Informed Comment

Was Volcano-Driven Climate Change partially Behind the Black Death?

Mongols of the Golden Horde catapulted the cadavers of plague victims over the wall of the city of Caffa

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has repeatedly stated that he would instruct the NYPD to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The United States remains mired in ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine; now Trump is careening blindly into new wars in Latin America

2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020

This is not Netanyahu asking for a pardon so much as an attempt by the prime minister to portray himself as a great man wronged by the elite

In recent months, the Trump administration has escalated a decades-long campaign against the Venezuelan government and people.

“RTÉ remains deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza during the conflict and the continued denial of access

Targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.

China has driven an unprecedented solar surge — adding more capacity in 2024 alone than the rest of the world combined