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The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to hazardous levels, officials and experts say. A study released Tuesday by the nongovernmental organization Amazon Conservation, in partnership with Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Socioambiental, found illegal mining sites drove clear-cutting inside three conservation areas in the Xingu region, one of the world’s largest expanses of protected forest, spanning the states of Para and Mato Grosso. The analysis combined satellite imagery with ground research. The Terra do Meio Ecological Station recorded its first cases of illegal mining in September 2024. By the end of 2025, mining-related deforestation there had spread to 30 hectares (74 acres). At the Altamira National Forest, illegal mining accumulated 832 hectares (2,056 acres) of deforestation between 2016 and September 2025. A new mining front that opened in 2024 expanded to 36 hectares (89 acres) by October 2025, accounting for nearly half the mining-related deforestation recorded in the unit during that year.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced an updated version of her country's regional strategy in Vietnam last weekend, underlining Tokyo's growing reliance on Southeast Asia at a time of intensifying great-power rivalry. Takaichi met her Vietnamese counterpart, Le Minh Hung, on Saturday in Hanoi, where the two leaders oversaw the signing of six cooperation agreements, including on disaster-resilient rural development, climate-resilient infrastructure and satellite data exchange. The visit came as Japan and Vietnam look to deepen their "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” which has become increasingly important to both sides. The two governments agreed to work toward raising Japanese investment in Vietnam to $5 billion (€4.3 billion) per year and bilateral trade to $60 billion by 2030, according to Vietnam's Foreign Ministry. Bilateral trade exceeded $50 billion for the first time last year, while Japan remains one of Vietnam's largest sources of foreign investment. Japan and Vietnam also share concerns about China's territorial claims and military activity in the East and South China Seas.

Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ stranded ships out of waterway but report says warship was hit by Iran

The world’s shipping industry has questioned whether vessels will be able to travel safely to and from the Gulf after Donald Trump announced his latest plan to open the strait of Hormuz.

Trump wrote on Monday that the US navy would “guide” stranded ships out of the waterway, writing on his social media site Truth Social that the operation, “Project Freedom”, would be a humanitarian gesture “on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran”.

But within hours Iran’s Fars news agency reported a US warship intending to pass through the strait had been hit by two missiles and turned back after ignoring an Iranian warning. The US denied its ship had been hit. Brent crude rose more than 5% a barrel to $114.45 amid reports that the United Arab Emirates was responding to a missile threat and a fire on a South Korean vessel in the Gulf.

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More than four years after a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet plunged 29,000 feet and crashed into a mountain in southern China, killing all 132 people on board, newly released data appears to indicate that someone in the cockpit may have intentionally switched off the fuel supply to the engines.

It was China’s deadliest air disaster in decades, but the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has not addressed the crucial question of what had prompted the deadly nosedive of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 in March 2022 in remote Guangxi region.

Data released by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in response to a freedom of information request, shows that the fuel switches to both engines were shut off simultaneously before the Boeing 737-800 jet dropped out of the sky.

Amnesty International has accused a rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of mass war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In a damning new report published Monday, the rights group said the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) was behind multiple cases of murder, abductions, forced labour and marriage, sexual abuse of women and girls, and the exploitation of children.

The report is entitled “I’d Never Seen So Many Bodies: War Crimes by the Allied Democratic Forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo”. The ADF has been involved in a years-long military campaign against central authorities in Kinshasa and pledged allegiance to ISIS/ISIL, also known as ISIS-Central Africa, in 2019. “Civilians in the eastern DRC have suffered extensive brutality at the hands of ADF fighters. They have been killed, abducted and tortured in a dehumanising campaign of abuse,” Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general, said. “The ADF’s violence is contributing to an escalating humanitarian crisis… These abuses constitute war crimes which the world must not continue to ignore.”

An explosion ripped through a fireworks plant in the central Chinese province of Hunan, leaving at least 21 people dead, state media reported Thursday, A total of 61 people are reported to have been injured in the incident.

What do we know? The blast occurred in the ​city of Changsha on Monday at around 4:40 pm local time (8:40 am UTC), state-run outlets CCTV and Xinhua reported. The city is home to a hub for fireworks manufacturing. The causes behind the incident were not immediately clear. Nearly 500 rescuers were deployed at the site of the blast, reports said. People staying in danger zones were evacuated, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing high risks from two black powder depots located on the site. According to reports, rescue workers used spraying and humidification to eliminate potential hazards and further accidents during the operation.

