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An AI-generated video from the US embassy in Mexico encouraging migrants to “self-deport” has sparked disbelief and outrage online.

The video posted this week on official embassy social media accounts depicts a group of men wearing black caps and sporting tattoos performing a kind of traditional Mexican ballad known as a corrido.

“The corrido rings out loud in your homeland; return to your roots,” the AI performer sings. “You don’t need to go far to get ahead. Listen to what you say: Mexican power lies within you.”

The social media post also contains a link to CBP Home, a website that helps migrants in the US to return to their home countries.

The video made headlines across Mexican news outlets, and met with condemnation on social media.

Britain is “a few weeks away” from medicine shortages ranging from painkillers to cancer treatment if the Iran war continues, according to experts, while drug prices could also rise.

The conflict has disrupted the supply of a myriad of crucial raw materials, including oil, gas, crop fertiliser and helium – and health essentials could be next.

David Weeks, the Texas-based director of supply chain risk management at the analytics group Moody’s, said: “It’s the perfect storm. We have the conflict in the Gulf that caused the strait of Hormuz to shut down, and India is known as the pharmacy of the world. They produce a lot of the generic [off-patent] drugs and APIs [active pharmaceutical ingredients]. With the geopolitical situation, it’s harder and harder to get those out.”

With airports in Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi initially closed and now operating a limited schedule, pharmaceutical companies have had to reroute their shipments via air, and some are now relying on sea transport, lengthening journey times.

From The Raptor Center

The first babies of the year have arrived!

We've reached one of our most exciting annual milestones, the beginning of baby season, with several nestling and brancher birds arriving at TRC's raptor hospital in the past few weeks. Great-horned owls (GHOWs) are the earliest raptors to hatch in our area, so they kicked off this spring's influx of baby arrivals.

On March 3, a GHOW baby was found on the ground in Hudson, WI, too young to be out of the nest. Observers spotted the nest about 35 feet high in a pine tree, with the owl parents and two siblings visible.

This owlet, found on admission to be about four weeks old, only sustained minor bruising from its fall and was successfully returned to its parents and siblings on March 5, marking another milestone - first renesting of the season!

These photos tell the story of this GHOW baby's quick adventure outside the nest, from being found on the ground, a view of the owl parent, the chick's admission to TRC's raptor hospital, then banded and boxed for return to the nest, reunion with parents and siblings, and a recheck of the nest on March 20.

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“Say … now there’s a little hat!”

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“Okay, Billy. … Tide’s coming in now. … Dig me out, Billy. … Billy, I don’t want to get angry. …”

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The Polish Institute for Animal Care admitted Gacek for care in April 2023. Gacek was 10 kg, about 4 kg overweight (about twice his expected size). He also had gingivitis and arthritis. Gacek was treated under the care of a veterinarian. Gacek recovered and was rehomed.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacek