Month: November 2022
Envoys from the U.S. and China, the world’s top polluters, meet at COP27 Summit
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has met with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate talks in Egypt.
Read MoreEnvoys from the U.S. and China, the world’s top polluters, meet at COP27 Summit
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has met with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate talks in Egypt.
Read MoreRussian air strikes cause widespread blackouts in Ukraine, cross into NATO-member Poland
A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.
Read MoreKevin McCarthy beats far-right challenger 188-31 to lead House GOP – CNN
Kevin McCarthy beats far-right challenger 188-31 to lead House GOP CNN Conservatives Warn McCarthy May Not Have Votes To Be Speaker MSNBC McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker Fox News Conservatives warn McCarthy: You don’t have the votes for speaker Yahoo News Cuellar
Read MoreUkraine Isn’t Just at COP27 to Talk About Climate
In one sense, Ukraine’s delegation to the COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, has a complicated task: to convey to the world the interconnections of war and climate change, the scale of the environmental destruction that Russia’s invasion has
Read MorePentagon ‘looking into’ reports Russian missiles hit inside Poland
The Pentagon said on Tuesday it was unable to corroborate media reports that two Russian missiles had landed inside NATO member Poland, but that it was investigating the claims. “We are aware of the press reports alleging that two Russian
Read MoreIran protests swell on anniversary of lethal 2019 crackdown
Iranians took to the streets Tuesday after organisers of protests over Mahsa Amini’s death called for demonstrations marking three years since a lethal crackdown on unrest sparked by a fuel price hike. The call to commemorate those slain in the
Read MoreSeven million homes in the dark as Russian missiles pound Ukraine cities
Missile strikes hit cities across Ukraine on Tuesday, plunging seven million homes into darkness just days after a humiliating Russian retreat, prompting a defiant response from President Volodymyr Zelensky. Seven million homes were without power following the latest attacks, the
Read MoreHow Bladder Cancer Differs in Women and Younger Adults
Bladder cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer in the U.S. About 1 in 40 Americans born today will develop this cancer at some point in their lifetime, and a majority of these people will be
Read MoreGlobal population to hit 8 billion mark Tuesday, U.N. says
The upward trend threatens to leave even more people in developing countries further behind, as governments struggle to provide enough classrooms and jobs for a rapidly growing number of youth and food insecurity becomes an even more urgent problem.
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