U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the Oval Office at the White House, March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Pool/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images. All rights reserved.With ISIL reeling in the decisive battle to recapture Mosul – ISIL’s biggest urban …
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There are 392 “climate mayors” in America today, all dedicated to upholding the Paris treaty’s goals for reducing our carbon footprint. They represent nearly 70 million Americans, and their cities are making strides toward ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse emissions. South Miami mayor and wildlife biologist Philip Stoddard is one of the most outspoken and …
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Click:cnc routing machines Boys sit on the rubble of a two-floor building destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes on the northern outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, 23 August 2017. Picture by Hani Al-Ansi/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved.A U.N. official warned days ago that, “Yemen could be the worst humanitarian crisis in 50 years.” As 2018 begins, these words …
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Maybe you scored a seat right behind the backstop, hoping for nothing more than a pleasant evening at the ballpark. And maybe that outing with friends is interrupted by a foul ball hurtling your direction at 105 mph. Maybe the ball strikes a young girl who has to be taken to the hospital, while the …
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Nimr, one of the movie’s protagonists, fled to Lebanon to escape forced military conscription. GroundTruth Productions/Fair Use. All rights reserved to the author. [This article is the outcome of a partnership between SyriaUntold and openDemocracy]. Having lost their home, they themselves are now lost in Lebanon, living a tale of spiraling loss that devours everything in its …
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THE GOOD NEWS: Ecologists like Steve Hill are proving that passion, combined with creative solutions, can be a serious threat to our planet’s most destructive forces. All around the world, there’s unfortunate news about the environment: reefs are bleaching, glaciers are cleaving, and superstorms are brewing. In the United States, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke doesn’t believe …
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Poland's PM Mateusz Morawiecki at a press conference at Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland on 23 January 2018. NurPhoto/Press Association. All rights reserved.Poland’s new so-called “Holocaust law” sends a menacing message to its minority groups by turning the criminalization of hate speech on its head. Hate speech laws are normally enacted as …
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Robert Egger and his L.A. Kitchen are redefining how to feed communities in need. This weekend, he’s getting more than a little help from his friends at the Los Angeles Chargers, who will be underwriting a new initiative to serve 30,000 meals to people in need at the Summit LA17, the flagship ideas festival in downtown …
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Every Feb. 5, Nutella aficionados worldwide take to social media to celebrate World Nutella Day, composing songs, hosting parties and posting pictures of the sinfully sumptuous hazelnut and chocolate spread on everything from pancakes to pizzas to pastries. This year’s event was particularly notable, as the “Nutella riots” had surprised the world just 11 days earlier. …
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Credit: OWFI.In Iraq, including in areas controlled by ISIS, women, girls, LGBTIQ persons, and people perceived as stepping outside of traditional gender roles have been targeted for violence on a staggering scale. ISIS fighters have tortured women doctors and nurses who have not complied with rigid dress codes, when doing so would interfere with the …
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