The Daily Populous

Sunday March 22nd, 2026 morning edition

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The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.

“The monarch butterfly is the symbol of the trilateral relationship between Mexico, the United States and Canada,” Mexican environment minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra said at a news conference on Tuesday.

“Its conservation is a collective commitment we must maintain for the future.”.

Every fall, tens of millions of the butterflies travel nearly 3,000 miles from Canada, across the US and finally to the forests of western Mexico.

There, the orange insects cover entire trees and flutter through the air in spectacular fashion.

In February, two environmental groups filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump administration to set a date for protections.

“This means that the forests that represent the fundamental habitat for the monarch butterfly’s hibernation are being protected and conserved. »

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Arkansas restaurant told her to leave

Authored by usatoday.com

A restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas, found itself in the middle of controversy after the state's Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was asked to leave the establishment.

The incident at The Croissanterie was not the only occasion where Sanders had been asked to leave a restaurant.

Stephanie Wilkinson, the co-owner of the Red Hen, said in a Washington Post op-ed that she was harassed after asking Sanders to leave her establishment. »

Projectile strikes vessel off coast of UAE - as it happened

Authored by theguardian.com
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Speaking at a forum in Colombia involving delegates from Africa and the CELAC summit, Lula questioned the legitimacy of current US regional maneuvers.

Lula also drew a direct parallel between the US-Israeli military campaign in Iran and the 2003 Iraq War.

“Iran has been invaded under the pretext that Iran was building a nuclear bomb. »