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Javed Sultan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (LONDON) — Residents of Delhi woke up to a thick blanket of toxic smog, prompting the city to cancel in-person classes, halt construction and limit traffic, as the Indian capital city’s air-pollution levels surged past 60 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum. Government officials warned the 33 million residents of […]
Maxim shipenkov/Pool/Afp via getty images (LONDON) — Russia would consider the White House’s authorization for Ukraine to use U.S.-made longer-range weapons within Russia to be a “qualitatively new round of tensions” between Moscow and Washington, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Monday. “Allowing Kyiv to strike deep inside Russia with U.S. long-range missiles, if such permission […]
Tanya Dzafarowa/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”https://digital.abcaudio.com/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight into Sunday targeting power plants and energy infrastructure across the country. The barrage was the largest attack on Ukraine since late August and the third largest so far this year. Missiles and drones […]
On Thursday, as a National Geographic expedition was exploring the waters around the Solomon Islands, its members spotted something that looked like a shipwreck underwater. Intrigued, they sent a diver down to investigate. The diver came back to the surface with extraordinary news: the object was not a shipwreck but a massive coral – soon […]
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders. When asked how her party’s representatives would vote during the session, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And record-breaking heatwaves are reshaping our way of life. The […]
Kianoosh Sanjari speak onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center on February 5, 2014 in New York City (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for CBGB). (LONDON) — Prominent Iranian political activist, Kianoosh Sanjari, who took his own life on Wednesday in an act of protest, was buried Friday […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities. Rising seas and flooding are swallowing our homes. And record-breaking heatwaves are reshaping our way of life. The […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — A man killed by explosions outside of Brazil’s Supreme Court in Brasilia on Wednesday night is suspected to have been trying to launch an attack, a presidential official said, as authorities investigate the incident just days ahead of the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro. In a statement, the court […]
Valentyn Semenov /EyeEm/Getty Images (LONDON) — Donald Trump’s election has already triggered intense discussion of how he will impact the war in Ukraine, with all sides now preparing for potential negotiations once he takes office. In Ukraine Trump’s victory has been met with mixed reactions. But while his threats to cut U.S. aid and his […]
