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• Why the Holidays Can Be a Dangerous Time for Victims of Partner Violence

  24-12-2025 09:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsThe holiday season can be joyous and foster togetherness, but it can also be difficult for anyone experiencing intimate partner violence, say experts. "Just because it's the holidays doesn't mean that every single person is OK," explains Jennifer Dunn, director of the London Abused Women's Centre. During the holidays, more people are home with free time, which can increase monitoring and control behaviors, leading to more opportunities for.
  
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• Cruise Passengers Face New Climate Change Tax After Court Ruling

  24-12-2025 09:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsA federal judge's ruling clears the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help pay for the impacts of climate change, set to begin at the start of 2026. In the nation's first such levy to help cope with a warming planet, Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed legislation in May that is estimated to generate nearly $100 million annually to deal with eroding shorelines, wildfires, and other climate problems.
  
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• Seven Mysterious Languages That Have Yet to Be Deciphered

  24-12-2025 09:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- top storiesDo you enjoy solving puzzles? What would you do if given a foreign code to decipher but no dictionary or guide to grammar? That is exactly the problem faced by archeologists and linguists with regard to a number of ancient writing systems that remain a mystery to this day. Nor has artificial intelligence been able to crack these codes, because AI usually requires large amounts of data for pattern recognition.
  
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• U.N. Experts Call U.S. Blockade of Venezuela "Illegal Armed Aggression"

  24-12-2025 09:45 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraFour United Nations human rights experts have condemned the partial naval blockade of Venezuela by the United States, describing it as illegal and asking the U.S. Congress to intervene. "There is no right to enforce unilateral sanctions through an armed blockade," the U.N. experts said in a joint statement on Wednesday. "It is also expressly recognized as illegal armed aggression under the General Assembly's 1974 Definition of Aggression," they...
  
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