Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 9, 2024 A German working on Tibet rights issues was denied entry into Hong Kong this weekend, he said, after he tried to fly into the city from Beijing – at least the second activist turned back this year. David Missal, of the Berlin-based advocacy group Tibet Initiative…
Republicans in Missouri experienced a major setback on Tuesday when the state Supreme Court ruled against their efforts to block a ballot measure asking voters to restore abortion rights in the state. The proposal to enshrine abortion rights into Missouri’s state constitution will now be on voters’ ballots in two months and would undo a…
The Israeli airstrike, which the military said targeted Hamas militants, appeared to use 2,000-pound bombs, which Israel has been criticized for using in heavily populated areas…
The Salish Sea—the inland coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia—is home to two unique populations of fish-eating orcas, the northern resident and the southern resident orcas. Human activity over much of the 20th century, including reducing salmon runs and capturing orcas for entertainment purposes, decimated their numbers…
The word “atlas,” may conjure images of giant books chock full of maps and a dizzying array of facts and figures. However, the new book “The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas” tells the story of these waterways long before human intervention and how they continue to evolve in the presence of—and often at…
Published 13:09 IST, September 10th 2024 ‘Setting Dangerous Narrative’: BJP Rebuts Rahul Gandhi Over Remarks on Sikhs A new controversy has erupted after Rahul Gandhi’s recent remarks in Virginia over the rights of Sikhs in India. (/india) – 4 min read Reported by: (/anchors-and-authors/digital-desk) ‘3,000 Sikhs Were Massacred During Cong Govt’: BJP’s...
A new study says the amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, and it’s helping to turbocharge climate change. Scientists fear the extra potent gas is being ignored. Tuesday’s study finds that in 2020, the last year complete data is available…