US & World

A new study by the scientist who discovered microplastics is looking back on 20 years of research and looking forward to what we need to solve the problem, once and for all. New study says we have more than enough data on harms to know we need to act. Twenty …

Potential chief executive candidate Sam Hou Fai submits his nomination form to a representative of the Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election (CAECE) yesterday morning at the Public Administration Building on Rua do Campo.  – Photo: William Chan/Macao Post HONG KONG — The sole candidate in the election …

Every night in Washington, supporters of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, transform a small stretch of sidewalk near the D.C. Central Detention Facility in Washington into a vigil. They call it “Freedom Corner.” ‘It’s my oath not to leave them behind,’ says one, a former …

Experts count at least 14 threats to the U.S. presidential election, a sign of volatile new times. There’s one gaining attention: the chance that some of America’s 3,000-plus counties could refuse to certify, notably Georgia’s. What’s going on? And how real is this threat? Once-mundane certification procedures now a battleground. …

The killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, an enormous figure in Middle East politics, culminates a remarkable military campaign by Israel against the Lebanon-based Shia militant group, but leaves many unanswered questions about how it will impact the wars in the region.  Hassan Nasrallah’s death in Israeli airstrike could upend …

An image grab taken from Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV shows the Lebanese militant group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah addressing the nation from an undisclosed location on September 19, 2024. Nasrallah said in his first televised appearance after this week’s electronic devices’ attacks in Lebanon that Israel had dealt an “unprecedented” blow to …

The federal government has started booking blocks of seats on commercial flights to help Canadians get out of Lebanon. Evacuees are responsible for covering the cost of the ticket, government says. The federal government has started booking blocks of seats on commercial flights to help Canadians get out of Lebanon. …

Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad.  Student activists report being singled out for online threats, harassment. Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing …

As representatives of the world’s governments met at the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week, tensions were growing in the world body over what many countries describe as double standards in the application of the UN Charter, which prohibits the seizure of territory by force. Leaders accuse …

Fast-moving Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida’s northwestern coast as a Category 4 storm Thursday evening, threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said.  2 people die …