Landslides, floods sweep Indonesia’s South Sulawesi, killing 15 people | Weather News

Landslides, floods sweep Indonesia’s South Sulawesi, killing 15 people | Weather News

Disaster management agency says 115 people evacuated, more than 100 houses damaged amid prolonged torrential rain. Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province have killed at least 15 people after dozens of homes were swept away and roads damaged, the country’s disaster management agency said….

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps | Conflict News

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps | Conflict News

At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group. Friday’s explosions targeted the camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near the…

Invisible plastic: Why banning plastic bags will never be enough | Environment News

Invisible plastic: Why banning plastic bags will never be enough | Environment News

This week, the fourth round of treaty talks by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution concluded in Ottawa, Canada. A major bone of contention between negotiators from 175 countries is whether or not to limit the production of plastic, most of which is made from fossil fuels and chemicals…

‘Don’t be afraid for the marshes’: The battle to save Iraq’s waterways | Climate Crisis

‘Don’t be afraid for the marshes’: The battle to save Iraq’s waterways | Climate Crisis

Abu Abbas knew more about the Iraqi Marshes than most, having lived there his entire life. So when the Iraqi government of former dictator Saddam Hussein drained the wetlands of southern Iraq in the early 1990s, Abu Abbas witnessed the devastation. Then a decade later, as young men with picks…

‘No choice’: India’s Manipuris cannot go back a year after fleeing violence | Indigenous Rights News

‘No choice’: India’s Manipuris cannot go back a year after fleeing violence | Indigenous Rights News

Lingneifel Vaiphei collapsed to the ground in agony after she saw the lifeless body of her infant child laid out on a cold steel stretcher in a mortuary in Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state. Steven’s body was tightly wrapped in a striped woollen shawl, traditionally worn…

In Texas, pro-Palestine university protesters clash with state leaders | Israel War on Gaza News

In Texas, pro-Palestine university protesters clash with state leaders | Israel War on Gaza News

Austin, Texas – “It didn’t feel real.” That’s how Alishba Javaid, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the moment when she saw roughly 30 state troopers walk onto the campus lawn. Javaid and hundreds of her classmates had gathered on the grass, in the shadow of…

Takeaways from day 11 of Trump’s New York hush money trial with Hope Hicks | Donald Trump News

Takeaways from day 11 of Trump’s New York hush money trial with Hope Hicks | Donald Trump News

With tears and an open admission of nerves, Hope Hicks, a former advisor to Donald Trump, has taken to the witness stand in New York City, where she has been called to testify in the former United States president’s criminal hush money trial. Friday marked day 11 in the trial,…

What’s behind the US generational divide on Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza News

What’s behind the US generational divide on Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza News

Polls suggest an increasing number of young Americans are siding with Palestinians and growing critical of Israel. Successive US administrations across the political divide have backed Israel since it was created in 1948. But polls suggest that public support for Israel in the United States now appears to be waning,…

Measles outbreak kills at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria | Health News

Measles outbreak kills at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria | Health News

The deaths were recorded out of nearly 200 suspected measles cases in the state of Adamawa, official says. At least 42 people have died from a measles outbreak in a little more than a week in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Adamawa, the state’s health commissioner says. Felix Tangwami said on…