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15 Years after the Kyoto Protocol Went into Force, the Climate Crisis is Worse Than Ever
On Sunday, 15 years will have passed since the Kyoto Protocol was ratified on February 16, 2005, which was eight years after it was negotiated back in 1997. Progress stalled because of a failure to achieve the quota of countries required to implement the protocol. The stalemate was finally broke…
America Is Giving Saudi Arabia Cover for the Worst Human Rights Abuses in Decades, Watchdog Warns
"Saudi Arabia has seen a destruction, crushing and extirpation" of its political sphere, independent judiciary and free press in recent years, the report alleged. Power has been accumulated around 84-year-old King Salman, and particularly his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known …
Climate Change Could Intensify Amazon Forest Fires, Turning It From a Carbon Sink to Source, Scientists Warn
Some 16 percent of the forest in the southern Brazilian Amazon may burn by 2050 "as the climate becomes drier and hotter in the next few decades," according to the authors of a study published in the journal Science Advances. That amounts to global warming doubling the area burned by wildfires i…
Twitter Mocks Donald Trump's Dismissal of New York Sea Wall: 'Make the Merfolk Pay For It'
Trump tweeted about the proposal on Saturday night after The New York Times reported that a six-mile-long barrier was among the options the Army Corps of Engineers is looking at to protect the region severe storms like Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged the area in 2012.
Although the report …
Doug Collins Reminded Trump 'Attacked' Gold Star Families After Democrats Soleimani Comment
Republican Rep. Doug Collins was reminded that President Donald Trump has been in spats with the families of troops killed in the line of duty after the congressman said Democrats mourned the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani "more than they mourn our Gold Star families."
Speakin…
Tammy Duckworth Eviscerates Trump For His Foreign Policy 'Illiteracy'
Accusing Trump of putting the U.S. at risk of entering a "reckless, unauthorized war of his own making," Duckworth, a Democrat, lambasted the president for claiming that "all is well" on Wednesday, just a day after Iran's attacks on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.
"'All is well.' That's…
Higher Body Fat Could Make Brain Age Faster While Muscle Protects Against It, Study Suggests
Previous studies have uncovered links between obesity in middle-aged people and those in early late-life, and worse thinking skills, the team wrote in the Journal of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. For their research, the scientists wanted to find out more about how different types of body fat af…
Breast Cancer Linked to Permanent Hair Dye and Chemical Hair Straighteners in Study of Almost 50,000 Women
"The results do not surprise me," Otis W. Brawley, medical oncologist and epidemiologist at the Hopkins-Kimmel Cancer Center, told Newsweek. "Many of us have worried that the chemicals in especially the permanent hair dyes and hair straighteners have the potential to cause cancer."
This …
How Juul Went From Successful Startup to FDA Target in Less Than a Year
Juul Labs is considering parting with the $400 million San Francisco tower it just bought, according to reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle, while the company continues to adapt to a widening crackdown on its products by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
On many counts, it's b…
Household Chemicals Could Be Linked to Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer, Scientists Believe
Such products include household detergents, antiseptics and prescribed medications, as well as industrial pollutants, according to researchers who presented their work—which hasn't been peer-reviewed—at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in the U.K. city of Brighton.
Triple-…
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Welcomes Death of 'Coward' Baghdadi
2/4 - Those captured alive need to be brought to justice in an open court for the world to see. Justice is the only acceptable course of action. We must unite and hold #ISIS terrorists accountable in the same way the world tried the Nazis in an open court at the Nuremberg Trials.
Murad s…
Congress, Wary of Tainted Chinese Drugs, Is Baffled by Lack of Oversight
At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers expressed alarm, and sometimes disbelief, at the lack of oversight the FDA demonstrates over these foreign suppliers—despite the fact that U.S. drug firms are continuously outsourcing their manufacturing needs.
