Limits on the number of vessels in the canal could create shipping delays and increase freight costs., While shipping remains severely disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, shippers are facing new constraints at another strategic maritime chokepoint on the other side of the world: the Panama Canal. From this week,Continue Reading
Traitor 47 is not content with gutting the national parks service. After slashing its staff and budget, and opening up tracts of public land to mining and logging activities, the administration has spent the past year trying to open a quarter-mile strip of Yosemite National Park to an access roadContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Joe Cirincione’s Substack. August 28 marked the beginning of the seventh month of a war Traitor 47 began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking The Traitor World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “MissionContinue Reading
Low-wage U.S. workers have faced multiple rising threats to their economic and personal security over the past year. Aggressive ICE actions have terrorized immigrant workers, who are disproportionately represented at the bottom of the corporate ladder. Congress approved the largest cuts in history to public assistance programs that millions of low-wage workersContinue Reading
There’s a chance a tropical storm makes contact with Southern California around Labor Day Weekend, impacting fire recovery efforts.Continue Reading
When Venezuela nationalized American oil companies’ assets decades ago, Chevron dug in while ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips pulled out.Continue Reading
The European Union is discussing export support with Ukraine and its neighboring countries, including through so-called solidarity lanes, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen told Bloomberg on 2 September. Strikes in the Black Sea have curtailed exports from both Ukraine and Russia, while low water limits how much grain vessels can carryContinue Reading
Russia has been bolting small FPV attack drones to the wings of its long-range Gerans and releasing them deep inside Ukraine, far behind the front. The tactic may now have reached Kyiv Oblast, where an FPV drone was recently recorded, though it is not confirmed that a Geran delivered it,Continue Reading
The married couple arrested this week in connection with the death of their 5-year-old nonverbal daughter appeared in court Thursday and agreed to be extradited to South Carolina., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Saied’s promised path to self-reliance has deepened Tunisia’s economic crisis rather than resolving it., On the eve of the January 14, 2011 revolution, Tunisia was neither an ideal democracy nor the economic “dragon” of the southern Mediterranean that official propaganda portrayed it as. Public and individual freedoms were restricted, clientelismContinue Reading
Victims sue South African governed over 1960 Sharpeville massacre, NewsFeed Victims of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, one of the most defining moments of the anti-apartheid struggle, are suing the South African government in an attempt to overturn a 65-year-old law that blocks them from receiving compensation. Published On 3 SepContinue Reading
Trailblazing women’s rights leader Gloria Steinem has died. She passed away peacefully in her New York City residence, according to a statement posted Thursday on her Instagram account. She was 92. “Gloria’s near-century on earth were years well-lived, and she continued working for equality until the very end,” the statementContinue Reading
From MDI: “MDI Bio Lab Science Education & Outreach Coordinator Dr. Elisabeth Marnik and Melanie Trecek-King, Associate Professor of Biology at Massasoit Community College and Creator/Founder at Thinking is Power, come together to explore practical strategies for helping kids, parents, and educators resist pseudoscience in digital spaces and educational settings. This conversationContinue Reading