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BERLIN (Reuters) - Could an author of children's books or a former trampolinist succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor of Germany? Either is possible, and both are from the ecologist Greens. A Greens chancellor is still only an outside chance after a Sept. 26 federal election, but the party has grown into a formidable force that is just a few points behind Angela Merkel's conservatives, who have ruled for 16 years. With the conservatives at odds over who they want to replace Merkel, who is stepping down after the election, the Greens see a chance to win the chancellery for the first time and to stamp their progressive, ecologist brand on Europe's largest economy. "They are within reach of the chancellorship," said political scientist Thorsten Faas. In a sign of how seriously they are taking their push for power, the Greens have agreed to name a single chancellor candidate for the first time since they formed some 40 years ago. Previously, the party picked a leadership duo for … [Read more...] about Analysis: Could Germany get a Green chancellor? It’s within the party’s reach

President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border rules are separating many more migrant children from their parents than were separated by President Donald Trump’s anti-migration policy, according to media reports and statements from migration advocates. “Self-separating families … are sending their children [alone across the border],” said Ruben Garcia, the executive director of a migrant shelter in El Paso, Texas. “We see it, we know it here in Juarez, for families who have stayed in shelters who make the decision, ‘I’m going to send my kids on by themselves,'” he said April 8. “The Biden policies are driving a wedge between families and they are being separated intentionally due to the specific [pro-migration] policies of the Biden administration,” said Rob Law, the director of regulatory affairs and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. Law, a former senior immigration official for Trump, added: There has been far more family separation that has occurred due to Biden … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Border Rules Separate Tens of Thousands of Families

“HAS @clemmiemoodie swallowed a football?”, “I see @clemmiemoodie has been carbo-loading of late”, “Wow! They’ve got an Oompa Loompa on screen @clemmiemoodie”. A few years ago, I’d regularly pop up on terrible TV shows, spouting various showbiz inanities for a couple of hundred quid and a few hours out of the office. During one such appearance on a BBC3 show absolutely no one will remember — coming as it did after an especially jolly Christmas and 300 wheels of Stilton — I got so humiliatingly fat-shamed on Twitter that I vowed never to go on telly again. And I haven’t. For an industry that prides itself in being at the epicentre of the Brave New Woke World, showbiz is still terrified of just one thing — a normal-sized woman. Take the tragic death of former Big Brother star Nikki Grahame from anorexia at the age of 38. While it would be easy to blame TV bosses for letting such a clearly vulnerable girl on screen in the first place, in truth she’d been battling these … [Read more...] about Airbrushed stars owe it to tragic Nikki Grahame to get real

How do you save a herd of giraffes that are trapped on a rapidly sinking island? Float them to the mainland on a custom-built barge — a "GiRaft." That's how a months-long giraffe rescue operation in Kenya recently concluded on April 12, delivering the last of nine stranded giraffes to safety, according to a statement by Save Giraffes Now (SGN), an American nonprofit organization that partnered with conservationists in Kenya to relocate the giraffes. The threatened giraffes, a highly endangered subspecies called Rothschild's giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi ), had been living on Longicharo Island in Kenya's Lake Baringo since 2011. But rising waters repeatedly flooded their habitat, and conservationists, concerned that the giraffes could no longer find enough food on the island, decided to evacuate the animals. Related: Rare white giraffe photographed "Water levels in Lake Baringo have been rising for some time, but in 2020 the rate … [Read more...] about Mom & baby giraffe trapped on a sinking island rescued in months-long operation