Category: Nations
The Brazilian Town Being Slowly Swallowed by the Sea
Wall Street Journal Atafona, losing as much as 18 feet a year of coastline, is an extreme example of the challenge facing a country with some 4,600 miles of shores. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-brazilian-town-being-slowly-swallowed-by-the-sea-e1f03f2
Read MorePentagon Probe Under Way in Leaks Case
Wall Street Journal A Pentagon team is looking into how the purported classified documents were exposed, as the U.S. seeks to contain diplomatic fallout. https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-probe-under-way-in-leaks-case-303d7fda
Read MoreIn Maine, jury to decide fate of $1B hydropower transmission project rebuked by voters
Fox News A battle over a $1 billion transmission line that won all regulatory approvals only to be rebuked by state residents in a referendum now comes down to nine regular folks. In a rare move, a jury is being asked to decide a complicated constitutional matter — whether developers have a vested right to…
Read MoreSenate Judiciary Committee Promises Supreme Court Ethics Hearing
New York Times Democrats on the panel wrote to the chief justice, urging an investigation into gifts and travel provided to Justice Clarence Thomas. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/us/senate-democrats-supreme-court-clarence-thomas.html
Read MoreUS considers Wall Street Journal reporter ‘’wrongfully detained’’ in Russia
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “We condemn the Kremlin’s continued repression of independent voices in Russia,” the statement said https://tass.com/world/1602331
Read MoreThe Brazilian Town Being Slowly Swallowed by the Sea
Wall Street Journal Atafona, losing as much as 18 feet a year of coastline, is an extreme example of the challenge facing a country with some 4,600 miles of shores. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-brazilian-town-being-slowly-swallowed-by-the-sea-ea9ef0cb
Read MoreShiveluch volcano erupts in Russia’s Far East
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The volcano now has the highest “red” hazard designation for aviation https://tass.com/emergencies/1602329
Read MoreNashville sends expelled Black Democratic lawmaker back to Tennessee House
Fox News Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled last week from the GOP-led statehouse, is being sent back to the Legislature. The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted unanimously Monday to restore Jones to office, less than a week after GOP lawmakers stripped him of his seat. Republicans expelled Jones and…
Read MoreThe Future is Now: China, Russia revert to pre-1989 world and fundamentally challenge the US-led West
Fox News We recently learned a lesson which was more than three decades in the making. The lesson partially stems from two seemingly unrelated events. The world noted the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine at the end of February. And after an air incursion by a spy balloon, saber-rattling over Taiwan and TikTok…
Read MoreDemocrats dealt another blow: third lawmaker leaves party, switches to Republican within a month
Fox News Democrats were dealt another blow from within their own ranks this week as yet another state lawmaker declared he was leaving the party. According to a Monday report by The Advocate, a Louisiana-based newspaper, state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe announced he had left the Democratic Party and would be registering as a Republican. EMBOLDENED…
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