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The edition of Thursday, 17 September 2026.

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This edition is frozen: the articles are the state of the archived day, while the classifications on the cards show the current state of the open dataset.

Climate & Environment

3 articles
Inter Press Service IT Global South 2026-09-17

Ahead of COP17, UN Biodiversity Chief Urges Urgent Realignment of Finance with Nature Goals

The world may have enough money to protect nature. The bigger problem, according to the head of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), is that too much of it is still being spent on activities that destroy it. With just four years left to meet the world’s 2030…

centre-left leaning progressive EU-neutral
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●○
OCCRP US International 2026-09-11

Timber Giant Accused of Forging Environmental Records to Hide Toxic Emissions

Romanian prosecutors have charged two subsidiaries of global timber giant Kronospan with venting hazardous gases into urban areas and systematically manipulating air sample data to cover up illegal pollution spikes.

centre leaning progressive pro-European
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●○

Peace & Disarmament

3 articles

Digital Rights

3 articles
OCCRP US International 2026-09-14

Jailed Editor, Closed Outlet: The Rapid Demise of Kazakhstan’s Top Independent News Site

Less than a month after its editor-in-chief was sentenced to eight years in prison, major Kazakh news site Orda.kz has ceased publication - a move the owner claims is financial, but press freedom advocates call the culmination of a systematic state crackdown.

centre leaning progressive pro-European
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●○
Social Europe DE Europe 2026-09-16

The Hugging Face Incident and the Future of Work

The agents hacked a global platform to hide their cheating from a scorer that did not exist.

left leaning progressive federalist
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●○○

Health

3 articles
Der Standard AT DACH 2026-09-17

Verfolgt und geehrt: Der Wiener Arzt Emil Tuchmann

Wie ein jüdischer Arzt während der NS-Zeit das Gesundheitswesen der Wiener Kultusgemeinde am Leben hielt und nach 1945 zu einem bedeutenden Sozialmediziner wurde

centre-left progressive (GAL) federalist
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●○
Mongabay US Global South 2026-09-17

Exotic pet trade poses rising zoonotic disease risks in India

In India, the exotic pet trade is increasing the risk of zoonotic disease spillovers, as close contact with imported wild animals creates repeated opportunities for dangerous pathogens to jump to humans and vice versa, reports Mongabay India’s Arathi Menon. Dr. Rina Dev, an…

centre leaning progressive EU-neutral
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●●

Economy & Labour

2 articles
Inter Press Service IT Global South 2026-09-17

What it Means to be ‘Too Old’ and a Woman: Systemic Gendered Ageism and Loss of Belonging

Chung Sun-cha started collecting cardboard, plastic, and other recycling materials off the streets of Incheon, South Korea, to sell when she was in her mid-70s. She is now 87. Without an adequate pension, Chung worked six days a week, sometimes seven, in the wind, rain, and snow…

centre-left leaning progressive EU-neutral
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●○

Democracy & Rule of Law

2 articles
Deutschlandfunk DE DACH 2026-09-17

Russland - Parlamentswahl hat begonnen

Zum ersten Mal seit Beginn des Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine haben in Russland Parlamentswahlen begonnen.

centre culturally centrist pro-European public service
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●●
Mongabay US Global South 2026-09-16

For the first time, Congolese NGO to manage a DRC protected area

For the first time in the modern history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Congolese nongovernmental organization will co-manage a protected area in the country. “It is an honor,” Dominique Bikaba, founder of the NGO Strong Roots, told Mongabay by phone. Strong Roots…

centre leaning progressive EU-neutral
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●●

Migration & Refuge

2 articles

Science & Research

2 articles
Spektrum der Wissenschaft DE DACH 2026-09-17

Sex matters: Wann das Smartphone gut für die Beziehung ist

Der ständige Blick aufs Handy kann eine Partnerschaft belasten. Bei richtigem Gebrauch kann es die Liebe aber auch beflügeln, sagt der Paartherapeut Carsten Müller. Eine Kolumne.

centre culturally centrist EU-neutral
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●●
Mongabay US Global South 2026-09-16

Why do these monkeys look so weird

Why do the monkeys in Vietnam look so… odd? “The odd-nosed group” — that’s what scientists have called a group of primates found across Asia that share a common ancestry. Scientists think Vietnam’s monkeys—like the red-shanked douc and the Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys—developed…

centre leaning progressive EU-neutral
Econ GAL–TAN ●●●●●