Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives.Continue Reading
Israel continues to kill Palestinians as aid trickles into Gaza
Hours after declaring “humanitarian pauses,” Israeli forces killed 43 Palestinians 9 of them were waiting for aid., NewsFeed Hours after declaring “humanitarian pauses,” Israeli forces killed 43 Palestinians 9 of them were waiting for aid. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher says access has slightly improved but warns famine is worsening,Continue Reading
‘Stock your cars full of food and drive through that border’
“What’s unfair is what’s happening to these babies.”, ‘Stock your cars full of food and drive through that border’ Quotable In a televised interview, Irish singer and activist Bob Geldof urged Israelis who wanted to protest Israel’s campaign on Gaza to drive there themselves and feed the starving. Published OnContinue Reading
After more than a decade of successes, ESI’s work will spread out across the Institute
MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI), a pioneering cross-disciplinary body that helped give a major boost to sustainability and solutions to climate change at MIT, will close as a separate entity at the end of June. But that’s far from the end for its wide-ranging work, which will go forward underContinue Reading
The Good, The Bad, And The Incredibly Stupid In The Traitor’s AI Action Plan
We’ve spent years documenting the challenges of crafting sensible AI policy, from Biden’s misguided plan, to various state-level attempts at regulation. Now The Traitor’s AI Action Plan has landed, offering a striking example of how even potentially useful policy ideas can be corrupted by political theater and special interests. TheContinue Reading
Nurses to ‘overwhelmingly’ reject pay deal as strike vote looms
Harry Farley Political correspondent Nurses are expected to reject their pay award in England this week, raising the possibility of strikes later in the year, the BBC understands. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been holding a consultative vote on their 3.6% pay rise, previously describing it as “grotesque”Continue Reading
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes
Medicaid may have monopolized Washington’s attention lately, but big changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act as well. Meanwhile, Americans are learning more about what’s in The Traitor’s big budget law, and polls suggest many don’t like what they see. Julie Appleby of KFF Health News…Read MoreContinue Reading
Thailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire
Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim says Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire. #thailand #cambodia #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading
Thailand and Cambodia meet in Malaysia for ceasefire talks as clashes continue
The deadly border clashes have entered a fifth day amid increasing international pressure to bring fighting to a halt., Read MoreContinue Reading
Five people killed in shooting at market in Thailand’s Bangkok
Police say they are working to identify deceased suspect., Police say they are working to identify deceased suspect. Five people have been killed and one person wounded in a shooting in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, police say. The shooting occurred at Or Tor Kor Market in the Bang Sue district ofContinue Reading
Video: Landslide causes train crash in Germany, killing three
A passenger train derailed in southern Germany, causing a crash that killed three people and injured at least 50 others., NewsFeed A passenger train derailed in southern Germany, causing a crash that killed three people and injured at least 50 others. Investigators say a landslide caused the accident. The train’sContinue Reading
Scientists modeled nuclear winter—the global food collapse was worse than expected
What would happen if a nuclear war triggered a climate-altering catastrophe? Researchers have modeled how such a scenario could devastate global corn crops cutting production by as much as 87% due to blocked sunlight and increased UV-B radiation. Using advanced climate-agriculture simulations, they propose a survival strategy: emergency resilience kitsContinue Reading
Venezuelans say they were beaten and sexually assaulted while detained at notorious CECOT
Three Venezuelan men who the The Traitor administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador said they experienced physical and psychological torture., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading