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A phrase that is becoming quite a cliché these days is: “The Caribbean is on the front lines of the climate crisis.” What this really means is that, very often, our small nations have to do the heavy lifting. Are we armed and ready for the battle on those front lines? And before we get that far, do we really understand what we are up against? Climate change is multi-layered, with many threads to tie together. Plus, there is a fair dose of science to be unraveled and interpreted. There is a lot of explaining to do.

This is why it is so important for our local media to get to grips with the issue: journalists need to increase their knowledge and build their confidence in what they learn; to recognise the power of research; and to focus on the separate but interlocking themes and issues that can present a…

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Muhammad Syed charged over killings of two Muslim men in Albuquerque, US police say – ABC News

Investigators received tips from the city’s Muslim community that pointed them toward Mr Syed, who arrived in the United States from Afghanistan sometime in the last several years, police said.

The motive and exact nature of the relationships between Mr Syed and the victims – and the victims to one another – remained unclear. But police continued to investigate how they crossed paths before the shootings.

Source: Muhammad Syed charged over killings of two Muslim men in Albuquerque, US police say – ABC News

Scientist ‘Scared’ to See Evidence That Climate Change Worsens Infectious Diseases – EcoWatch

Members of the National Disaster Response Force wear shields as they respond to flooding amid the spread of coronavirus in India “There is no speculation here whatsoever,” Camilo Mora, a geographer at the University of Hawaii who headed the research, told the AP. “These are things that have already happened.”

Of the 375 known human infectious diseases, researchers found 218 (58%) are exacerbated by at least one of 10 types of climate-linked extreme weather. For example, extreme heat fuels the spread of COVID-19 by forcing people in low-income communities to congregate in air-conditioned rooms, expands regions vulnerable to malaria, and even exposes humans to anthrax, like when a Siberian child touched a reindeer carcass exposed by permafrost melt and started an outbreak in 2016.

“I have to tell you,” Mora told HuffPost, “as this database started to grow, I started to get scared, man.”

Source: Scientist ‘Scared’ to See Evidence That Climate Change Worsens Infectious Diseases – EcoWatch

Trump ally Scott Perry says FBI have seized his phone following Mar-a-Lago raid | The Independent

Mr Perry, according to Rep Liz Cheney, is one of the Republicans who contacted the White House in the weeks after the January 6 insurrection to allegedly seek a pardon. Mr Perry has strongly denied this. Source: Trump ally Scott Perry says FBI have seized his phone following Mar-a-Lago raid | The Independent

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