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Youth climate activists in Wisconsin are suing the stateβs Public Service Commission over state laws that they say perpetuate a fossil fuel-dominated electricity sector and undermine renewable energy, thereby exacerbating the climate crisis, which is already inflicting harmful impacts across the state. The filing comes less than two weeks after catastrophic flooding from severe storms [β¦]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:The National Drug Threat Assessments establish that the problem is not outside the United States but within it. As shown in the National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) reports of 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has acknowledged that the United States has a structural relationship with drug trafficking. RELATED: Intellectuals and Artists [β¦]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted βNO ONE is above the lawβ¦ @FBI agents on mission" as agents searched the home of ex-Trump advisor John Bolton in Maryland.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, officials said.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Dutch foreign minister resigns over government's failure to sanction Israel Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp on Friday resigned after his government failed to agree on sanctions against Israel. βI see that I am insufficiently able to take meaningful additional measures to increase pressure on Israel,β Veldkamp told Dutch news agency ANP. The Dutch government did not agree on sanctions during a cabinet meeting on...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Prime Minister Mark Carney and senior Cabinet ministers will travel to Berlin to talk energy, defense and critical minerals.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Iran said Friday its foreign minister spoke by phone with his French, German and British counterparts to avoid the reimposition of U.N. sanctions over Tehranβs nuclear program, just days ahead of a European deadline.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Representatives dismiss UKβs request for further information as not βnecessary or appropriateβ
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:A UN survey this month showed a majority of nations had yet to book hotels in BelΓ©m due to high costs, raising concerns about lower participation at the climate summit The post COP bureau meeting ends in stalemate as Brazil insists BelΓ©m logistics can work appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:An attempt by city authorities to bring more order to the private taxi market erodes service quality and driver incomes.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Ukrainian president says he does not βunderstand what guarantees the aggressor needsβ
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Havana, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations System in the Caribbean nation, in alliance with the Cuba Photographic Library, is calling for the photographic contest "Looking at the world with new eyes", an opportunity that is appreciated today by lovers of such a beautiful manifestation. The post UN Cuba announces contest βLooking at the world with new eyesβ first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Prime Minister Mark Carney says most Canadian goods will be exempted from US tariffs while some sectoral duties remain.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Leaked intelligence data says 83 percent of victims in Gaza were non-combatants.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:EU plays only a "marginal" role in Trump's peace efforts in Ukraine, was "an observer" of the massacre in Gaza and "China has made it clear that it does not consider Europe an equal partner."
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Prime Minister Mark Carney announces removal of 25% levy on many goods from neighbour
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Israel to launch assault on Gaza City in mid-September, forcibly displace Palestinians sooner: Report Israel is preparing to launch its ground assault on Gaza City in mid-September but is preparing to carry out a forced displacement of the city's roughly 1 million inhabitants as early as Sunday, according to an Israeli media report. Israel's Channel 12 reported that the offensive will begin two weeks after newly...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:The service for people with disabilities was never designed as a permanent transport solution
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:After several decades in which economic technocrats enjoyed a large degree of autonomy, they are under intense pressure from the Trump administration
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Florida judge orders closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centre Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 08/22/2025 - 18:08 US district court judge ordered the closure of the detention centre for deportees because of its environmental impact on the protected Florida Everglades People demonstrate outside the immigrant detention centre known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Florida, on 16 August (Chandan Khanna/AFP) Off A...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Intervention at Speciality Steel deepens taxpayer support for struggling but strategically important sector
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Death toll from Israel's genocide in Gaza rises to 65 since dawn At least 65 Palestinians have been killed by Israel's genocide in Gaza since dawn on Friday, according to Al Jazeera. At least six of those killed were trying to retreive aid from the discredited US and Israeli run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The UN earlier on Friday declared that Gaza had entered a famine.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Foreign policy hawk has emerged as a staunch critic of the US president
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:[InfoWire] Europe's search for resilient supply chains and Africa's demand for capital are now intersecting in a place few would have predicted a decade ago: Abu Dhabi.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:UNHCRβs Mamadou Dian Balde on why Sudanese refugees return home despite war, cholera and collapse of services.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:From top seeds to likely finalists and the champions' prize money, here's Al Jazeera breakdown of the tournament.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:FBI agents are searching the home and office of former US National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Cook, who has been accused of mortgage fraud, says she will not be 'bullied' into resigning by the president.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:In this new age of great power competition in the Indo-Pacific, the role of the merchant marine in supporting global operations, logistics, and power projection is essential.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Representatives from eight coutries join Indigenous leaders to draft a joint declaration ahead of COP30 in Brazil. On Friday, Bogota hosts the 5th Summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Amazon Countries. RELATED: Amazon Communities Launch Protest Against Illegal Mining in Peru This event is attended by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Brazilian President Lula [β¦]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Gold ETFs are seeing record inflows as more investors look to get a piece of the booming gold market through portfolio diversification.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu told Biden administration he planned to fight in Gaza for decades: Report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he planned to be fighting in Gaza for decades, when he was warned about not crafting a so-called day after plan for governance of Gaza. "You're right. We are going to be fighting this war for decades to come," Netanyahu said,...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:World geopolitics once again focused on a room in the White House, where U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and key European leaders. This meeting, held immediately after the crucial Alaska summit between Trump and Vladimir Putin, was laden with profound significance. It was not a mere diplomatic update, but [β¦]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:[Radio Dalsan] Boosaaso -- A key customs checkpoint in Harfo, Mudug region, has been under the control of mutinous soldiers for nearly ten days, disrupting one of Puntland's main trade routes and stranding hundreds of cargo trucks carrying goods from the port of Boosaaso.
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