USA

In echo of Trump, Boris Johnson says UK must “learn to live with” rising COVID

Jul 09, 2021 14:47

It was deeply disquieting to learn that Great Britain, under the leadership of Trump clone Boris Johnson, is preparing to lift virtually all COVID safety strictures and leave the British people wide open to the caprices of the virus.
Farewell to Donald Rumsfeld, dreary war criminal

Jul 08, 2021 10:14

Donald Rumsfeld, a U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war until President George W. Bush replaced him when the United States found itself bogged down after three years of aggression, has died at age 88.
How bad are US wildfires? Even Hawaii is battling a surge

Jul 07, 2021 13:57

Volcanic eruptions and tsunamis also threaten Hawaii, but natural causes such as lightning or flowing lava account for only a small fraction of wildfires in the state, according to fire prevention officials. Instead, people ignite more than 90 percent of Hawaii’s wildfires.
Crimes of Donald Rumsfeld and a reflection on Iraq war

Jul 07, 2021 13:49

The real tragedy of the 2003 U.S. invasion is that virtually none of its lessons have been learned. It's easy to understand why. None of its perpetrators have ever suffered any consequences for the damage they inflicted on the country and the world
UK’s immoral role in war on Yemen

Jul 07, 2021 09:25

We now have fresh evidence of how intimately arms dealers are embedded in the British military-diplomatic machine when it comes to Yemen. The Cameron government supported King Salman when he declared war in March 2015, with then-Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond declaring Britain would “support the Saudis in every practical way short of engaging in combat”.
Why living with COVID would not be the same as flu?

Jul 07, 2021 09:22

Researchers say coronavirus is more contagious and more lethal than influenza, and we lack the same global protection mechanism.
Saudi Arabia: Why Biden will leave Mohammed bin Salman in charge

Jul 06, 2021 15:27

Despite Biden's rhetoric, American national interests are allied with those of the authoritarian crown prince in Riyadh.
The remaining structure at the Surfside condo has been demolished

Jul 06, 2021 03:32

The remaining part of a collapsed building in South Florida was demolished in a burst of explosives that took the unstable structure down in seconds, after officials worried that it might not withstand the powerful winds of an approaching tropical storm and that rescue workers could be endangered.
Canadian inferno: Northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models

Jul 05, 2021 14:06

Johan Rockström, the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said the recent extreme weather anomalies in British Columbia were not represented in global computer models that are used to project how the world might change with more emissions.
'Horrifying': Record-breaking Northwest Heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths

Jul 05, 2021 13:49

The record-shattering heatwave currently scorching the Pacific Northwest has been linked to hundreds of deaths in the region with British Columbia alone reporting at least 486 "sudden and unexpected" fatalities.