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Flipboard Science Desk<p>Super Rat: the record-setting rodent sniffing out landmines and saving lives.</p><p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span>: "Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/oyPvly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/oyPvly</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Rat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rat</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landmines</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambodia</span></a></p>
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺<p>Poland is ready to resume the production of anti-personnel mines, after Warsaw joined the Baltic states this week in announcing a plan to withdraw from a treaty that bans their use. Quitting the 1997 Ottawa Convention, which has been ratified or acceded to by more than 160 nations, will allow the countries to start stockpiling and using anti-personnel mines again, part of their response to what they say is a rising threat from Russia.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoZ4sRlSSWo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=qoZ4sRlSSWo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning antipersonnel landmines due to the military threat from their neighbor Russia. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/world/politics/poland-baltic-landmine-convention/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">19/world/politics/poland-baltic-landmine-convention/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nato</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithuania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latvia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>estonia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiaukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaukrainewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Poland and Baltic nations to pull out of landmines accord.</p><p>Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are withdrawing from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines, the four countries, which all share a border with Russia, said in a joint statement.</p><p>Quitting the 1997 treaty will allow the countries to start stockpiling landmines again.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250318-poland-and-baltic-nations-to-pull-out-of-landmines-accord?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250318</span><span class="invisible">-poland-and-baltic-nations-to-pull-out-of-landmines-accord?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landmines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/OttawaConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttawaConvention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Black Flag Medical<p>Even if the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Ukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainewar</span></a> ended tomorrow, and everyone hopes that can happen, the tragedy doesn't end there.</p><p>23% of Ukraine’s territory is potentially mined.</p><p>Since the start of the full-scale invasion, sappers have surveyed, de-mined, or cleared over 35,000 km² of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> land—an area larger than <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Odesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Odesa</span></a> Oblast, the largest region in <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> </p><p>Potentially thousands of people will be injured or maimed by these <a href="https://social.coop/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a> for many years to come. </p><p>Original source: <a href="https://t.me/liveukraine_media/29652" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.me/liveukraine_media/29652</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is preparing a $725 million weapons package for Ukraine, seeking to bolster the government in Kyiv before leaving office in January. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/28/world/politics/biden-arms-aid-package-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/</span><span class="invisible">28/world/politics/biden-arms-aid-package-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/joebiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joebiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiaukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaukrainewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vladimirputin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vladimirputin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volodymyrzelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volodymyrzelenskyy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The U.S. decision to send anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine — a major policy shift slammed by rights groups — was triggered by a change in Russian battlefield tactics, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/21/world/politics/us-russia-tactics-landmines-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/</span><span class="invisible">21/world/politics/us-russia-tactics-landmines-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiaukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaukrainewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, with over 1,000 people killed or wounded in the country. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/20/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-landmine-victims-2023/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/</span><span class="invisible">20/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-landmine-victims-2023/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Ukraine has turbocharged its pitch for international help in land-mine clearance, attracting special machinery from Japan and funds from philanthropists with astonishing results. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/17/world/ukraine-supercharges-mine-clearing/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/</span><span class="invisible">17/world/ukraine-supercharges-mine-clearing/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russiaukrainewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaukrainewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landmines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landmines</span></a></p>
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