Month: November 2022
Cholera overwhelms Haiti, experts warn outbreak could worsen as fuel blockade lifts
Cholera cases are overwhelming Haiti and experts warn the situation could worsen now that the country is bustling once again after a paralyzing fuel blockade that lasted two months.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: State Department holds briefing after possible Ukraine missile lands in NATO territory
State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel will speak Wednesday afternoon, as investigations continue into an explosion in Poland Tuesday by Russian-made missile that killed two people.
Read MoreWhy This City in Iraq Is Coming Together to Save Its Date Palms
In Karbala, an Iraqi province just south of Baghdad, sun pours down from a cloudless blue sky, cooking the khaki-colored earth in 115°F temperatures. The smallest stirring of air sends dust swirling. Yet, in a patch of desert measuring just
Read MoreTrump’s 2024 Announcement Makes Clear He Has No Idea Why He Lost
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Most of us have bombed an assignment, be it a spelling test we forgot to cram for
Read MoreBoat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims lands on Indonesian beach for 2nd day in a row
Over 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a wooden boat have landed on an Indonesian beach, becoming the second group recently to arrive in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh.
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Secretary Austin, General Milley give remarks after missile kills 2 in NATO territory
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley will hold a news briefing after Wednesday’s Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting.
Read MoreMusk Tells Staff to Accept ‘Hardcore’ Twitter or Leave in Email
Elon Musk sent an email to Twitter Inc. employees requiring them to pledge to stay with the company, working long hours at “high intensity” during its transformation, or to accept a buyout. Staff will have to complete the online form
Read MoreExperts Fear a Shortage of Forensic Pathologists Will Leave Deaths Unexplained
Makeshift morgues were necessary back in 2020, when COVID-19 lacked a vaccine and was killing so many people that hospitals and funeral homes couldn’t keep up. But two years later, they were still in use in Baltimore—for a different reason.
Read MoreSenate Committee Finds Medical Abuse of Detained Women at Georgia ICE Facility
More than two years have passed since whistleblower Dawn Wooten alleged that a gynecologist at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Georgia was performing unnecessary and unwanted medical procedures on women in custody at the Irwin County
Read MoreFor Camp Lejeune Victims Exposed to Toxic Water, a New Law Promises Compensation—and Closure
Many of Ann Johnson’s life milestones were marked at Camp Lejeune, a sprawling U.S. Marine Corps base camp on the North Carolina coast. She moved to the base in 1982, when her stepfather was stationed there. In 1983, she graduated
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