JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Joe Biden said his administration has offered Mississippi “every single thing available” to address the water crisis that has gripped the state’s capital and called…
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Extinction Rebellion protesters superglue themselves at UK parliament | Climate Crisis News
Climate change activists also padlocked themselves to gates outside the parliament buildings, saying ‘we cannot afford to carry on like this’. Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion supporters entered the House…
Marcos flying to Indonesia, Singapore on his first foreign trip
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will travel to Indonesia and Singapore on his first overseas trip since taking office in June to strengthen security ties and…
China locks down 21 million people in Chengdu as COVID-19 cases rise | Coronavirus pandemic News
The mega-city of Chengdu recorded 157 new local infections on Thursday as it becomes the largest since Shanghai was sealed off by authorities. Chinese authorities locked down Chengdu, a southwestern…
Fighting goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant; IAEA on site
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy fighting continued Friday near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, a day after experts from the UN’s nuclear watchdog…
Photos: The pollution of Nigeria’s sacred Osun River | Environment
Ilesha, Nigeria – This August, thousands of adherents of Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility and love gathered from within Nigeria and across the Black Diaspora for an annual two-week…
Israeli attack damaged Syrian airport runway
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack targeting a Syrian airport tore a hole in the runway and also damaged a nearby piece of tarmac and structure on…
Will an IMF deal help Sri Lankans? | Business and Economy News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – “We have seen people fight for food at our meal drives, it is very difficult to watch”, the co-founder of a charity organization which provides regular…
FBI, Homeland Security search alleged properties of Russian oligarch in New York and Florida
Federal agents were seen Thursday morning searching an apartment in a Manhattan high-rise and an estate in the Hamptons that authorities allege are connected to a Russian oligarch who recently…
Man arrested for pointing gun at head of Argentina’s Kirchner | Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner News
The incident took place as the vice president was getting out of her car outside her Buenos Aires home. Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been threatened by…