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European military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to a Canadian Lt Colonel as he visits a military base to meet planners mapping out next steps in the Coalition of the Willing in Northwood, London on Thursday.

Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences

Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare. The Trump adminis

How U.S. States Can Protect the Environment From Federal Rollbacks and Intervention

States have powerful legal tools to counter federal environmental rollbacks, from enacting stronger local regulations to forming interstate coalitions that protect natural resources and public health. Introduction In 1788, a year before the

Christine Lagarde: We are getting ready to make the digital euro a reality in October

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, has confirmed that the digital euro, the EU’s central bank digital currency (“CBDC”), will launch in October 2025

Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 wreckage in the Indian Ocean

Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines passenger jet, wears a shirt "Remembering 239 Lives, MH370" as he talks to media on the 11th anniversary of the jet going missing on March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.

Crazy Town 100. A Temporary Techno Stunt: Tom Murphy on Falling out of Love with Modernity

Show Notes Recovering technology booster Tom Murphy visits Crazy Town to discuss his journey from shooting lasers at the moon, to trying to “solve” the energy predicament, to falling out of love with modernity itself. Asher, Jason, Rob, and

Mexico City bans violent bullfighting, sparking fury and celebration

A young supporter of bullfighting joins a demonstration in support of bullfighting outside Mexico City's Congress where lawmakers are expected to debate its continuation in Mexico City on Tuesday.

What is the U.S. Institute of Peace and why is Trump trying to shut it down?

A view of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) building headquarters on March 18 in Washington, D.C. Trump administration employees entered the building on Monday with the help of law enforcement officials after President Trump order

Never give up - one Gaza boy's story trying to survive in Gaza

GAZA CITY - March 14, 2025. On the right, 12-year-old Nimer Saddy al-Nimer sits with his mother Badir Al-Dujja Al-Nimer and his 4-year-old sister Seedra Saddy Al-Nimer. Wearing a knee brace, Nimer still finds it difficult to walk a year aft

Zelenskyy wants U.S. to hit Russia with 'maximum' sanctions if it refuses a ceasefire

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption KYIV, Ukraine —

Hamas says it's willing to release the five American hostages in Gaza

Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stand behind a banner bearing their portraits during a demonstration calling for action to secure their rel

Israel targets what it says was an Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus

Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. Emily Garthwaite for NPR

Living Like a Fungus

Since its creation I have supported Rupert Read’s Climate Majority Project as the answer to achieving the climate action we need. Read observes that the majority of people are concerned about climate change and to effectively combat it, tha