Children are dying of starvation in the rebel-held region of eastern Ghouta. Desperate Syrians trapped in eastern Ghouta have started eating garbage to survive as a government-imposed siege tightens around the dilapidated Damascus suburb like a noose. Many famished children… Read More ›
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3 Chicago Police Officers Accused Of Cover-Up In Killing Of Laquan McDonald
A grand jury indicted three Chicago police officers on felony charges on Tuesday, accusing them of conspiring to cover up the facts of a fatal police shooting in October 2014 of a black teenager in order to shield their fellow… Read More ›
In Venezuela’s Dark Hour, Goldman Sachs Sees An Investment Opportunity
From “As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target,” in NPR By Colin Dwyer It has been more than 60 days since Venezuela’s Supreme Court moved to dissolve the country’s National Assembly. The move, intended to… Read More ›
Syrian Crematory Is Hiding Mass Killings of Prisoners, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON — The United States accused the Syrian government on Monday of using a crematory to hide mass murders at a prison where thousands are believed to have been summarily executed in the nation’s civil war. The assertion, based on… Read More ›
Study: Global warming is drying up the Colorado River — vital to 40 million people
By Dan Elliott Global warming is already shrinking the Colorado River, the most important waterway in the American Southwest, and it could reduce the flow by more than a third by the end of the century, two scientists say. The… Read More ›
A Push for Diesel Leaves London Gasping Amid Record Pollution
London is choking from record levels of pollution, much of it caused by diesel cars and trucks, as well as wood-burning fires in private homes, a growing trend. It has been bad enough to evoke comparisons to the Great Smog… Read More ›
Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces
Researchers behind ‘Anthropocene equation’ say impact of people’s intense activity on Earth far exceeds that of natural events spread across millennia By Melissa Davey For the first time, researchers have developed a mathematical equation to describe the impact of human… Read More ›
China’s Smog Cancels Hundreds of Flights, Closes Highways
BEIJING —Heavy smog in northern China on Sunday caused hundreds of flights to be canceled and highways to shut, disrupting the first day of the new year holiday. Large parts of the north were hit by hazardous smog in mid-December,… Read More ›
Norway reprieves 32 of 47 wolves earmarked for cull
Under Norway’s endangered predator laws, only 15 lone wolves proved to pose a threat to livestock The Norwegian government has issued a last-minute reprieve for 32 of the 47 wolves that had been earmarked for a cull to protect sheep… Read More ›
America Must Recognize Palestine
President Jimmy Carter ATLANTA — We do not yet know the policy of the next administration toward Israel and Palestine, but we do know the policy of this administration. It has been President Obama’s aim to support a negotiated end… Read More ›
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