Spanish government aims to remove ‘Q+’ from LGBTQ+ and ban trans women from sport
Spain’s socialist government has sparked controversy by planning to remove the “Q+” from LGBTQ+ and ban transgender women from women’s sport. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), or Spanish Socialist Workers Party, made the policy announcements during a party congress in the southern city of Seville at the weekend.Continue Reading
The ‘slow onset, silent killer’: Droughts explained
Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to which no country is immune, according to the UN’s most senior official working on desertification, drought and land restoration issues.Continue Reading
Alex Consani becomes first transgender Model of the Year at U.K. Fashion Awards
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
EQT’s ‘bulldog’ has D.C. in his grip, with profits — and maybe higher gas bills — on the horizon
This article was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and is supported by the Pulitzer Center. One morning in late September, on the shores of Lake Erie, Toby Rice took the stage before a room of fracking executives and gas industry types working in the Marcellus Shale. Continue Reading
DeSmog Announces Geoff Dembicki as Global Managing Editor
DeSmog is excited to announce the promotion of Geoff Dembicki to the position of Global Managing Editor. Geoff is an award-winning investigative reporter, author, and long-time friend of DeSmog since we first discovered his excellent reporting and shoved a copy of Climate Cover-Up into his hands in 2010. His 2022Continue Reading
Is the battle for Aleppo part of Syria’s war?
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
US imposes new sanctions on Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers
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
‘Not Good Politics’: Jen Psaki Reacts To Joe Biden Pardoning His Son
The former White House press secretary said the president had made a commitment and reversed course, but he made his decision “as a dad.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
Biden Proposes Rule To End Sub-Minimum Wage For Workers With Disabilities
The new rule would end a controversial program in place since 1938, but the incoming The Traitor administration would have the final say., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
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
Former Russian prisoner reveals he saw kidnapped Kherson mayor in FSB prison
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
Belarusian court sentences Ukrainian to ten years for alleged espionage
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
Arkansas Republican French Hill Vows to ‘Fully Investigate Operation Choke Point 2.0’
The congressman recently unveiled a plan that proposes revamping current banking legislation. Alleged Debanking of The Crypto Industry Continues to Garner Attention Rep. French Hill (R) of Arkansas who currently serves as vice chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and as chairman of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets…Continue Reading