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- A Nevada Lithium Mine Kicks Off a New Era of US Extraction
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the Great Basin Desert of northern Nevada and southern Oregon, Thacker pass cuts a wide swath of sagebrush and bunch grasses between narrow ribbons of mountain ranges. The region is a caldera—a ... read more - Biden’s Other Nuclear Option
For six weeks in early 2006, engineers drilled nearly 3,000 holes into the 499-foot-tall cooling tower at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant outside of Rainier, Oregon, and filled them with 2,800 pounds of dynamite. Early on May 21, a 2.5-second explosion echoed through the surrounding hills. Cheers erupted from ... read more - Merrick Garland Vows to Battle “Extremist Attacks on Our Democratic Institutions”Merrick Garland will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday for his confirmation hearing as President Joe Biden’s nominee for Attorney General. According to his prepared opening statement, released over the weekend by the Justice Department, Garland will signal that his departure from the federal bench to serve ... read more
- America’s Death Toll From COVID-19 Is Staggering—But Vaccines Continue to Bring HopeAmerica has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for nearly a year, and as of Sunday, nearly half a million Americans have died from COVID-19. But there is good news as well: Vaccines are showing promise in slowing the spread of the virus. One major challenge facing President Joe Biden’s ... read more
- Antarctic Stunner: Mysterious Creatures Discovered Under a Half Mile of Ice
Bivouacked in the middle of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf—a five-hour flight from the nearest Antarctic station—nothing comes easy. Even though it was the southern summer, geologist James Smith of the British Antarctic Survey endured nearly three months of freezing temperatures, sleeping in a tent, and eating dehydrated food. The ... read more - AOC Flies to Texas to Help at a Food BankIn the aftermath of the historic winter storm that knocked out Texas’ power grid and hobbled its water supply, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) flew to Texas to join her house colleagues Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Sylvia Garcia (D-Tex.) in volunteering at a food bank in Houston. We ... read more
- Why Won’t Joe Biden Let Ethanol Die Already?President Joe Biden campaigned on an ambitious plan to tackle climate change with a “clean energy revolution,” including incentives to phase out gas-powered cars in favor of electric ones. The growing consensus among climate experts is that to slash carbon emissions quickly enough, we need to eliminate as much ... read more
- The Senate Acquitted Trump. His Legal Problems Are Just Starting.The Senate acquitted Donald Trump, again, on Saturday, but the former president’s legal worries are far from over. As a private citizen, Trump is no longer protected by the Justice Department’s policy against charging a sitting president with federal crimes. And Trump, his family and businesses, also have to ... read more
- Oath Keepers Who Guarded Roger Stone Stormed the CapitolRoger Stone was more closely connected to the January 6 attack on Congress than previously known. The New York Times reported Sunday that six men who acted as security guards for the longtime Trump adviser participated in the riot and entered the Capitol. At two Washington, DC events on January ... read more
- Read This GOP Senator’s Scathing Statement on Why She Voted to Convict TrumpAlaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of seven Republicans who voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump with inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol, explained her decision in a scathing statement Sunday morning. “The facts make clear that the violence and desecration of the Capitol that we ... read more
- Inside Ikea’s Ambitious Plan To Make Cheap Furniture Last Forever
This article was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Ikea store in Queens, New York, which opened on Jan. 14, marked a decided departure for the iconic home furnishings brand. Located in the Rego Park Shopping Center, the 11,500-square-foot ... read more - Senate Republicans Acquit Trump…and Indict the GOPWhile campaigning in Iowa in early 2016, Donald Trump proclaimed, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay. It’s, like, incredible.” Trump essentially did that in the last days of his presidency. He promoted a January 6 rally ... read more
- Biden’s White House Is Ready to Tackle Gun Violence. Black-Led Groups Hope They Won’t Be Excluded.In a week when Congress debated the second impeachment of a former president, and the current president remained laser-focused on a pandemic and the ongoing recession, President Biden’s top domestic policy adviser turned her attention to gun violence. On Wednesday, Susan Rice and White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond ... read more
- Donald Trump’s Lawyer Told a Huge Lie About the Russia ScandalHistory will determine the biggest lie of Donald Trump’s presidency. But the foundational fibs were about Russia. In 2016, and ever since, Trump has refused to admit that Russia interfered on his behalf in the 2016 election by hacking and then leaking Democratic emails. Trump also claimed that he ... read more
- Trump’s Lawyer Won’t Say What Trump Knew or Did During the Capitol AttackDonald Trump’s legal team told senators Friday that it had no idea when on January 6 their client learned of the attack on the Capitol or what Trump did to protect those in Congress who were being assaulted. Moreover, Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen blamed his crew’s ignorance ... read more
- Thousands dead but no prosecutions – why Liberia has not acted
