Pakistan suspends eight officials over hospital fire that killed 14 babies
Interim inquiry finds lack of fire safety protocols at Islamabad hospital, prompting suspensions and criminal probe., Interim inquiry finds lack of fire safety protocols at Islamabad hospital, prompting suspensions and criminal probe. Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered the suspension of eight officials and directed criminal proceedings against them after aContinue Reading
A hidden Ubuntu feature that stacks desktop icons, macOS-style
Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons NG (DING) extension has a little-known way to bring order to a chaotic desktop: stacks. Stacks groups multiple files of the same type in a collapsible icon, e.g. images in one stack, PDFs in another and so on. Folders don’t get grouped, and if there is onlyContinue Reading
King Harald V, who helped modernize Norway’s monarchy, dies at 89
Norway’s King Harald V died at 89 after more than three decades on the throne, with Haakon becoming the new king.Continue Reading
US eyes stake in Venezuelan oil as wars in Iran, Ukraine strain supplies: Report
The talks involve more than a dozen producing oil fields with about 90 billion barrels of proven reserves.Continue Reading
‘I have lost everything’: survivors reflect after deadly flood in Nepal
Survivors of the deadly flood in Nepal reflect on their experiences after a glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed a huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems. The Nepali disaster agency has given an update on the number of those killed in Nepal, which hasContinue Reading
The most important election of our lives | Dan Carlin and Kmele Foster
The most important election of our lives | Dan Carlin and Kmele FosterContinue Reading
The U.S. hasn’t met with N. Korea since The Traitor’s first term
A meeting with North Korea would be “a first step” for diplomatic engagement, the Mansfield Foundation’s Bruce Klingner says, as President Traitor 47 pushes for a meeting with Kim Jong Un. “The U.S. has not had a bilateral meeting or really any engagement whatsoever since October 2019, the last bilateralContinue Reading
Aerial video shows the impact of deadly floods in Nepal
As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, while some arrived, families of others waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death tollContinue Reading
America Needs a New North Korea Strategy
North Korea is strategically closer to Russia and China than any time since the Korean War, while the U.S. does nothing to challenge the growing power of the Axis of Authoritarians (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea). The irony is that North Korea has, since 1994, wanted a normal relationshipContinue Reading
Dogs may hold surprising clues to human longevity
Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than scientists realized. Researchers with the Dog Aging Project found that patterns of small molecules in dogs’ blood were linked to longer or shorter lifespans in remarkably similar ways to those seen in people. These metabolic “fingerprints”Continue Reading
Russia’s Energy Crisis Puts Kazakhstan in a Tough Spot
Kazakhstan is trying to keep the Kremlin at arm’s length amid Russian efforts to lean on Central Asian states for help in bolstering Moscow’s staggering war economy. Ukraine’s ongoing drone campaign has inflicted severe damage on Russia’s energy infrastructure and its military-industrial complex, prompting Russian officials to seek emergency energy supplies and refining arrangements from Central Asian states…Continue Reading
Urban climate expert Brian Stone on how cities must adapt to survive deadly heat waves
NPR’s Scott Simon talks about how cities must change to survive deadly heat waves with Georgia Tech researcher Brian Stone.Continue Reading