Honduras Ratchets Up Battle With Crypto-Libertarian Investors, Rejects World Bank Court
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/19/honduras-crypto-investors-world-bank-prospera/
> After the Honduran president repealed a law granting unfettered authority to outside investors, the crypto groups took the dispute to World Bank arbitration court.
Israeli official faces corruption allegations in Honduras president’s trial | Courts News | Al Jazeera
> A witness in the trial accused an unnamed member of the Israeli embassy in Colombia of participating in a cocaine ring.
Who's behind the destruction of Brazil's Cerrado? | Grist
https://grist.org/agriculture/brazil-cerrado-deforestation-tiaa-pension-agriculture-soy/
> Some of the world's largest pension funds bet big on Brazilian farmland. Communities, and the climate, are paying the price.
Elon Musk Las Vegas Loop Tunnel Has Construction Safety Issues - Bloomberg
> The Boring Company’s tiny Las Vegas Loop is all that’s come of Musk’s promises to build superfast mass-transit “hyperloops.” Workers say its tunnels are packed with chemical sludge.
Ancient rock art in Argentinian cave may have transmitted information across 100 generations | Live Science
> A cave in Patagonia houses the oldest known pigment-based rock art in South America.
World ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January | Climate crisis | The Guardian
> Effect of El Niño phenomenon combined with human-driven global heating is causing increasing alarm among scientists
Israel war: Palestinian supporter threatened with bomb on car in Botany
> A homemade bomb has been placed on a car outside a home flying the Palestinian flag, sparking a response by the bomb squad.
Israel war: Palestinian supporter threatened with bomb on car in Botany
> A homemade bomb has been placed on a car outside a home flying the Palestinian flag, sparking a response by the bomb squad.
What Happened When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Voodoo in Haiti? | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
> The renowned author and anthropologist went to the island nation in search of its religion—and its zombies.
The Hole In Boeing’s Inspection Program
https://www.levernews.com/the-hole-in-boeings-inspection-program/
> Whistleblowers and regulators say Boeing’s self-inspection program helped lead to safety problems, including a recent catastrophic door plug malfunction.
