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Gunman shoots and kills kindergarten teacher in Thailand

A gunman shot and killed a kindergarten teacher on Wednesday inside a school building in eastern Thailand, where 44 children and three other teachers were evacuated safely, authorities said. The shooting took place about 11am inside a building at the Nongplalai Municipal Kindergarten in Chonburi province, about 150km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Bangkok. All 44 students were unharmed and…

Gunman shoots and kills kindergarten teacher in Thailand

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The billion-euro trade driving Europe's eels to extinction

Traffickers are making big bucks smuggling millions of critically endangered eels across continents, in suitcases on planes or by exploiting legal loopholes to end up on dinnerplates.

  • European eel trade worth €1 billion fuels extinction
  • 95% population decline since 1980s due to illegal trade
  • Conservationists call for dam removal and stricter enforcement

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