Horrific tales dominate the history of Liberia's civil war but no-one has been put on trial there. ... read more - Clear-up of Israel’s coastline after oil spill continues
Volunteers are working to clean up what officials say is Israel's worst environmental disaster in recent years. ... read more - Over-The-Rhine: Is this a model for urban renewal or a warning sign?In Cincinnati's Over-The-Rhine neighbourhood, does urban revitalisation come at a cost? ... read more
- Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani: ‘This is not Vietnam’Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told the BBC that he does not fear a military takeover by the Taliban. ... read more
- How Trump offered Kim a ride on Air Force OneA new BBC series shows how threats of nuclear war against North Korea gave way to a Trump-Kim bromance. ... read more
- North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South?Fleeing from North Korea can be a traumatic ordeal. Here's how defectors start new lives in the South. ... read more
- North Korea accused of hacking Pfizer for Covid-19 vaccine dataIt is unclear as to what, if any, data was stolen, according to South Korea's intelligence agency. ... read more
- North Korean man caught by South after crossing borderThe man was tracked through the de-militarized zone by South Korean troops for three hours. ... read more
- Anthony Fauci wins Israel’s Dan David $1m prize for ‘defending science’The US top infectious diseases expert receives an Israeli prize for his work during the Covid crisis. ... read more
- US snow: Winter storm tightens grip in southern statesMore than 150 million Americans are under winter storm warnings, with a state of emergency in Texas. ... read more
- New WTO boss warns against vaccine nationalismNgozi Okonjo-Iweala says rich countries should not be allowed to vaccinate their people as poorer countries wait. ... read more
- The video of a protester’s arrest Russian police ‘leaked to scare people’Police are seen interrogating a supporter of Alexei Navalny while pushing him on to his dog's bowl. ... read more
- Myanmar coup: What led to the military seizing power?The people of Myanmar watched a coup unfold on 1 February. Why are they scared? ... read more
- Clubhouse: The controversial chats that angered China’s censorsIt's hard for Chinese citizens to discuss sensitive topics online, but the Clubhouse app let them - briefly. ... read more
- Covid: WHO says ‘extremely unlikely’ virus leaked from lab in ChinaA team of international and Chinese experts say more work is needed to find the source of the virus. ... read more
- Western countries increase pressure on Myanmar junta as protests continue
Myanmar's military leaders came under renewed pressure at home and abroad on Tuesday with joint condemnation from the G7 countries, tightened sanctions from Washington and Brussels and some of the biggest demonstrations against their rule since they seized complete power three weeks ago. ... read more - Canada’s parliament says China’s treatment of Uighurs ‘genocide’
Canadian MPs voted Monday to label Beijing's treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang as genocide, a move angrily slammed by China as a "malicious provocation." ... read more - Iranian military adviser urges US to return to 2015 nuclear deal
Iranian Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and defence minister, is now serving as a military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, he discussed Iran’s nuclear programme, saying "we have never, ever, taken any steps towards developing nuclear weapons ... read more - EU agrees to sanction Russian officials over Navalny jailing
EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to prepare sanctions on four seniorRussian officials in a mainly symbolic response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to EU diplomats. ... read more - France touts military successes to win allies in G5 Sahel operations
Eight years after France launched a military operation in Mali, the mission has expanded while the insecurity in the Sahel region has increased. But at the 2021 G5 Sahel summit this week, recent military achievements over the past year served as an incentive to continue operations and try to boost ... read more - Hundreds of seals make homeward journey back to France’s north coast
Crowds of seals lie on the sand, some wriggling towards the water, on the northern French coast where they are staging a comeback. ... read more - No ‘immediate’ reduction of France’s Sahel force, says Macron
France has no immediate plans to adjust its military presence in Africa's Sahel region, and any changes will depend on other countries contributing troops, President Emmanuel Macron told a news conference on Tuesday after a summit on the region. ... read more - Myanmar’s deposed leader Suu Kyi faces second charge, says lawyer
Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with another charge on Tuesday, after the military imposed a second straight overnight internet shutdown in an attempt to grind down an anti-coup uprising. ... read more - France uncovers cybersecurity breaches linked to Russian hackers
France's national cybersecurity agency said Monday it had discovered a hack of several organisations that bore similarities to other attacks by a group linked to Russian intelligence. ... read more - UN envoy warns Myanmar’s military junta not to attack protesters
The United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar's army of "severe consequences" for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month's coup in a call with the military leadership, a U.N. spokesman said. ... read more - US contractor killed, several wounded in rocket attack in northern Iraq
