Top Democrats on Thursday attempted to quickly defuse a fraught dispute within their caucus after comments…
Month: June 2021
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds calls CBC silence on membership delay ‘off-putting’
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds expressed frustration Thursday at being prevented from entering the Congressional Black Caucus…
National Geographic recognizes new Southern Ocean, bringing global total to five
Anyone who thought the world had four oceans will now have to think again, after the…
Climate and nature crises: solve both or solve neither, say experts
Humanity must solve the climate and nature crises together or solve neither, according to a report…
Line 3: protests over pipeline through tribal lands spark clashes and mass arrests
Environmental protesters and Native American tribes have joined together to try to block construction efforts that…
Kyrsten Sinema gets her make-or-break moment with Republicans
Throughout Joe Biden’s weeks of infrastructure talks with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito about infrastructure, he was…
Vet who fled Saddam Hussein draws up groundbreaking Kurdistan animals rights bill
“The animals are my life,” says Sulaiman Tameer. In one corner of his desk is a…
Country diary: a baby wood pigeon peers out through the roof scaffolding
“There!” he points, but I can’t see for looking. At the top of the scaffold, with…
Leading investors urge governments to end support for fossil fuels
Investors controlling $41tn (GBP29tn) in assets have called for governments around the world to end support…
As indigenous languages die out, will we lose knowledge about plants? – podcast
There are more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth, but by the end of the century,…