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Secret Video Shows Top Climate Change Conference Official Promising to Facilitate Fossil Fuel Deals
Oiled UpThe United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP), a yearly climate change conference where world leaders convene to discuss just how screwed we really are, has long been...
Anti-immigrant rhetoric, policies endanger South Asians in Canada
[Source]Anti-immigrant political rhetoric and online hate speech have sparked a disturbing trend of anti-South Asian sentiment in Canada. The prejudice has manifested in verbal and physical assaults, discrimination and...
Watch: Suspected tar balls on Sydney beaches actually poop-filled ‘fatbergs’
Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney, Australia, beaches were initially suspected to be tar balls but turned out to be miniature "fatbergs" containing...
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki continues to unleash towering column of hot clouds
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano continued to spew towering columns of hot ash high into the air on Friday following the huge eruption that killed nine people and...
UN peacekeepers again accuse Israel of attacking posts in Lebanon
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Friday accused the Israeli military of "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property.The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said two...
Ukraine recovers bodies of 563 soldiers as Russian attacks continue
Ukraine has recovered the bodies of 563 soldiers from Russia, authorities announced in Kiev on Friday.They included over 400 soldiers who fell in the Donetsk region, including in the...
Russian court convicts soldiers of murdering nine Ukrainians
A court in southern Russia has sentenced two Russian soldiers to life imprisonment around a year after the murder of nine Ukrainian civilians, including two children.Investigators said the two...
Antisemitic attacks on soccer fans in Amsterdam condemned by Israeli and Dutch governments
Dozens of Israelis were injured in an antisemitic attack in Amsterdam Thursday night after a soccer game between Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch’s Ajax.Tensions had been escalating ahead...
This small suburban school was named the world’s best new building
A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024.Darlington Public School, in the...
Hurricane Rafael swirls over Gulf of Mexico after ripping through Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael swirled Friday through the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out the country's power grid...
