Where is noise pollution the worst? Redlined neighborhoods.
At the height of the Great Depression, when home foreclosures in the United States soared to 1,000 per day, the federal government adopted programs to keep people in their homes…
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza truce extended by a day
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend a temporary truce by another day minutes before it was set to expire, said Qatar, which has been mediating…
Northern lights may be visible in New England during potential “severe geomagnetic storm”
Local News By Terry Eliasen, Exec. Weather Producer Updated on: November 29, 2023 / 11:32 PM EST / CBS Boston Next Weather: WBZ Forecast For November 29, 2023 Next Weather:…
“The horror ! The horror!”, revisited in Palestine
The jungle is there, creeping inside each of us. «Mistah Kurtz – he is dead”. (Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”) Joseph Conrad once said that before he went to the…
World AIDS Day 2023 – events in Geneva and around the world
On 1st December, WHO, together with communities and partners will commemorate World AIDS Day 2023, under the theme “Let communities lead”. Communities living with, and affected by, HIV, networks of…
Jihad from the deep: Can Israel handle this secret advantage of Hamas?
Western Jerusalem plans to clear out the group’s tunnels in Gaza but this might be mission impossible Hamas, an Islamic movement that controls Gaza, is believed to have a network…
Could a BRICS Currency be Backed by Gold?
The BRICS nations didn’t end up announcing a new currency at their meeting this year. But Jim Rickards believes it’s still in the cards — and it could be backed…
Can a Brazil-Africa Alliance Change Global Climate Politics?
“Brazil is back to make its due contribution in facing the major global challenges…The international community is immersed in a whirlwind of multiple and simultaneous crises. The Covid-19 pandemic, the…
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
Nov 29 (Reuters) – Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign…
Henry Kissinger, towering U.S. diplomat, dies at age 100
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down…