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Koala populations are in decline due to increased human impacts on nature
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It has been a stressful year for Australia's koalas. Their health and natural environment, egter, have been under threat for a long time. Bushfires, habitat fragmentation, vehicle collisions and dog attacks -- all...
Dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19 by sniffing human sweat, studie suggereer
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Dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19 by sniffing human sweat, according to a proof-of-concept study published on Thursday. Detection dogs are already a common sight in airports and some other public places -- usu...
US joins countries with poor human rights records to denounce ‘right’ to abortion
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Washington The US has joined a group of largely repressive governments in co-sponsoring an international declaration that challenges the right to an abortion. The Geneva Consensus Declaration, sponsored by Brazil, Eg...
Spooky spinnekopweb wat in Missouri gevind word, lyk groot genoeg om 'te vang’ 'n mens
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'N Werknemer van die Departement van Bewaring in Missouri het 'n foto van 'n groot spinnerak gemaak, en die departement se sosiale media-aanhangers kon nie anders as om kommentaar te lewer op die spookagtige voorkoms daarvan nie. Mediaspesialis Francis Skali ...
Biden administration will reengage with UN Human Rights Council
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Washington The Biden administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday -- its latest bid to reverse the policies of the Trump administration...
Human remains found inside crocodile, amid hunt for missing fisherman
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Authorities investigating the disappearance of a fisherman in Queensland, Australië, have found human remains inside a crocodile. Andrew Heard, 69, set out to fish near Hinchinbrook Island on Thursday but didn't ret...
Dogs’ brains aren’t hardwired to care about human faces
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Dogs aren't hardwired to care about human faces, 'n nuwe studie het bevind, and there's no area in their brain designed to distinguish between the back or front of someone's head. Researchers measured brain activity in ...
Police seek suspect after human remains discovered in rural southern Colorado
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Denver Colorado authorities have issued a warrant for homicide in connection with the discovery of human remains in rural southern Colorado, het die polisie Woensdag gesê. Local and state authorities announced they had found...
Die prokureur-generaal van Kalifornië, Xavier Becerra, verskyn as mededinger om gesondheids- en menslike dienste te lei
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Prokureur-generaal van Kalifornië, Xavier Becerra, het as 'n belangrike aanspraakmaker op die departement van gesondheid en menslike dienste gelei, sê twee mense wat vertroud is met die saak, as gekose president Joe Biden weeg wie hy moet tik ...
Democrats propose legislation to put more human rights controls on foreign arms sales
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Washington Democratic lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation to put more stringent human rights constraints on the United States' foreign arms sales, arguing that countries with a history of unresolved human...
NYPD beplan aanranding en massa-arrestasie van betogers met 'n ketel’ taktiek, Human Rights Watch sê
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The New York Police Department planned the assault and mass arrest of nearly 300 protesters in a Bronx neighborhood in June using a tactic known as "katjie," Human Rights Watch said in an extensive report released...
Caster Semenya doen 'n beroep op die Europese Hof vir Menseregte oor 'diskriminerend’ testosteroonperk
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Caster Semenya, die Suid-Afrikaanse Olimpiese kampioen-hardloper, het 'n beroep op die Europese Hof vir Menseregte gedoen om te eindig "diskriminerend" testosteroongrense wat aan vroulike atlete opgelê word. Semenya is hiperandrogeen -- ek ...
Duime het menslike voorsate 'n 'formidabele’ voordeel
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Of ons nou SMS of gereedskap gebruik, ons hande -- miskien meer as enige ander liggaamsdeel -- is wat ons toerus vir die moderne lewe. Die moordenaar-app in die evolusie van ons hande was ons teenstrydige duime, wat die mens toelaat ...
The USWNT wore ‘Black Lives Matter’ on uniforms in a statement to ‘affirm human decency’
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As the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) geared up to face the Netherlands in a friendly on Friday, their anthem jackets were emboldened with a message: Swart lewens maak saak. "We wear Black Lives Matt...
US considering declaring major human rights organizations are anti-Semitic
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Washington The US State Department is considering declaring that several widely respected human rights organizations are anti-Semitic, according to multiple sources who have been made aware of the conversations. Th ...
Pakistanse menseregte-aktivis is dood in Kanada gevind
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'N Pakistanse menseregte-aktivis wat in die naweek in Kanada vermis is, is dood gevind, Die polisie in Toronto het Dinsdag gesê, en voeg by dat hulle glo dat haar dood 'n nie-kriminele saak is. Karima Mehrab, a ...