2018 saw at least one major climate-induced disaster on every inhabited continent on Earth. Climate change-induced disasters cost nations at least US$100 billion in 2018, a watchdog said Thursday, warning the spate of deadly wildfires, floods and superstorms was “a shadow” of things to come if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t slashed. This year is set […]
Bucking Trump & Netanyahu, Palestine to Apply For Full Membership at UN
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister will apply for Palestine’s status as a full member of the United Nations. Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Malki announced Wednesday that the occupied country would initiate an application to gain full membership at the United Nations. Malki said that he would initiate an application seeking to upgrade Palestine’s […]
Germany Closes Last Coal Mine, Step toward Ending Era of Dirty Coal
Germany closed down its last active coal mine and bade farewell to a centuries-old industry which played an important role in the country’s economy. Germany bid farewell to coal as it closed its last mine Friday, thereby closing a chapter in the history of German industry. Coal was the main engine of growth for the […]
As Trump adopts Likud Positions, Russia Offers to Mediate Israel-Palestine Conflict
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow is offering to host meetings between chief Palestinian and Israeli officials in a bid to resolve the ongoing conflict between the two countries. “Given our special relations not only with Palestine but Israel as well, we want to help reach a solid agreement,” Lavrov said. The Russian minister […]
Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change
Bangladesh, and its environment, has been struggling to accommodate over 1 million Rohingya refugees who have fled state violence in Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist-majority country. More than 900,000 Rohingya live in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, mostly in camps, according to the United Nations. For decades, Cox’s Bazar, a strip of land between Myanmar and the […]
1st Palestinian-American Congresswoman will Wear Traditional Dress for Swearing In
Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian-American congresswoman-elect, said she will wear a traditional Palestinian gown for her swearing-in ceremony in the United States House of Representatives next month. This move by Tlaib can be seen as a way to make visible a community in the U.S. Congress which has been made invisible due to Israel’s excessive influence […]
Natalie Portman: Israel’s ‘Nation-State Law’ is ‘Racist’ and ‘a Mistake”
Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman said in an interview to London-based Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi that Israel’s nation-state law is “racist” and a “mistake.” During the interview published Thursday, Portman said that the nation-state law is a decision that impacts the lives of many people. The nation-state law passed in July states that “Israel is the […]
Israel: Thousands of Women Protest State Inaction over Femicide
Concerts and performance art filled the region as women protested the state’s inaction in the face of injustice. Some 20,000 women are banding together to denounce the state’s deadly negligence which is victimizing women across Israel in a nationwide march Tuesday. Black coffins, puddles of red paint, roadblocks, and “die-ins” were erected throughout the Tel […]
UN General Assembly Demands Israel Relinquish Syria’s Golan Heights
The United Nations General Assembly approved six resolutions on Israel Friday, including a demand for Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights, ratifying Syrian sovereignty over the territory, and a call to the international community to refrain from recognizing any unilateral measures taken by Israel in Jerusalem. With 99 votes in favor, 10 against, and […]
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