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Billions in Sudanese gold flow to Dubai — a country with no gold mines of its own. The UAE denies backing the RSF, but the militia accused of massacres and looting keeps getting richer. Even in 2025, Sudan’s people live under slavery conditions. This is episode one of Food and Conscience. Sudan | RSF | Genocide | Dubai | UAE | Boycott | Mosaic Radar

After losing most of her cats to the war, a young Palestinian girl was gifted one on her birthday. In Gaza, where loss has become part of daily life, small gestures like these remind people, and the world, that love and care still survive amid destruction. A single cat, a fragile moment of joy, becomes a quiet act of resistance against despair. Palestine | Human stories | War and hope | Mosaic Radar | Gaza | Cats | Gift | Mosaic Radar

The war in Ukraine has left consequences far beyond Europe. Before the invasion, Ukrainian wheat and corn fed millions across Africa, from Egypt to Somalia. When the war began, supply lines collapsed, ports were blocked, and food prices soared. The result? Rising hunger, inflation, and instability across the continent. A war for land in Europe became a war against survival in Africa. Ukraine War | Africa Food Crisis | Global Hunger #MosaicRadar | Mosaic Radar

Active weather across the United States this week, with ongoing atmospheric river causing heavy rainfall over the Pacific Northwest, a winter storm currently moving across the central Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic, and several Alberta Clipper systems expected to bring several rounds of snow across the northern Plains, Midwest, and Northeast. | NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center

This enhanced-color imagery from NOAA’s GOES West (GOES-18) satellite is highlighting the Pacific Northwest this morning, where a powerful atmospheric river is pushing into the region. Flood Watches, Flood Warnings and Wind Advisories are in effect across parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Latest updates and advisories: www.weather.gov | NOAA Satellite and Information Service