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🦜 Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/interpol-backed-police-make-nearly-200-arrests-in-amazon-region-gold-mining-s…

Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday. The operation was backed by Interpol — the international police cooperation agency that helps law enforcement agencies in different countries […]

Drones strike multiple Russian regions, sparking major fire at oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/drones-strike-multiple-russian-regions.html

Speaking of volleyball...
All abilities invited to relaxed grass volleyball Come and Try day
https://region.com.au/your-invite-to-play-all-abilities-welcomed-to-relaxed-grass-volleyball-come-and-try-day/930794/

All abilities invited to relaxed grass volleyball Come and Try day | Region Canberra

Neuer Verein für Ahnenforschung im Tullnerfeld gegründet
#Tulln. Der neue Verein „Familien- und Regionalforscher Tullnerfeld“ wird von Obfrau Elisabeth Mehlbauer und ihrer Stellvertreterin Irene Mole geleitet.

Deadline Approaching: New England Regional Fellowship Consortium https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138235/deadline-approaching-new-england-regional-fellowship-consortium

https://regionalheute.de/wuehltischwelpen-enormes-leid-fuer-tier-und-mensch-1744689603-awsc/

Tierleid im Internet: Auch Braunschweig ist betroffen
Der Handel mit Katzen- und Hundewelpen aus dubiosen Zuchtstätten floriert nach wie vor - auch in unserer Region werden immer wieder Fälle bekannt.

“Live Region Support”
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/01/live-region-support.html
Just about to publish, Chrome updated, I re-tested, and my results for dynamic descriptions went sideways. So, I dunno, QA that for me?
Won’t it feel good to correct me? You know…

Live Region Support
This post does not discuss whether live regions are good, nor is it a post about the best way to use them. This post only covers how they are exposed to the audience who experiences them — screen reader users. Written by a non-screen-reader user. If you’re here because your…

Manchester-based local newsletter publisher Mill Media plans to expand to Leeds as its seventh brand if it gets 500 paying subscribers for the unnamed title (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

Mill Media asks for subscribers first, promising launch later in Leeds
Mill Media is set to launch a title in Leeds on the condition it reaches 500 paying subscribers for the title.

Deadline Approaching: New England Regional Fellowship Consortium https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138235/deadline-approaching-new-england-regional-fellowship-consortium

The UK government unveils the Local News Fund, which will distribute up to £12M to local outlets over two years to support innovation and help fill news deserts (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

New UK state funding of up to £12m for local media
The Government will pay up to £12m funding to local media outlets over the next two years to support innovation and help fill "news deserts".