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15 Children in Wisconsin File the Latest Youth Lawsuit Citing Climate Dangers

Youth climate activists in Wisconsin are suing the state’s 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 […]

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

DEA Reports Reveal U.S. as Drug Epicenter and Money-Laundering Hub

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 […]

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

FBI raids home, office of John Bolton, former Trump national security advisor

FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted β€œNO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission" as agents searched the home of ex-Trump advisor John Bolton in Maryland.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested

Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, officials said.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Dutch foreign minister resigns over government's failure to sanction Israel

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. β€œI see that I am insufficiently able to take meaningful additional measures to increase pressure on Israel,” 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: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Canada looks to Germany to offset Trump tariff agenda

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: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Boxing boots, Yoruba festivals and trombones: Africa's top shots

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Iran discusses its nuclear program with European nations as sanctions deadline looms

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 Tehran’s nuclear program, just days ahead of a European deadline.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

China refuses to explain β€˜greyed out’ parts of London embassy plan

Representatives dismiss UK’s request for further information as not β€˜necessary or appropriate’

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

COP bureau meeting ends in stalemate as Brazil insists BelΓ©m logistics can work

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: Climate Home News favicon Climate Home News

Consolidation of Taxi Services in Dushanbe Results in Public Transit Chaos

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: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Zelenskyy rejects Russia’s demand to be involved in security guarantees

Ukrainian president says he does not β€˜understand what guarantees the aggressor needs’

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UN Cuba announces contest β€œLooking at the world with new eyes”

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 β€œLooking at the world with new eyes” first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

Canada to ease most retaliatory tariffs against United States

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: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

How can Israel continue to claim it does not target civilians?

Leaked intelligence data says 83 percent of victims in Gaza were non-combatants.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Draghi: EU needs reform to tackle Trump’s β€˜brutal wake-up call’

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: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Canada to drop retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of US products

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces removal of 25% levy on many goods from neighbour

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Israel to launch assault on Gaza City in mid-September, forcibly displace Palestinians sooner: Report

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: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride realigned to build universal access

The service for people with disabilities was never designed as a permanent transport solution

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa favicon Mail & Guardian Africa

The twilight of the central banking elite

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: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Florida judge orders closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centre

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: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

Government supporting four out of six of UK’s steel companies

Intervention at Speciality Steel deepens taxpayer support for struggling but strategically important sector

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Death toll from Israel's genocide in Gaza rises to 65 since dawn

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: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

FBI raids home of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton

Foreign policy hawk has emerged as a staunch critic of the US president

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Africa: The UAE, a New Business Bridge Between Europe And Africa?

[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: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Why are Sudanese refugees returning home despite the civil war?

UNHCR’s Mamadou Dian Balde on why Sudanese refugees return home despite war, cholera and collapse of services.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

US Open tennis 2025: Schedule, seeds, prize money, tickets and how to watch

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: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

FBI raids home and office of ex-Trump official John Bolton

FBI agents are searching the home and office of former US National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Trump threatens to fire US Fed Governor Lisa Cook

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: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Forging Sea Power Anew: The Merchant Marine Academy and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

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: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization Holds Summit in Colombia

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 […]

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

The new gold play as investors look to hedge against risk, volatility

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: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Netanyahu told Biden administration he planned to fight in Gaza for decades: Report

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: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

The End of the War or the Beginning of a New Hegemony? What Was Really Negotiated at the White House Summit

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 […]

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Somalia: Puntland Customs Post Seized By Unpaid Soldiers, Trade Paralysed for 10 Days

[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.

Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica