Headlines- Spain defeats Argentina in the final to win their second World Cup.
- Bahrain's interior ministry reported that its air raid sirens had sounded overnight on Sunday and Monday.
- During what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) called "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone" in northern Iraq on Saturday, one American service member was killed and another was injured.
- Three missiles launched from Iran struck various parts of Jordan, according to a statement posted by the army online on Sunday.
- On Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that it was "looking into reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of a planned nuclear power plant in Darkhovin, Iran," following allegations of a U.S. strike on the facility made by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
- Early on Sunday morning, a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, left nine people injured, the alleged gunman was shot by police and sent to a nearby hospital with life-threatening fatal injuries.
Tag: Climate Change
Pakistani Village Seen as Climate-Resilient Role...
Despite being so small that it’s hard to find on Google Maps, the village of Pono in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province continues to draw attention from around the world.That’s because the village is designed to show how communities that are most susceptible to climate change can become resilient to the effects of change and self-sufficient using traditional techniques
Zimbabweans Turming Small Grains to Combat...
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has praised Zimbabwe’s initiatives to switch to climate-resistant grains like millet to improve food security. In Zimbabwe, an FAO team is promoting the grains and celebrating the International Year of Millets
Kiribati Says it Will Rejoin Pacific...
Kiribati said it would rejoin a diplomatic grouping of Pacific Island countries this year, potentially ending a rift that raised questions about the relevance of the Pacific Islands Forum at a time of increased U.S.-China rivalry in the region.
Nature Photographers Images Highlight Mother Earth’s...
In a contest held by the environmental group The Nature Conservancy, nature photographers from all around the world expressed their sentiments about a planet that is ever changing.
Report: 100-Year Coastal Floods Now Occur...
According to a recent report by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, coastal communities will experience more frequent “once in a hundred years” floods as a result of increasing sea levels caused by climate change.
To Reduce Carbon Emissions,India Speeding Up...
Although India is increasing the pace of its green energy projects to cut carbon emissions, coal use has increased this year as well
IMF Provisionally Agrees to Loan Bangladesh...
The International Monetary Fund announced Wednesday that it had preliminarily agreed to give Bangladesh a U.S. $4.5 billion loan to help its economy stay afloat amid high inflation and challenges posed by climate change.
With Dire Predictions of Inaction,UN Climate...
The United Nations climate summit began on Sunday in Egypt as officials warned of catastrophic consequences of inaction and vowed to start helping those most affected by climate change. Farmers in the vicinity of the conference say that help is not coming quickly enough.
Are Residents Ready for California’s Phase-Out...
Regulators in California announced late last month that they had adopted a plan to require that by 2035, all new vehicles sold in the state must be powered by electricity or hydrogen
El Salvador’s Mangrove Forests Are Under...
The mangrove forests of El Salvador are under stress due to climate change.Some coastal communities are working with non-governmental organisations to save thes important coastal protection areas.