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Miyako was taken from Thailand as a baby and brought to a zoo in Japan. For about 50 years, she has lived without another elephant, confined to a barren concrete enclosure with little to occupy her mind or body. Reports now raise concerns about her feet, joints, safety, and emotional distress. Her story reveals what can happen when zoo laws fail to protect highly social animals from isolation.

Heartbreaking: Lucy the elephant hasn't seen another elephant in DECADES. She sways endlessly in zoochosis agony rocking, pacing, broken. Edmonton, this is YOUR zoo. Demand better! Free Lucy to a sanctuary. She deserves family, freedom, life. #SaveLucy #EndZoochosis @EdmontonZoo

A Chinese state-owned mining company's dam collapsed in Zambia. Toxic waste poured into the river that millions of people drink from. Fish died. Crops burned. Hundreds lost access to clean water. Then Zambia's own government helped cover it up. Because it owes China $6.6 billion. In February 2025, a tailings dam at Sino-Metals Leach Zambia, a subsidiary of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, collapsed and released tens of millions of liters of toxic waste containing heavy metals, cyanide, and arsenic into the Kafue River. The Kafue is one of Zambia's most critical waterways, relied on by millions for drinking water, fishing, and farming. Farmland along the river was scorched. Fish populations collapsed. Soil contamination spread across hundreds of acres. Local communities have filed lawsuits seeking $80 billion in damages. The US House Select Committee on the CCP released its investigation on May 1, 2026, as part of a broader report titled "China's Minerals Mafia," documenting 14 global cases of Chinese mining operations linked to environmental destruction, corruption, and government capture. In Zambia's case, the committee found that the Zambian government actively helped downplay the scale of the disaster. The Chinese firm allegedly pressured affected locals with compensation deals containing non-disclosure clauses and deployed security to silence witnesses. Zambia's government, the committee concluded, sided with the mining company over its own citizens. The reason is not hard to find. Zambia owes China approximately $6.6 billion. Chinese investment is central to Zambia's copper expansion strategy. A government that depends on Chinese capital to function is not in a position to hold a Chinese state-owned company accountable for poisoning its river. This is the debt trap made visible. It does not always look like a seized port or a 99-year lease. Sometimes it looks like a government that cannot afford to tell the truth about what happened to its own water supply. The Kafue River is still contaminated. The people who live along it are still there. And the company whose dam collapsed is a subsidiary of the Chinese state. #China #CCP #Zambia #Mining #Environment #DebtTrap #Africa #BRI #Geopolitics #MineralsMafia wsj.com/world/zambia-h… via @WSJ

South China Sea ❌ Southeast Asia Sea✔️

CIVILIAN AID, COERCIVE SHADOWING A civilian mission sailed to Pag-asa carrying food, fuel, and volunteers to support Filipino communities and show peaceful presence in the West Philippine Sea. Instead of being left to move safely inside the Philippines’ EEZ, the mission was closely shadowed by a Chinese Coast Guard vessel, while media and volunteer drone operations were disrupted with signs of possible signal interference. That is not “routine” behavior toward civilians. Intent is defined by actions, not labels. Watch closely, document everything, and share verified updates so the truth can’t be erased. #BRPSierraMadre #WestPhilippineSea #PagAsaIsland #KalayaanIslandGroup #StandWithFisherfolk #MaritimeSecurity #StopCoercion #VerifyBeforeShare

This is insane. The historic Église Saint-Cyriaque church in Montenach, France, was just set on fire. Survived both world wars but couldn’t survive diversity.

Miyako has spent over fifty years in solitary confinement in a tiny enclosure in Utsunomiya, Japan. Since she was brought to Japan aged 6 months, she has never had another Elephant as a companion. Please sign this petition to retire Miyako to a sanctuary. zurl.co/pwj0A Via: @stae_elephants 🐘.

British PM Keir Starmer? Silent. French President Emmanuel Macron? Silent. Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez? Silent. Italian PM Giorgia Meloni? Silent. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz? Silent. Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin? Silent. Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre? Silent. Canadian PM Mark Carney? Silent.

Let us be clear on this, Sandy Cay belongs to Philippines. This is our territory! China can't claim the territory just by illegally putting it's flag on the sandbar. Sandy Cay is situated near the Pag-asa Islands of Philippines & China's claims over it are illegal! @poyjampoy

A French nun was assaulted near Jerusalem’s Old City, shoved onto a rock and repeatedly kicked near a site revered by Christians and Jews, amid a rise in attacks targeting Christians in Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. READ MORE: inqnews.net/jewishmanattac…

Here’s another clip from the recent YouTube video titled “Unaired Footage of Punch - Daily Records as Told by the Caretaker” (Part 2). 🐵 Miyakoshi commented, “This is the moment Punch was hugged for the first time. 🤗 He added, “They were all quite moved when they saw it.” I was moved aw well. 🥹 It seems that Punch is thoroughly enjoying every moment. He’s even mimicking her and desperately trying to make eye contact. 🐒❤️‍🔥🌱 #punch #ichikawazoo #punchi

Today, he murdered a teenage girl in a town next to Barcelona. He didn’t know her, at all. She just happened to be walking on the wrong street at the wrong moment. We really don’t have to live this way. Remigration can’t happen soon enough.

Multiple China Coast Guard vessels chased & harassed the Filipino civilians led Atin Ito mission to Thitu Island (Pag-asa) in West Philippine Sea. Despite all the harassment & bullies by the China Coast Guard, the Filipinos successfully reached Pag-asa Island.

The city of Dubai has set up little kiosks for stray cats to eat and drink.

@SuperGirlDChamp Kampai!

@robert1001smith @jesusfalcis Pera and power,ano pa ba rason?

@jesusfalcis Erice is: - UST grad & beneficiary of study now pay later - past President of the Rotary Club of Caloocan - Knights of Columbus senior leader **paano sya nauwi sa pagiging DDS, na mga walang moral & delicadeza?

❌ Caloocan Rep. Egay Erice said in a radio interview that he will not take part in the voting for or against the impeachment of Sara Duterte in the plenary floor. ⚠️ Duwag? Takot? Playing safe? The evidence is clear but you shirk away from your duty! 🤮 #Trapo

Is this Law Enforcement, as China would call it? No! This is illegal intrusion in other nation's territory!

Mainstream media isn’t writing much about the case but a man armed with a knife attacked several people at random on the streets of the tourist town Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona yesterday. He cut the throat of a teenage girl, ending her life.

Do you realize that in Iran just owning a Starlink dish can get you executed? Yeah, you heard it right they’ll straight-up kill you for using the internet! Now you get why the Islamic Republic regime needs to be overthrown, right?

Ikinagalit at ikinabahala ng animal advocates ang video ng umano’y pagmamalupit ng isang guwardiya sa tuta na nakapasok sa pribadong paaralan sa Legazpi City. | via @punongmhistrado