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A busy intersection in downtown Amman, Jordan’s capital and political center.

Cash-Strapped Jordan Targets Premium Tax Evaders

Jordan’s recent crackdown against corruption and tax evasion has left the country’s previously untouchable business and political elite flabbergasted by the sudden raids of their homes and offices.

Adding insult to injury, images and information of the raids and investigations were leaked to websites and circulated on social media to the amusement of the public.

A busy intersection in downtown Amman, Jordan’s capital and political center. (Credit: Yadid Levy / Alamy Stock Photo)

Fishermen at the harbour of Kelibia. (Credit: Hemis / Alamy Stock Photo)

Shark Fishing’s Threat to the Mediterranean

Every morning before sunrise, the fish market in Tunisia’s coastal town of Kelibia is already bustling with customers and visitors. They wander between stalls that are loaded with shrimp, shells and almost every kind of fish found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fishermen at the harbour of Kelibia. (Credit: Hemis / Alamy Stock Photo)

A member of a rescue team walks next to a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale in Brumadinho, Brazil, Feb. 13, 2019.

Behind Vale's Deadly Dams, a Wave of Lobbying

Angelica Andrade will never forget January 25, 2019, the day her sister died.

A member of a rescue team walks next to a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale in Brumadinho, Brazil, Feb. 13, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Washington Alves)

Of the 38 million cubic meters of forest lost to Romania’s logging industry each year, only 18 million are licensed and accounted for.

Oak and Omerta in Romania: Saving the Lungs of Europe

The teeth on an average full-skip chain stand at three-quarter inch intervals and are about the length of a thumbnail. Moving these blades along at a speed of almost 88 feet per second, a gas-powered chainsaw turns even the hardest and oldest of trees to butter.

Of the 38 million cubic meters of forest lost to Romania’s logging industry each year, only 18 million are licensed and accounted for. By the Associated Press. By The Associated Press