SALEM, Ore. — Six environmental groups sued officials of the Biden administration Tuesday, saying a Trump-era rule change that allowed logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates federal laws and was politically motivated. “Large and old trees have outsized ecological and social importance. They provide...
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Russia-Ukraine War: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urges western countries to provide more heavy weapons to Kyiv
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (File image) Photo : AP Hague: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said that western countries should send more weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian troops. Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was ramping up deliveries. Remarks were made...
Continue reading...Unmasked: Revealing the Identities of Hate Group Members
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Continue reading...U.S.-expelled Haitians fuel charter business to Latin America
SANTIAGO, Chile — With jokes, upbeat Caribbean music and vacation scenes of sun-kissed beaches and palm trees, Haitian influencers on YouTube and TikTok advertise charter flights to South America. But they are not targeting tourists. Instead, they are touts for a thriving, little-known shadow industry that is...
Continue reading...The Ginni Thomas Jan. 6 scandal keeps getting worse. But there’s a silver lining.
According to a recent Washington Post report, Ginni Thomas’ involvement in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election is even worse than previously known. It turns out that Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent two sets of emails to a...
Continue reading...Why you should pay attention to Google’s AI controversy
Let’s start this post with some raw truth: Google has not created robots that are sentient (or, put another way, have feelings). But don’t cast your worries aside just yet. The allegation that Google has made a sentient robot came up after Blake Lemoine, a Google...
Continue reading...What McConnell’s opinion on gun reform ‘framework’ means for Congress
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing What McConnell’s opinion on gun reform ‘framework’ means for Congress 04:02 UP NEXT Inside Ginni Thomas’ history of anti-cult activism after being ‘deprogrammed’ 03:53 Stocks plunge as fear of...
Continue reading...Conservatives are suddenly obsessed with drag queens
A growing number of high-profile conservatives have spent the last year demonizing LGBTQ people in an effort to push them further to the margins of society. Lately, that’s led many right-wing figures to become bizarrely infatuated with drag shows. For Republicans who try to enforce rigid...
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine War: Russian troops capture 80% percent of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops in Donetsk region (File image) Photo : AP Kyiv: Russia has taken control of around 80 percent of the eastern city of Severodonetsk, the key industrial hub in Ukraine‘s Luhansk Oblast. According to reports, Russian troops have destroyed all three bridges leading out of...
Continue reading...Canada lifts COVID-19 vaccine mandate for domestic, outbound travel
Representative image Photo : iStock Ottawa: Canada‘s COVID-19 vaccination requirement for domestic and outbound travellers, as well as federal bureaucrats and transportation workers, will be suspended starting next week, officials said on Tuesday. Masking, however, will still be required on planes and trains. “I’m pleased to...
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