A rocket attack on U.S.-led forces in northern Iraq killed a civilian contractor on Monday and injured a U.S. service member, the U.S. coalition in Iraq said, in the deadliest such attack in almost a year. ... read more - Chad’s Deby says deploying soldiers to tackle Islamists in Sahel
Chad will send 1,200 troops to combat jihadists in a flashpoint Sahel border zone, its president said Monday, as France looks to reduce its longstanding military presence in the vast, volatile region. ... read more - Israel study touts Pfizer jab’s effectiveness as country fights Covid disinformation
Israel's largest healthcare provider said Sunday a study of more than half a million fully vaccinated Israelis indicated the Pfizer/BioNTech jab gave 94 percent protection against Covid-19. But the country is stepping up efforts to combat disinformation as pockets of anti-vax sentiment threaten the jab rollout’s success. ... read more - Turkey arrests hundreds over alleged Kurdish militant links in Iraq executions
Turkey on Monday announced the detention of 718 people it accuses of being part of a Kurdish militant group it says executed 13 Turks in northern Iraq. ... read more - Macron meets G5 Sahel leaders amid questions over France’s strategy
Leaders of France and five Sahel countries on Monday begin a two-day summit to discuss the G5-Sahel grouping's anti-insurgency operations amid mounting local dissatisfaction over the military-heavy approach that has failed to stabilise the poorly administered region. ... read more
- Biden attempt to resurrect Iran nuke deal off to bumpy start
... read more - Huawei unveils flagship foldable smartphone for China market
... read more - Prosecutors seek fine for Russian opposition leader Navalny
... read more - China holiday train travel down nearly 70% amid restrictions
... read more - A ‘politically motivated witch hunt:’ Donald Trump’s legal team gives him exactly the defence he wanted
When the former president’s lawyers defended their client, much of their presentation had the feel of a campaign video, Edward Keenan writes. ... read more - Myanmar election commission rejects military’s fraud claims
... read more - WHO team to begin face-to-face meetings with China experts
... read more - The Latest: Biden: I won’t immediately lift China tariffs
... read more - Israeli lawmakers take a step toward new national elections
... read more - UN calls on humanity to end ‘war on nature,’ go carbon-free
... read more - EU looks forward to Biden resetting trans-Atlantic relations
... read more - Iran’s president rejects bill that would boost enrichment
... read more - China #MeToo case heard in court after more than 2 years
... read more - U.S. health experts warn ‘very dark’ weeks ahead as COVID-19 cases overwhelm morgues, hospitals
Health officials fear the crisis will be even worse in coming weeks, after many Americans ignored pleas to stay home over Thanksgiving and avoid people who don’t live with them. ... read more - Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation
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- Myanmar begins general strike in face of military threatsMillions expected to join protests calling for restoration of democracy three weeks after military seized power. ... read more
- Palestinian vaccine drive faces funding shortfall: World Bank
Bank urges Israel, which has made the most progress globally on vaccination, to give Palestinians its surplus shots. ... read more - UK to challenge China at UN meeting for Xinjiang accessUK Foreign Secretary will say UN needs 'urgent and unfettered' access to region where Uighurs have been held in camps. ... read more
- IAEA, Iran agree temporary deal for inspections with less accessNuclear watchdog says Iran will begin offering inspectors 'less access' but still allow it to monitor atomic programme. ... read more
- Israel shuts Mediterranean shore after oil spill devastates coastActivists reported globs of black tar on Israel's coast last week after a heavy storm, wreaking havoc on local wildlife. ... read more
- After deaths, WHO urges Tanzania to share COVID data, take actionTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged Dodoma to take measures against the pandemic and to prepare for vaccinations. ... read more
- 7 killed as Nigerian military aircraft crashes near Abuja airportAir force says King Air 350 crashed after reporting engine failure, killing everyone on board. ... read more
- US sanctions inflicted $1 trillion damage on Iran’s economy: FMAfter the US lifts sanctions and rejoins the JCPOA, Iran will expect some form of compensation, FM Zarif says. ... read more
- A ‘war zone’: Witnesses describe violence at Myanmar protestsSecurity forces in Mandalay are using increasingly violent and lethal methods to snuff out anti-coup protests. ... read more
- Russia ready to cut ties with EU if hit with painful sanctionsLavrov says Moscow is prepared to retaliate if Brussels takes punitive action over imprisonment of Alexey Navalny. ... read more
- Myanmar’s military grants amnesty to more than 23,000 prisonersSentences of 23,314 Myanmar prisoners and 55 foreign prisoners are remitted as mass protests against the coup continue. ... read more
- Two US carrier groups conduct exercises in South China SeaCarrier strike groups Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz carried out multiple manoeuvres in the busy resource-rich waterway. ... read more
- N Korea further developed nuclear weapons programme in 2020: UNMonitors believe Pyongyang is using cyber-theft to fund the illicit programme and might be getting help from Iran. ... read more
- Iran’s Zarif urges Biden to make a speedy return to nuclear dealIran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says time 'running out' for the US to ease sanctions. ... read more
- Denmark moves forward on North Sea ‘energy island’The largest construction project in the history of Denmark will be majority-owned by the Danish government. ... read more
