An internal slide presentation assembled by officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the Delta variant of the coronavirus—now the dominant strain in the U.S. and across much of the world—is as transmissible as chickenpox, ...[
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The planet is burning and the arsonists are in charge, as one environmentalist once observed. So in late June and early July, with extreme heat afflicting a quarter of the globe, it became clear that the time had come for the Biden government, and indeed ...[
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Human Rights Watch investigated several Israeli attacks that resulted in particularly high numbers of civilian casualties – with no evident military target – and determined that the incidents may have been war crimes. Other Israeli attacks during the ...[
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As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden unveiled a plan to tackle climate change, which he termed “an existential threat — not just to our environment, but to our health, our communities, our national security, and our economic well-being.” He promis ...[
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Donald Trump was hardly the first U.S. president to voice his support for authoritarians. But while President Richard Nixon saw it as practical to have an alliance with Spain's dictator Gen. Francisco Franco — arguing that at least El Generalísimo kept ...[
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The U.S. "has nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert, ready to strike first and begin a nuclear war that could result in the deaths of billions of people around the globe," warned one coalition member. ...[
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A British nightclub owner who had a history of sharing an anti-vaccine message social media and who mocked people for getting an "experimental vaccine" has died from COVID-19, The Daily Mail reports.
David Parker, 56, passed away at Darlington Memorial Ho ...[
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"We have the solutions to prevent further harm to people and the planet—it's time to implement them," says 350.org. "We must start by putting an immediate end to fossil fuels." ...[
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Researchers found that clots occurring after first dose of Oxford jab affected otherwise young and healthy people ...[
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A new report from Oxfam found that the world's billionaires didn't just recoup losses from the coronavirus: Their collective wealth increase could pay for the entire world's vaccinations and prevent anyone from falling into poverty.
"The increase in the w ...[
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Texas lawmakers in the state’s House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to order state law enforcement to forcibly return Democrats to the legislative chamber, including potentially arresting them, in order to force a vote on implementing restrictive v ...[
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