Month: November 2019

As climate scientists stress that climate change has contributed to the enormous size and strength recent storms including Hurricane Irma, which has killed at least “'Unprecedented' Lofoten Declaration Demands Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Industry”

Protesters attend a demonstration in Hong Kong on Monday, as clashes intensified between pro-democracy activists and police. Updated at 11:15 a.m. ET Hong Kong police “Hong Kong In Tumult: Man Is Set On Fire Hours After Police Officer Shoots Protester”

Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Friday that “we must be brave enough to admit the war on terror is simply not working,” and called “Jeremy Corbyn Praised for Denouncing Failed 'Global War on Terror'”

The opening round of a series of negotiations over a proposed revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began this week in Washington, D.C. between trade representatives “As First NAFTA Round Opens in Secrecy, Digital Rights Groups Fear Another TPP”

Scientists are expressing alarm over “utterly terrifying” new findings from NASA and the European Space Agency that Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion tons of ice “'Utterly Terrifying': Study Affirms Feedback Loop Fears as Surging Antarctica Ice Loss Tripled in Last Five Years”

When President John F. Kennedy visited Buckingham Palace in 1961, he brought a small token for Queen Elizabeth: a signed portrait in a silver frame “Why JFK Gave Queen Elizabeth a Modest Gift the Only Time They Met”

Its release timed to coincide with International Women’s Day, a new study out Thursday reveals that among the persistent disparities between men and women remains “Advocating "End to Manels," New Report Highlights Persistence of Male-Dominated Conferences”

There’s absolutely no bad blood between Taylor Swift and the ladies of TLC. In fact, the beloved ’90s girl group has lots of love for “A TLC and Taylor Swift Collab May Be in Our Future”

The Syrian government of President Bashar Al-Assad accused the United States of “new aggression” on Thursday after American warplanes bombed government soldiers in the eastern “Syria Denounces 'New Aggression' After US Warplanes Bomb Government Forces”

If you don’t want to read any potential spoilers for Rachel Lindsay’s season of The Bachelorette, stop reading now. If you’re still with me, I “Rachel Lindsay’s BFF Might Have Accidentally Revealed the Winner of The Bachelorette“