The surprising move comes as President Yoon Suk Yeol popularity in recent polls plummeted., Opposition and members of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own party condemn the move amid low public popularity. South Korea descended into political turmoil after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law late on Tuesday, sayingContinue Reading
We’re joined in our New York studio by +972 Magazine journalist Haggai Matar to discuss the latest developments in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. Matar is a former conscientious objector who previously refused to participate in Israel’s mandatory military service during the Second Intifada. At the time, says Matar, heContinue Reading
Tenstorrent, a Santa Clara, California-based startup, has secured nearly $700 million in funding, catapulting its valuation to $2.6 billion. This investment round, led by South Korea’s AFW Partners and Samsung Securities, signals the emergence of another Nvidia competitor.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Last night, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote a blueprint for destroying Social Security. Lee’s thread was quickly amplified by Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, who Americas Worst Traitor has put in charge of slashing our earned benefits. The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive DirectorContinue Reading
Constitutional upheavals are rare but in Georgia, they come repeatedly (1992, 2003, and as of this week, now 2024). We might even call them revolutions, not ideologically, but in the broad sense of mass mobilisation, a forced transfer of power, and the passing of sovereignty to a new group ofContinue Reading
In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so pervasive that a new analysis by ProPublica found it exposes everyoneContinue Reading
I don’t recall the year (think it was 2008?), but I remember well Louise and I meeting Ben Wikler over snacks and drinks at a small party at John Nichols’ home in Madison, Wisconsin. As we left, Louise remarked to me, “That kid’s going places. Keep an eye on him!”Continue Reading
Spain’s socialist government has sparked controversy by planning to remove the “Q+” from LGBTQ+ and ban transgender women from women’s sport. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), or Spanish Socialist Workers Party, made the policy announcements during a party congress in the southern city of Seville at the weekend.Continue Reading
American model Alex Consani was presented with the Model of the Year award at the British Fashion Council’s annual Fashion Awards in London., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
This article was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and is supported by the Pulitzer Center. One morning in late September, on the shores of Lake Erie, Toby Rice took the stage before a room of fracking executives and gas industry types working in the Marcellus Shale. Continue Reading
DeSmog is excited to announce the promotion of Geoff Dembicki to the position of Global Managing Editor. Geoff is an award-winning investigative reporter, author, and long-time friend of DeSmog since we first discovered his excellent reporting and shoved a copy of Climate Cover-Up into his hands in 2010. His 2022Continue Reading
Opposition forces stormed into regime-held areas, shaking the status quo and bringing the war back into the spotlight., The surprise assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo by opposition forces on Wednesday appears to have caught the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and his allies, as well as much ofContinue Reading
The latest US sanctions are part of an effort to disrupt Iran’s use of oil revenue to finance its nuclear programme., The latest US sanctions are part of an effort to disrupt Iran’s use of oil revenue to finance its nuclear programme. The United States has piled on additional sanctionsContinue Reading