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Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin, 40mg pills, made by Purdue Pharma L.D. sit on a shelf at a local pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 25, 2017.
Business
The spread of OxyContin around the world
Global average CO2 concentrations rose at a record rate in 2016 to more than 403 parts per million up from 400.00 ppm in 2015, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Concentrations of CO2 are now nearly 50% higher than pre-industrial levels.
Science
There’s more CO2 in the atmosphere now than any point in almost a million years
A nuclear shelter constructed for President John F. Kennedy near Riviera Beach, Florida. Note the fallout shelter sign.
Conflict
How some kids helped with the design of the Cold War fallout shelter sign
The exterior of the Ex-Convent of San Guillermo Abad, in Totolapan, Morelos state, Mexico. Behind the main facade, the chapel's roof collapsed over the main altar in the Sept. 19 earthquake.
Conflict
Mexico’s churches took a major hit in the September earthquake
Solid-looking building with US flag in front, fences, and many people waiting outside
Global Politics
With papers, my brother-in-law could be worth more than a dollar a day to the world
Anna Belkina, Director of Marketing and Strategic Development at RT, says RT has not yet published the list of advertisements ”but we probably are going to … in the near future in some way.”
Conflict
Here are some of the stories RT says it promoted on Twitter
An Albanian state police officer holds a piece of freshly cut cannabis near the town of Kruja. Most of the pot produced in Albania is grown outdoors, on public land. Growers take advantage of the country’s Mediterranean climate and mountainous terrain.
Economics
Riding along with Albania’s pot police
Demonstrators rally on behalf of LGBT asylum-seekers in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Justice
‘Not gay enough’: Dutch authorities challenge asylum-seekers to prove their sexuality