Opposition secures landslide victory in Mauritius election
Former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has won a third term in the Indian Ocean nation, official results show.
Biden (maybe) wants Israel to stop using US bulldozers for ethnic cleansing
But the outgoing US president’s support for all other aspects of Israel’s genocide remains ironclad.
Frank Auerbach, British-German painter, dies at 93
Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee after fleeing from Nazi Germany.
Israel pounds Beirut suburbs with heavy daytime air strikes
Israeli forces bombarded Beirut’s southern suburbs, urging residents to evacuate before launching daytime air strikes.
Several killed in Israeli air attack in northern Lebanon
Several people have been killed in an Israeli air attack in north Lebanon that hit a residential building.
Oil giant Shell wins appeal on landmark emissions ruling
Dutch appeals court agrees Shell must act to protect climate but dismisses stipulated emissions cut.
Fact check: Are weekly wages in the US ‘lower than 50 years ago’?
No. Senator Sanders’s data relies on a blip in 1973. Economists show wages are actually higher now than 50 years ago.
Why sectarian tensions continue to simmer in Pakistan’s Kurram district
Pakistani authorities struggle to control months of tit-for-tat attacks between Shia and Sunni tribes in tribal region.
Refugees on front lines of global climate crisis, warns UN
Climate hazards helping to double the number of displaced people to 120 million, UNHCR reports.
Fifth storm in less than a month bears down on the Philippines
Some 20 major storms hit the archipelago or its waters each year, but they are intensifying due to climate change.