Madagascar on the brink of first climate-induced famine, UN warns
A four-year drought has pushed at least 30,000 people in southern Madagascar to level five of famine, the UN warned. The island nation of Madagascar has endured four years of…
An historic number of jobs are going begging in the US. What gives?
The US economy had a record 10.9 million job openings on the last day of July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday. Jobs, jobs, everywhere. That’s what the…
Ida aftermath: New Orleans lifts curfew as more power restored
New Orleans has lifted a nightly curfew as the US city moves closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida, but hundreds of thousands of people outside the…
Biden to tour in New York and New Jersey hit heavily by Hurricane Ida
Afghan President flees country as Taliban move into Kabul
The Taliban’s conquest in Afghanistan is virtually complete. President Ashraf Gani fled the country on Sunday. He joined thousands of his fellow citizens in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban….
Karine Jean-Pierre Is The 1st Black Woman In Decades To Brief White House Press
When Karine Jean-Pierre stepped behind the lectern to take reporters’ questions in the briefing room Wednesday, she was the first Black woman to speak for the White House in that…
Israel-Palestine: US blocks UN statement for third time in a week
A third United Nations Security Council emergency meeting in a week – amid the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza – has again ended with no concrete outcome after the United States blocked…
ISS astronauts splash down on SpaceX craft
It was the first US splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8’s crew returned from the moon in 1968. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth splashed…
President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress : Government is good, and so are jobs
President Joe Biden returned to the U.S. Capitol, his home for more than three decades. In a historic first, President Biden was flanked by two women — House Speaker Nancy…
Climate Summit Day 2 message : Invest big for big payoff
The White House brought out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives Friday to help sell President Joe Biden’s vision of a climate-friendly transformation of the U.S. economy at…
