Month: August 2022
Behind in polls, Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes evangelicals will carry him to reelection
Jair Bolsonaro is relying on support from the country’s quickly growing evangelical community to pull off an upset against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October. (Image credit: Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Read MoreGlobal Monkeypox Cases Drop 21%, Reversing Month-Long Increase
GENEVA — The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline, according to a World
Read MoreMedical residents say hundreds to quit every week, starting today: ‘Nothing to lose’
After government fails to live up to obligations under previous deal to shorten shifts, Mirsham organization says leaders will cause ‘the worst health crisis in Israel’s history’
Read MoreReport finds industrial air pollution cost country NIS 12.5 billion in 2021
Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg lauds overall trend in reducing emissions, though suspected carcinogens increased by 1.5%; electric company biggest culprit
Read MoreRussia claims train station strike killed over 200 Ukrainian troops
Russia says attack took out reserve unit ‘en route to combat zones,’ but Ukraine says 25 dead including kids; occurred on Ukraine’s independence day, 6 months after invasion began
Read MoreUN report on abuse against Uighurs in Xinjiang might miss its deadline
Outgoing human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says her office is ‘trying’ to meet self-imposed deadline for long-awaited report on China’s alleged abuses in region
Read MoreThousands throng to Iran museum with Western art masterpieces
More than 20,000 people have flocked to an Iranian museum showcasing renowned Western artists’ works, some for the first time — part of a treasure trove amassed before the Islamic Revolution. The museum’s collection is reputed to be the greatest
Read More‘I cannot accept it’: Bali bomb survivors fume after attacker’s term cut
Almost two decades after the Bali bombings left Thiolina Ferawati Marpaung with permanent eye injuries, news that one of the masterminds could be released early has caused fresh trauma. Indonesia’s latest reduction to Umar Patek’s prison sentence — revealed last
Read MoreDaily Briefing Aug. 25: Lapid and Bibi appear to agree; WeWork redux from Neumann?
Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David talks Artemis I and an Adam Neumann startup, and Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses the Iran nuke deal and a Knesset hopeful
Read MoreClimate Change Is Destroying American History
As Hurricane Ida barreled down on the Louisiana coast last August, all Ashley Rogers could do was wait and hope. Sixteen years to the day from when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Rogers—the executive director of the Whitney Plantation historic
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