President Donald Trump says the US has struck seven Iranian "fast boats" in the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington seeks to guide stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed waterway. The UAE and South Korea both reported strikes on ships in the vital channel on Monday. The UAE also said a fire broke out at the oil port of Fujairah after an Iranian attack. Shipping company Maersk told the BBC that one of its US-flagged vessels had successfully exited the strait with US military protection - under what Trump has called "Project Freedom". Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that events in the strait "make clear that there's no military solution to a political crisis".

At least two people were killed after a car drove through a crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig, authorities said. Around 20 other people were hurt, including three who were seriously injured. Police said the suspect was a 33-year-old German male who was apprehended inside the vehicle after it came to a stop. "The driver has been arrested; there is currently no further danger from him," they said.

UAE reports large fire at oil port after drone attack from Iran

We're also hearing from local officials in Fujairah, who say a large fire has broken out at the key UAE oil port after it was hit by a drone attack from Iran.

Fujairah is the Emirates' biggest port and oil storage facility. Before the ceasefire, it was also targeted in drone attacks.

In a statement shared on social media, the Fujairah Government Media Office says civil defence teams are working to contain the fire.

For the past three years, reports of wartime atrocities and dire humanitarian crises have been making the headlines from Sudan. Now, satellite imagery shows the extent of the damage to the country’s agriculture and industrial sectors. An Al Jazeera digital investigation using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) reveals the devastating toll of the war on Sudan’s largest irrigated farming projects in the central states of Gezira, Sennar, and Khartoum.

The fertile plains of central Sudan – known as the country’s “breadbasket” – have been devastated, the images show, with the vibrant, geometric green grids that once defined the country’s agricultural heartland now faded into a barren, dusty brown. Sudan descended into a bloody civil war on April 15, 2023 following a power struggle between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a powerful paramilitary force, and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

European leaders say President Donald Trump's decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany came as a surprise but is further proof that they must take care of their own security.

Mali's junta leader,Assimi Goïta, will assume the additional role of defence minister, according to a decree read on state TV on Monday, following the death of the previous minister in large-scale attacks.

Mali's army chief of staff, General Oumar Diarra, ⁠will serve as minister delegate for defence, said the report, which described the move as a "strategic decision ​coming in a security context that remains ‌sensitive." The simultaneous attacks beginning on the morning of April 25 showed how fighters from different groups with different goals were ‌able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government, ​which took power after coups in 2020 and 2021.

A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said, while the governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv region said a Russian missile attack killed four people and wounded several others.

Actually, I’m not black. I’m not white. I’m nothing. No one fucking wants me to be anything. I’m not black enough to do this or say that. I’m not white enough to be here to be there. You’re not black why are you saying that? You’re not black why are you doing that?  Can I say the n word? You’re not even black you can’t say it.

But then when I do express my feelings ima pussy. Im a big black man so I can’t be scared or worried or anything like that.

With that regard, people are fucking stupid. You can’t tell how someone feels or reacts to what you say by their energy and body language? But you’re right. It’s my fault for not speaking up when I was getting picked on.

Well Tyler if you don’t speak your emotions then people will never know what you think and how you feel. And if they don’t know that then how could they ever know you got your feelings hurt?

I’m sure if these do get seen I’m going to be thought of as crazy and prolly misunderstood.

Well actually I am. I’m encouraged to speak my mind. They want my unfiltered thoughts and opinions so that way they know what needs to be molded.

Why are you quiet Tyler, what’s on your mind? Do you actually wanna know or are you just trying to get a leak in my mind for control purposes? He’s quiet he must be thinking something bad about our recent interaction. I’m not allowed to speak my mind.

You said you wanted A to have an emotionally mature father. Idt I’m that. I can’t handle my emotions, my emotions handle me. Idk how to express them, and when I do express them I’m told that’s not right, or just change slightly just a lil bit. How I express my emotions has never been right. Now I need to adjust them so everyone else is comfortable. I’m not allowed to express in any other manner. I need to be polite when I express. Follow the guidelines. Do as I’m told. If I express too much or not enough that’s not good.

