COP28 in Dubai: Inside the push to greenwash the next climate summit
CNN — The optics of a major oil-producing country organizing the world’s most important climate conference, and appointing an oil company CEO to lead it, are not lost on anyone…
Canada has officially banned testing cosmetics on animals
CNN — Canada has moved to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals, joining a number of other countries and American states to outlaw the practice. The Canadian government announced…
Only 271 Afghans were resettled in Europe last year, says International Rescue Committee
CNN — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said European Union states have “consistently neglected the needs of Afghans” in a report published on Wednesday, where it found that only 271…
Five years after Ireland’s historic abortion referendum, access to care is still ‘patchy’
CNN — In 2018, the Irish public voted overwhelmingly to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment, overturning one of the strictest abortion bans in the European Union. There were scenes of…
Farmer-Citizen Movement: Trump and Le Pen backed these Dutch farmers — now they’ve sprung an election shock
CNN — A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just four years after their founding. Could their rise have wider…
Turkey’s Red Crescent criticized for selling tents to charity instead of giving them to earthquake
Istanbul CNN — Turkey’s Red Crescent organization has been criticized by lawmakers and citizens after revelations that it sold tents to a charity instead of donating them to people in…
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Elderly Turkish survivor rescued from rubble more than a week after quake
CNN — More than nine days after a powerful quake shook Turkey and Syria, rescuers were still pulling people from the rubble, defying predictions that the time for survival had…
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Vital supplies dwindle as ‘eco-activists’ blockade a breakaway region guarded by Russia
CNN — In the village of Tegh, Armenia, stationary vehicles clog the mountainous route to a border crossing where a mysterious diplomatic logjam has brought traffic to a halt. This…