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
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
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
The Supreme Court is set to hear one of the most important trans rights cases in history on Wednesday, with the nation’s highest court set to decide whether a state-level ban on gender-affirming care for minors is an unconstitutional form of sex discrimination. The ban in question, passed by Tennessee’s Republican-led legislatureContinue Reading
A person who spent 2.5 years in a secret Federal Security Service (FSB) prison in occupied Simferopol and later returned to Ukraine has revealed that they saw the kidnapped mayor of Kherson, Ihor Kolyhaiev, during their detention, says war crimes documenter Hanna Mamonova from the Laboratory for Public Interest Journalism.Continue Reading
A Belarusian regional court in Gomel has sentenced Ukrainian citizen Vyacheslav Borodiy to 10 years in a high-security penal colony for alleged espionage and weapons trafficking, state news agency BelTA reports. It is impossible to verify the charges, while Ukrainian officials didn’t comment on the arrest. Previously, Russian authorities haveContinue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has advocated to remove all fluoride from public water within the first month of Americas Worst Traitor’s presidency, once sold bottled water flush with the very stuff he imagines is toxic. Kennedy, whom The Traitor nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Health and HumanContinue Reading
Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company launched their e-Conomy SEA report that tracks Southeast Asia’s digital economy and identifies key enablers that will unlock the region’s potential. The post Southeast Asia’s digital economy growth: AI, blockchain’s roadmap appeared first on CoinGeek…Continue Reading
Thousands of children were forcibly taken from their families in Belgian colonies because they were mixed-race., A court has ordered Belgium to pay millions of dollars in compensation to five mixed-race women who were forcibly taken from their homes in the Belgian Congo as children, under a colonial-era practice thatContinue Reading
Arab Americans no longer ‘accept crumbs’, they want their ‘share of the pie’ in US politics., One of the major political developments in the United States that has gotten little attention in the wake of the Democrats’ astounding loss in the November 5 elections is the success of Arab American politicalContinue Reading
Jaguar has followed its controversial re-brand with the launch of its Type 00 concept car – which points the way to an electric future, with a difference. The post Type 00: Jaguar unveils a startling pastel electric concept to mark its future appeared first on The Driven.Continue Reading