations criticised South Africa for failing to make progress on debt sustainability during its presidency of the G20.

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Sight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #deforestation #2021GlasgowLeadersDeclarationonForestsandLandUse #ForestDeclarationAssessment #ClimateFocus

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World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says - Sight Magazine

The world is falling far behind a global goal to reverse deforestation by 2030, according to the 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment.

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