Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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German court rejects Peruvian farmer’s landmark climate case
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Reuters Saúl Luciano Lliuya says water in Lake Palcacocha has increased, putting his hometown at risk A court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy giant RWE in a long-awaited decision. Saúl Luciano Lliuya had argued that the firm’s global emissions contributed to the…
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EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas
AFP At least 35 people were killed after Israel targeted the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City on Sunday The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has said that “Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas” as the death toll there continues to mount. Kallas also said that the EU did…
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The terrifying new weapon changing the war in Ukraine
Yogita Limaye BBC News Reporting fromRodynske, Donetsk region Watch: BBC team flees drone attack in Ukraine An acrid smell hangs over the town of Rodynske. A couple of minutes after we drive into the city we see where it’s coming from. A 250kg glide bomb has ripped through the town’s main administrative building, and taken…
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Glacier collapse swallows part of Swiss village
A Swiss mountain village has been buried in a deluge of ice, mud and rock, after a big chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed into the valley below. The village of Blatten, which was evacuated of its roughly 300 residents several days ago, was on Wednesday overwhelmed by thousands of tonnes of mud and ice.…
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – a giant of African literature
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Ngugi wa Thiong’o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature – a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily documenting the transformation of his country – Kenya – from a colonial subject…
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Swiss glacier collapse buries most of village of Blatten
The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley. Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the Birch glacier was disintegrating, one person has been reported missing, and many homes have been completely flattened. Blatten’s mayor, Matthias Bellwald, said…
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Elon Musk ‘disappointed’ by Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill
Watch: Elon Musk says he is “disappointed” with Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, in interview with CBS Sunday Morning Elon Musk has criticised one of the signature policies of Donald Trump, marking a break from the US president who he helped to win re-election in 2024. Last week, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed what…
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BBC team flees Russian drone attack while reporting
The town of Rodynske in Ukraine’s Donetsk region has been the scene of intense Russian drone attacks and is on the front line of the war. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye was reporting from Rodynske when a Russian drone struck nearby, forcing the journalist and her crew to take cover. She was reporting on the latest…
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Germany’s Merz promises to help Ukraine produce long-range missiles
Rachel Hagan & Jessica Parker BBC News, in London and Berlin Anadolu via Getty Images Germany’s new chancellor (R) greeted Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin on Wednesday Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has told Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky that Berlin will help Kyiv produce long-range missiles to defend itself from Russian attack. “We want to talk…
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Israel PM says Hamas’s Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been killed
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has “eliminated” Hamas’s Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the brother of the group’s late leader Yahya Sinwar. Mohammed Sinwar was the target of a massive Israeli strike on the courtyard and surrounding area of the European hospital in the southern city…
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