Category: World News
Britain Shuts Down Last Coal Plant, ‘Turning Its Back on Coal Forever’
New York Times The Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last surviving coal-burning power station in a country that birthed the Industrial Revolution and fed it with coal. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/climate/britain-last-coal-power-plant.html
Read MoreAcross the World, Diplomats Gird for a Trump Assault on Climate Action
New York Times Some leaders insist that the global clean energy transition will happen with or without the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/climate/global-climate-negotiations-trump.html
Read MoreIsraeli strike kills Hamas commander in Lebanon, 3 Palestinian militant leaders killed in separate strike
Fox News A Hamas commander who worked alongside Hezbollah and led the terrorist group’s activities in Lebanon has been taken out in an airstrike, Israeli officials say. Fateh Sherif, the head of the Lebanon branch of Hamas, was killed overnight, according to a joint statement Monday from the Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s domestic security…
Read MoreLive Updates: Israel Says It Killed Hamas’s Leader in Lebanon
New York Times An airstrike killed the Hamas official and family members in a refugee camp for Palestinians, the group said. A separate deadly blast in Beirut damaged a residential building. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/30/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah
Read MoreA party’s seven-decade dominance raises concerns for Japan’s democracy
Washington Post The Liberal Democratic Party has ruled Japan for all but four of the past 69 years, leading some to ask whether its parliament is truly representative. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/30/japan-democracy-ldp-shigeru-ishiba/
Read MoreDockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday
New York Times Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association could walk off the job, halting most shipments at East and Gulf Coast ports and rattling the U.S. economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/business/port-strike-dockworkers.html
Read MoreDockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday
New York Times Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association could walk off the job, halting most shipments at East and Gulf Coast ports and rattling the U.S. economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/business/port-strike-dockworkers.html
Read MoreThe Mexican Novelist Who Found Himself in New Orleans
New York Times Much of Yuri Herrera’s work has focused on Mexican social realities. In “Season of the Swamp” he turns his attention to the uniquely American city that has been his home for 13 years. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/books/booksupdate/yuri-herrera-season-of-the-swamp.html
Read MoreLive updates: Central Beirut hit for first time since Israel escalated attacks on Lebanon
Washington Post An apartment block in the capital was hit Monday, killing at least two and injuring six, according to officials. Israel also struck targets across Lebanon and Yemen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/30/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/
Read MoreIsrael takes the hammer to Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’
Washington Post Israel has plunged Hezbollah into disarray and decapitated its leadership. How Iran will react is an open question. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/30/nasrallah-death-israel-iran/
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