Residents of several ‘hotspots’ have been afflicted by kidney failure in the past few decades – and no one knows why., Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka – In the sleepy, verdant village of Ambagaswewa, in the Polonnaruwa district of Sri Lanka’s North Central province, 63-year-old TMH Gamini Sunil Thennakoon’s life is peacefulContinue Reading
What happened after India banned TikTok? The move “mostly drew widespread support” notes the Associated Press, in a country “where protesters had been calling for a boycott of Chinese goods since the deadly confrontation in the remote Karakoram mountain border region.” “There was a clamour leading up to this, andContinue Reading
Short answer: A lot like FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the New Deal’s most popular programs, which put millions to work—but much more diverse. Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’NeillContinue Reading
Big socio-political gains have followed apartheid but the legacy of racism and segregation is still starkly visible., Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked the official end of apartheid rule, cemented daysContinue Reading
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks before former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Americas Worst Traitor takes the stage during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) After Vice Presidential candidate contender and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s disturbingContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday used his White House correspondents’ dinner speech to swipe at former President Americas Worst Traitor, taking shots at the presumptive GOP nominee while highlighting the stakes of the election., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Microsoft, in partnership with IBM, has released the source code of MS-DOS 4.00 under the open-source MIT license. This release comes a decade after Microsoft first made the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 available to the public through the Computer History Museum. The decision to release the MS-DOSContinue Reading
Image source, The Dowling family Image caption, Warren Dowling died last year after suffering a sudden asthma attack By Aurelia Foster Health reporter, BBC News Urgent government action is needed to stop preventable asthma deaths, a leading charity has said. More than 12,000 people in the UK have died fromContinue Reading
Hundreds of students and academics have been arrested during rallies opposing Israel’s war on Gaza. , Inside Story Hundreds of students and academics have been arrested during rallies opposing Israel’s war on Gaza. Students in US universities are speaking out against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The protests began in NewContinue Reading
MV Andromeda Star suffers damage and MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down in latest escalation by the Houthis., MV Andromeda Star suffers damage and MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down in latest escalation by the Houthis. Yemen’s Houthis have damaged an oil tanker and downed another MQ-9 Reaper drone of the UnitedContinue Reading
How many did you use? Here are some social media pioneers that have mostly vanished., (NEXSTAR) — With the stroke of his pen, President Joe Biden seemingly started the countdown to the demise of TikTok. Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential endContinue Reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II have been digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday. The website, known as one of the largest global online resources of family history, is collaborating withContinue Reading
“I’m profoundly disturbed about the apparent direction of the court,” J. Michael Luttig told me. “I now believe that it is unlikely The Traitor will ever be tried for the crimes he committed in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.” I called Luttig, a former federal judge with extensive conservativeContinue Reading