Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria By TAIWO ADEBAYO In this grab taken from video, workers stand by a container to collect oil spill waste, in Ogoniland, Nigeria, June 16, 2023. An oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria […]
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What A Difference A Year Makes
A Year Without Roe: Here Are the Stories of People Denied Abortions This year, facing stringent bans and terrifying health concerns, people fled their home states to get abortions or performed their own. By Carter Sherman June 21, 2023, 8:49am It’s been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. […]
Our Tragic History That Must Be Taught
A trip to the birthplace of the blues is also a visit to a region soaked in the history of bigotry and the struggle for civil rights. It’s a past that we need to acknowledge and that today’s students need to learn about. OPINION | June 23, 2023 • Jabari Simama […]
Europe Manufacturing EV Ahead Of Chinese Crush
June 15, 2023 05:07 PM UPDATED 14 HOURS AGO Citroen’s sub-25,000 euros EV will take on Chinese rivals in Europe The e-C3 is Citroen’s answer to low-cost EVs that Chinese brands such as MG and BYD are exporting to Europe. PETER SIGAL The current C3 (shown) was launched in 2016 and […]
Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
By SETH BORENSTEINyesterday FILE – A swan stands between dumped plastic bottles and waste at the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, on April 18, 2022. A new study says Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an […]
New Home For World Auto Waste
Fifa Park car lot in Cotonou, Benin.Nimi Princewill/CNN As the West surges toward electric cars, here’s where the unwanted gas guzzlers go By Nimi Princewill and Ella Nilsen, CNN Published 12:49 AM EDT, Sun May 21, 2023 Cotonou, BeninCNN — Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is […]
China, #1 World Predator Lender Ready To Pounce
‘In a lot of the world, the clock has hit midnight’: China is calling in loans to dozens of countries from Pakistan to Kenya BYBERNARD CONDON AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 18, 2023 at 6:11 PM CDT Protesters storm the office building of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, demanding he resign after President […]
THE BEST: Jim Brown Dead At 87
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Brown was virtually unstoppable in every arena. Whether on the field, as a Hollywood film hero or civil rights advocate, Brown was a force. One of the greatest players in NFL history, Brown, who retired at the peak of his playing career to pursue acting and […]
Did veteran fall through mental health cracks?
On-duty security guard among 8 killed at Allen Premium Outlets; suspect Mauricio Garcia posted neo-Nazi material on social media By Ed Lavandera, Elizabeth Wolfe, Sharif Paget and Holly Yan, CNN, CNNWire Sunday, May 7, 2023 5:35PM An Allen, TX shooting killed on-duty security guard Christian LaCour and 7 others. The suspect, […]
The Rise of ‘Gas Station Heroin’
KRISTIN, A 42-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF FIVE, IS ADDICTED TO A LEGAL SUPPLEMENT CALLED TIANEPTINE, ALSO KNOWN AS “GAS STATION HEROIN.” SHE SITS ON A TRAMPOLINE IN HER BACKYARD IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ON MARCH 9, 2023. (OCTAVIO JONES/VICE NEWS The supplement tianeptine, sold under brands like Zaza and Tianaa Red, is […]