Withdrawing from Donbas would give Russia a free path to Kharkiv and Dnipro, Zelenskyy warns
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the idea of Ukrainian forces withdrawing from the Donbas as a potential compromise, warning it would hand Russia a strategic advantage and endanger major cities. Zelenskyy’s remarks come amid ongoing discussions among Ukraine’s partners about possible pathways to negotiations with Russia, including ideas ofContinue Reading
Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator
County officials have said they will eventually close the incinerator, located in a predominantly Black community. Advocates want a concrete plan. By Keerti Gopal Minneapolis activists are escalating a decades-long fight by going on a hunger strike to demand that local officials shut down a polluting trash incinerator. Continue Reading
“10 Minutes of Terror”: Lebanon Death Toll Tops 300 from Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Attack
As the United States and Iran prepare to hold talks in Pakistan aimed at ending the war, Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon, where the death toll from Wednesday’s massive wave of attacks has topped 300. “It was 10 minutes of terror, a day that the Lebanese are calling BlackContinue Reading
Dragonflies can see a color humans can’t and it could change medicine
Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can detect extremely deep red light, even edging into near-infrared, thanks to a specialized visual protein strikingly similar to theContinue Reading
Dan Levy & Taylor Ortega Break Down ‘Big Mistakes’ Comedy Thriller & Sibling Dynamics
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Meet ‘Fossi,’ the Cartoon Character Who Makes Kids Feel Sorry for Coal
His name is “Fossi.” He’s depicted as a swirl of gray smoke. And he’s liable to lose his temper whenever his classmates blame him for the climate crisis. Fossi is the protagonist of “Our Hidden Powers: The Big Switch,” a children’s book launched last week by Swedish clean energy operator BaseloadContinue Reading
The Push for Artificial Inheritance
Last June, at a conference and retreat center not far from downtown Berkeley, California, around 100 people gathered to mull a new, techno-centric future of human reproduction. There was the physics professor moonlighting as a biotech company executive. There was the secret author of a widely read newsletter with a reputationContinue Reading
Acting CDC director delayed release of study showing benefit of Covid vaccines
The CDC was expected last month to publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness, but the agency’s acting director, Dr., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
US inflation soared in March, driven by Iran war energy shocks
New government data released Friday shows that the effects of the war in Iran are rippling across the U.S. economy. The nation’s inflation rate rose 3.3% in March from a year earlier and 0.9% from the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday. The increase, the biggest jump since JuneContinue Reading
Mahmoud Khalil appeal denied, putting him closer to deportation
An immigration appeals board has denied former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Khalil’s latest attempt to toss out his high-profile deportation case. Khalil made headlines last year for leading pro-Palestinian protests at the university. According to Khalil’s lawyers, the board issued a final order of removal on Thursday. Khalil’s lawyers say they’re requesting that the fullContinue Reading
Measles threatens babies in the US as community vaccination rates decline
Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in measles outbreaks like the one in South Carolina, which is the largest the U.S. has seen in decades. South Carolina’s outbreak has slowed, but measles is spreading in many states, with 17 outbreaks this year. (AP Video: MaryContinue Reading
Can Iran negotiations lead to peace?
Redi Tlhabi speaks to former Iran and US diplomats on the hopes for negotiations to end the war in Iran., Redi Tlhabi speaks to former Iran and US diplomats on the hopes for negotiations to end the war in Iran. As the US and Iran begin direct talks in PakistanContinue Reading
New tensions emerge before US-Iran war ceasefire talks in Pakistan
Iranian official says conditions still not met before talks, as The Traitor re-ups threat of renewed attacks., The United States delegation has already departed for Saturday’s planned ceasefire negotiations on the US-Israel war with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan. But on Friday, new tensions emerged between top US and Iranian officials, throwingContinue Reading