While the FDA maintains a "c…
Elizabeth Warren Calls Trump 'Corruption in the Flesh'
The piece details how countries like Saudi Arabia "funnel money" into Trump's pockets by spending at his hotels, how tax breaks of $1.5 trillion helped large corporations and how "our nation's ambassadors are a 'who's who' of Trump's biggest donors and Mar-a-Lago members."
Warren's piece…
Trump Can't 'Cover Up' Ukraine Scandal Because There Are 'Far Too Many Witnesses,' Congressman Says
"There are multiple levels of misconduct here and look, there were 12 people on that call that the president made to the Ukraine president," Lynch, a Democrat representing Massachusetts' 8th District, said in an interview with CNN. "Now we're hearing from individuals, this week, who were actuall…
James Comey Quotes George Washington in Swipe at Trump
The next paragraph of Washington's address which Comey did not quote, continued on the theme, stating: "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible."
âAgainst the…
Thirteen Ukrainian Soldiers Died During Trump-Ordered Freeze on Military Aid
It is impossible to say whether timely delivery of American aid would have helped any individual soldier. But their deaths are a potent reminder that while the Trump administration was wrangling over military assistance, Kiev was—and remains—locked in a deadly struggle with its Russian-backed se…
Facebook Removes Trump Propaganda Page After It Was Revealed It Was Run From Ukraine
However on Tuesday, Facebook removed the page, citing alleged violations of its policies against spam and fake accounts, The Washington Post reported, despite the social media site saying it had not detected links to any particular foreign government and was investigating.
Sahara Desert Is at Least 4.6 Million Years Old, Ancient Dust From Vast Landscape Reveals
"People have been trying to figure it out for several decades," Daniel Muhs, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, said in a statement. "More recent studies said it was the beginning of the Pleistocene [about 2.6 million years ago.]"
"With some Spanish geologis…
Trump Whistleblower Report May Show 'Abuse of Power': Supreme Court Lawyer
The Washington Post first reported the complaint on Tuesday. Citing two former U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter, the newspaper said an anonymous intelligence official reported a conversation between the president and a foreign leader that included a troubling "promise."
It is …
#TrumpsTerrorists Trends As Americans Blame President Trump For Mass Shootings: 'The Blood Is on His Hands'
A gunman, identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, opened fire at a Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas on Saturday, leaving 20 dead and at least 26 others injured. Authorities told the Washington Post that they were investigating a manifesto, allegedly written by the shooter, …
British Government Stands Behind Ambassador Who Called Donald Trump 'Incompetent' and 'Insecure'
A spokesperson for the British government has defended the country's ambassador to the U.S. after leaked cables revealed that the diplomat had called President Donald Trump "inept," "insecure" and "incompetent," saying that the White House was "uniquely dysfunctional" under the current administr…
Joaquin Castro Smuggles Device Into Migrant Detention Facility, Captures Photos Of 'Prison-Like' Cell
Castro was one of several members of the House of Representatives who made the trip to Texas Monday. The 38-member Hispanic Caucus led the trip for congressmen and women such as Castro, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, California Rep. Judy Chu, Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy and others.…
Some Legal Experts Say Trump Has Violated U.S. Constitution
"Every American should be incredibly troubled by this jaw-dropping news," Deepak Gupta, who represents litigants in two of the ongoing emoluments lawsuits, told Newsweek in a written statement. "The Framers of the Constitution were very concerned about the danger that foreign powers could corrup…
Putin Gravestones Spring Up Around Russia, Call President 'Thief, Liar and Political Corpse'
Meanwhile in Russia...The gravestone with the inscription: "Putin has buried the free Internet - the inhabitants of Naberezhnye Chelny have buried Putin. 1952-2109"https://t.co/T9rIOfS0fDKarim Yamadayev, suspected of installing this tombstone, arrested by the court for 28 days pic.twitter.com/3B…
Nadler slams Trump over 9/11 comments, accuses president of stealing $150,000 intended for small business owners
Representative Jerrold Nadler slammed President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of Representative Ilhan Omar over comments she made regarding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, arguing that the president's own past actions leave him with “no moral authority” to criticize anyone’s response…