Eleven years after the Fukushima disaster, which put a severe damper on nuclear energy, this energy is seeing the wind shift again, and many countries, industries and politicians, are becoming more and more committed to nuclear energy. For the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), this […]
COP27 and Climate Crisis A significant increase in Austria’s international climate financing budget is planned. The climate protection ministry will provide an additional 220 million euros by 2026, according to Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen at the UN World Climate Conference in Egypt. […]
Yarakh Beach in the Senegalese capital Dakar is littered with trash and plastics, as government efforts seem to have fallen short in addressing the issue. Environmental activist Modou Fall has stepped in with a unique method to raise awareness about the dangers of plastics – […]
The Taliban has banned women from using gyms in Afghanistan, according to a senior Taliban official, in the latest edict by the group cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms since they took power more than a year ago. The latest curbs come months after […]
A judge in the United States has ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay an additional $473m to the families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting, which Jones for years falsely claimed was a hoax. Jones is now on the hook […]
The White House has expressed “deep concern” for jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who is on a hunger strike and has begun refusing water to coincide with the COP27 climate summit. “We have been in high-level communication with the Egyptian government on this case, […]
The United States has condemned far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir for attending an event honouring an ultranationalist rabbi who inspired violent attacks against Palestinians and Arab Americans. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Thursday slammed Ben-Gvir, who will likely become a minister in Israel’s […]
It was one of the most hotly contested and expensive midterm elections in recent United States history. With control of both Houses of Congress in the balance, millions of Americans voted in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Issues from the economy, to abortion rights, immigration and democracy […]
Washington, DC – As diverse communities expand political participation in the United States, election cycles are increasingly seeing many historic firsts along ethnic, gender and generational lines in public office. The trend continued in the 2022 midterm elections, which is set to produce one of […]
FIFA announced on Thursday the operation of direct charter flights between Tel Aviv and Doha during the upcoming football World Cup, with Qatar stressing that its stance on normalising relations with Israel, with whom it does not have diplomatic relations, remains unchanged. Football’s world governing […]