You said earlier you get triggered when I say I’m going to bag something up and throw it away later. I gave you thoughtful heartfelt gifts and you never used them. I hate gift giving and I stressed myself out trying to make you happy with my gift giving thought process and whatd you do ? You forgot about em. Never used em. For weeks they were in a pile of forgotten shit on the table that you or we were supposed to get to. But I’m the asshole because I took care of the issue. After they spent weeks on the table they spent weeks in the garage. Once I cleared the table you also said thank god, you were thinking about burning the whole pile. The pile of gifts which I got you. You like the idea of getting gifts but you don’t like using them. At least not from me with my shotty fucking gifts. Stupid me. I should just get you jewelry. But you don’t even wear that! But it’s my fault. My expectations are weird. Why would I expect someone to use a gift I got them? I’m fucking retarded.

I guess now I kinda understand why rich people do dumb things. You can have it all but if you don’t have that 1 thing you need/want it’ll drive you crazy to the point where you need to murder yourself.

I wish I could talk about it more. But I don’t wanna be a burden. Everyone has something else going on, why would they take the time for me ? Oh now you want to be friendly and you actually want to actively listen to me? Now you’re not going to interrupt me? All I had to do was tell you I’m going to kill my self? Where was this before?

When I’m negative I intentionally seek out negative energy. Maybe I do that when I’m positive as well.

Delicious energy!

Ima Menance. I destroy love from within. I pretend to be alright and happy to lure those close to me. Then I sap up all their energy as I use it for my own! Once their energy dwindles and they have caught on to my plan I play victim and move on to the next t human.

But S said it right, I can’t separate my emotions from my actions, so that puts her and everyone around me in danger.

In disgusted that I’m prioritizing myself instead of her.

I miss my baby girl already.

I will be able to watch B and A grow from the sky.

I hope reincarnation isn’t real. Fuck al this.

My burden will be lifted.

I’m excited to die.

No one cares about me as much as I do. And I don’t give a fuck about myself.

I’ve been ignored and interrupted by everyone in my life’s

My brother used to ignore me on purpose.

I asked my mom once after an argument when I was younger if she still loved me and she said not right now.

my dad used to always say stop feeling sorry for yourself, no one else does.

I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I hate myself I ha tent self I hate myself I hate myself

I feel guilty

In disgusting stupid and worthless.

Even now when I laugh hard they come for me. Crabs in a bucket.

There is so much negative energy. When I was young they attacked my smile and joy.

I’m not a man. I’m not a good human. I don’t have a good soul. I’m not a good puppy parent. I’m not a good dad. I’m a shit husband. I bring grief and destruction everywhere I go. I’m a waste of space. People are mean. We kill everything.

This week I die. I’m waiting for a part to come in so i can hook it up to my nitrogen. I’m using nitrogen because it’s apparently painless.

Yet here they are, these people with nothing, living for everything. They still find a way to move on and live with their lives. But I cannot. Loving more days sounds exhausting.

In sitting in the car next to this library where all the homeless people congregate. I feel connected with them. The biggest difference being I have everything and they have nothing. Yet o still feel similar to them. How is it that I have everything they need yet I prolly feel worse than them? If I didn’t have a home, had a fungus, no money, etc, I woulda been killed myself rofl.

I feel ugly. Not in looks, but like in my soul. I feel dirty. Contaminated. If someone does find these maybe they should be posted on a Lemmy suicide site or something like that. This could be beneficial for others actually looking for help. I’m sure I’m not alone in this feeling. And just know that there are others similar to you may be beneficial to give others some more time.

I’m selfish. I stole time and energy from loved ones. The more I dwell on it the more I feel for you S. I wish was more honest with you earlier. You are the most positive and loving person I know. Keep my decisions as just that, my decisions. There is nothing you could have done or should have done that could have made any different. I was doomed before I met you. Maybe since birth.

I am of no value.

I’m so sad.

I’m so sad. I want someone to see all these texts rofl. I’m definitely bipolar. I used to be so loving I used to love so hard. This world did me in. It hurts. The butterflies in my stomach now have knives.

