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A video diary for Al Jazeera, On the Ground A video diary for Al Jazeera Baraa Obied was internally displaced during the Syrian war and is now home again in Damascus. In his video diary, he shows how daily life in the capital is slowly returning to normal, one yearContinue Reading

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This piece is copublished by  DeSmog  and  ExxonKnews . ExxonKnews is a reporting project of the Center for Climate Integrity. Facing a growing number of lawsuits that could hold them liable for billions of dollars in climate damages, oil companies for the fifth time in three years are asking the U.S.Continue Reading

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A newly analyzed set of climate data points to a major volcanic eruption that may have played a key role in the Black Death’s arrival. Cooling and crop failures across Europe pushed Italian states to bring in grain from the Black Sea. Those shipments may have carried plague-infected fleas. TheContinue Reading

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The country marks one year since the overthrow of the al-Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule., The country marks one year since the overthrow of the al-Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule. People celebrate as they wait for a parade by the Syrian army marking the first anniversary of the fall ofContinue Reading