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The Roman Catholic Church “repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’”

Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ Used as Justification for Colonization Indigenous communities have long called on the Vatican rescind the concept, which had been used over the centuries to seize land from people in the Americas, Africa and elsewhere.

European Union embargo and a Group of Seven price cap on Russian crude, imposed in early December, have prompted a spate of unusual shipping activities

Ships That Loaded Russian Oil Float for Months Near Persian Gulf Oil tankers that carried Russia’s flagship Urals crude to the Gulf of Oman have stayed put since they arrived, the latest example of abnormal shipping movements that have become more common since sanctions were imposed on the country’s exports.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/world/asia/afghanistan-starvation-crisis.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur

Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country’s population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe.