China’s emissions-reduction pledge is set to dominate discussions at a United Nations climate summit on Wednesday, following a sharp, if predictable, critique from US President Donald Trump questioning the science of fossil-fuel-driven global warming. Some 118 nations are expected to outline plans to curb global warming, which is triggering disasters worldwide—from catastrophic floods in Pakistan […]

Nine months after the devastating fires in Los Angeles, Karen Girard’s home remains standing—but the damage is far from visible. While the flames spared her property, the smoke left her walls, floors, and furniture imbued with a toxic cocktail of chemicals. Tests have revealed heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, and zinc, along with volatile […]

Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has been ordered to pay a substantial penalty to radio journalist Antoinette Lattouf, who was dismissed over a social media post relating to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Lattouf was terminated in December 2023, just three days into a five-day casual contract. The dismissal followed her reposting of a […]

Israeli forces killed at least 15 Palestinians on Wednesday during heavy bombardment of Gaza, targeting homes and tents, according to the territory’s civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal, who briefed AFP. Israel has launched a major air and ground offensive on Gaza City, prompting hundreds of thousands to flee the territory’s largest urban centre. Many of […]

Although he actively denies it, one name is increasingly mentioned as a potential successor to convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro at the helm of Brazil’s right-wing politics: Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas. With Bolsonaro, 70, preoccupied with appealing a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a failed coup, Brazil’s significant conservative electorate is moving toward […]