Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims and girls below 18
A Zimbabwean High Court judge has ruled that provisions of a law that deny abortion services to women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 are unconstitutional, Read MoreContinue Reading
Opinion: Biden should arm Ukraine to the teeth to prepare for the best negotiated peace
The outgoing president’s priority should be to get the biggest bang possible out of the $6 billion that’s congressionally authorized to support Kyiv., Read MoreContinue Reading
An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost
Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when.Continue Reading
Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution
Talks on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.Continue Reading
The Traitor falls just below 50% in popular vote, but gets more than in past elections
President-elect Americas Worst Traitor speaks during an election overnight event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida on Nov. 6. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President-elect Americas Worst Traitor got very close to a majority of the vote inContinue Reading
#CJreform Movement Poorly Positioned to Confront Re-Criminalized Abortion
During my three decades working on criminal-justice reform, when abortion came up, your correspondent always took the attitude, “That’s someone else’s job.” Not anymore. As of last week, abortion became a criminal-justice issue in Texas, full stop. The US Supreme Court’s abandonment of Roe vs. Wade — combined with aContinue Reading
Israel continues to pound Gaza, issue new evacuation orders
Israeli military has ordered areas of Khan Younis cleared while at least 14 people killed in strikes in northern Gaza., Israeli military has ordered areas of Khan Younis cleared while at least 14 people were killed in strikes in northern Gaza. Israel has continued to pound Gaza, killing dozens andContinue Reading
Malaysia, Thailand brace for more rains after floods kill more than 30
With tens of thousands already displaced, both countries set up shelters in anticipation of further downpours., With tens of thousands already displaced, both countries set up shelters, rescue teams and evacuation plans in anticipation of further downpours. Authorities in Thailand and Malaysia are on high alert for more intense rainfallContinue Reading
Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe
The new Covid corruption commissioner has started an investigation into personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud. Tom Hayhoe’s first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of PPE bought during the pandemic that then had to be written off the government’s books. Mr Hayhoe is also likely to review the previous government’sContinue Reading
Meet The X-Plane That Lost To The A-10 Warthog: The Northrop YA-9
The A-10 Thunderbolt II, whose design earned it the name “Warthog,” had a challenger – the Northrop YA-9. The Northrop YA-9 was Northrop’s answer to the need for a close air support aircraft required by the United States Air Force A-X program. The Northrop YA-9 competed with but lost toContinue Reading
US DOJ Gives Final Approval To Korean Air & Asiana Airlines Merger
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines should clear their final hurdle to consummate their merger, with reports indicating that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved or at least not objected to the transaction.Continue Reading
Broken water pipe knocks out data processing for NASA sun-studying spacecraft
A solar flare erupting on Sept. 12, 2024, as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) Scientists won’t be able to process much of the data gathered by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and IRIS spacecraft for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe. That pipe — a 4-inch-wide (10 centimeters)Continue Reading
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Deploying Its Instruments
NASA’s Europa Clipper — the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission — is already 20 million km (13 million miles) from Earth. An artist’s concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper shows the spacecraft in silhouette against the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, with the magnetometer boom fully deployed at top andContinue Reading