I did some research. Meaning I typed things in on the internet. I may have a personality disorder or a mental illness. ROFL! Either way I’m not a normal human. I’m not regular. I need pills or treatment to function in this society. It’s time for me to leave. I’m going to kill myself. With no2.

I don’t even understand myself.

I’m a burden

Idt I can love a regular life anymore. I don’t like myself. I’m looking for ways to kill myself. I gravitate towards negativity. I bring others around me down.

Maybe I’m bi polar. Maybe it’s genetics. Maybe it is all me. Maybe I am to blame.

I’m a loser. I don’t bring value to life. My life is so sad.

I wish I could tell everyone that I’m suicideal. I don’t because I don’t want fake sympathy. But I would love for everyone to hear my unfiltered thoughts again. I remember when I was a child I would speak my mind more. Now I’m fucking dumb because my thoughts go contrary to popular opinion so now I am treated as such. Telling people would feel so good. It wouldn’t stop me from killing myself. But it would give better understanding and context.

Suicide is the only way I have any control over my life. Everything else is manipulated and twisted.

Well either way I’m not happy and I’m not having fun. And even if I do separate from S I will be even unhappier and way less fun. So if this is peak life I think I should just fucking kill myself.

Maybe I am just looking for synphaty? Maybe I am like asking for it or something.

It’s because I’ve been fucking manipulated and changed my whole life. But it doesn’t matter. I can tell by that first sentence that I’m going to be ignored and ridiculed for my thoughts.

But Tyler, you say, how can you not understand yourself? You say you’re going to kill yourself because not one u ferstanda you? But if you don’t know yourself then how can anyone else know you? Of course they won’t be able to understand!

I wish I could be understood. But how can anyone understand me if I do t even understand myself?

After this experience I bet it’s definitely better to be with someone who is mentally stable.

Maybe I need a higher dose of those fucking pills. But I’m not happy. And I’m making my wife fucking hate her life. She can do better than me. Maybe not better looking or taller rofl, but he/she will still be better.

It’s because of these fucking feelings. I feel like shit because I’m not me. I’m a walking version of everyone else’s thoughts and ideas. If I share my unique thoughts they spit on me with their eyes. Silly me they say with a smile, you just need a slight adjustment.

If I need to keep changing then maybe I’m not meant for this world? I mean we all agree that humans made their society pretty shit. What’s crazy is I have everything. Hot wife, awesome kid, loads of money, endless free time, but I still wanna fuckin kill myself.

I know what needs to be done but it hurts so much to do it. Everyone is saying I need to change this way and that. Whether it be a lil bit or a lot, I’m the one that needs to change. My whole life I’ve had to change.

Damn, I didn't wanna do this but fuck here it is.

To S! Hey love! You're awesome! This isn't your fault. You didn't contribute to this at all. I was like this before meeting you. I sometimes think of regrets and I don't have many. But one that really sticks out is not telling you I was suicidal earlier.  If I did maybe I could have left you out from this mess. TBH I think this decision was inevitable. This world fucking sucks rofl. I wish I could be a better human for Amada. But I'm confident that you'll find a suitable partner for yourself and to care for her. Besides looks and height, what was I bringing to the table? You'll be fine.

I guess I will leave a suicide note….idk where to put it so I’ll just put it here….

I’m not happy and I’m not having fun. If it could be summed up in one sentence, that would be it. It’s no one’s fault. Of course I’ve had negative experiences with plenty people but there is no single experience nor single person responsible for my actions. I always have been and always will be responsible for myself. Everything in my life, positive and negative, is my fault.

Donald Trump has pledged to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as early as Monday morning in a “humanitarian gesture”. The US president declared that “Project Freedom” was meant to “free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong”, who he called “victims of circumstance”. It comes after Trump said on Saturday that there was a “possibility” he could order renewed strikes against Iran. Iran’s military warned the US against taking such action, declaring it retained security control over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the decision comes as his representatives were having “very positive discussions” with Iran, who reportedly issued the US president a one-month deadline for negotiations on its proposed deal to reopen the strait and bring an end to the war. However, Ibrahim Azizi, a senior Iranian lawmaker, has warned that US involvement in managing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would constitute a violation of the ceasefire.

The Navy will deploy guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land- and sea-based combat aircraft, and several sea and air drones to guide international commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command officials said Sunday.