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Though they largely put down the putsch, many then turned their wrath on Alawites, a largely impoverished minority that constitutes some 10% of the country’s population and which dominated Assad-era security services and state bureaucracy.

It's also a test of how willing the courts are to ensure American democracy extends to its growing minority populations.

Environmental organisations and the UK authorities are assessing the potential fallout for marine species and nearby wildlife populations from toxic chemicals.

A study by Glasgow University in 2019 found former professional footballers were almost three-and-a-half times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than the general population.

Tom Wheeler, executive director of the Environmental Protection Information Center, which supports tamping down the barred owl population, said it wouldn’t just be the federal government footing the bill.