• Updated COVID boosters approved ahead of potential fall surge

    Updated COVID boosters approved ahead of potential fall surge

    Sep 03, 2022 09:30 PM EDT

    ... both the original lineage and BA.5, it kind of hedges your bets and gives you multiple shots on goal, two shots on goal to make it more likely it'll protect against whatever's coming down the road. Geoff Bennett: Got it. I want to ask you about monkeypox ...

  • Hawaii closes last coal-fired power plant in bid to fight climate change

    Hawaii closes last coal-fired power plant in bid to fight climate change

    Sep 01, 2022 11:59 PM EDT

    Hawaiian Electric Company, the state's sole distributor of electricity, said it can do little to change the prices to consumers. “We’re a regulated monopoly,” said Vice President of Government and Community Relations and Corporate Communications Jim Kelly. ”So we don’t set the prices. We don’t make ...

  • G20 environment officials meet in Bali to spur global climate change action

    G20 environment officials meet in Bali to spur global climate change action

    Aug 31, 2022 08:38 PM EDT

    ... We must work even faster to bring the global temperatures down as low as possible.” She opened the meeting by urging fellow environment ministers to make the Paris agreement work, as the only way to effectively coordinate efforts to tackle global challenges. “Environmental multilateralism is the only mechanism where all ...

  • Bitcoin requires an immense amount of energy. Here's why that's sparking a crypto backlash

    Bitcoin requires an immense amount of energy. Here's why that's sparking a crypto backlash

    Jul 14, 2022 06:13 PM EDT

    ... of Navarro County (pronounced “Nah-verr-o” in local parlance), he answered without hesitation. “The Navarro Switch!” he said, referring to part of the 192-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line that moves power from West Texas to eastern parts of the state, where demand is high. “And water,” he added ...

  • In blow to Biden, Mexican president to skip Summit of the Americas

    In blow to Biden, Mexican president to skip Summit of the Americas

    Jun 06, 2022 06:23 PM EDT

    ... the Americas was launched by President Bill Clinton as part of an effort to galvanize support for a free trade agreement stretching from Alaska to Argentina. But that goal was abandoned more than 15 years ago amid a rise in leftist politics in the region. With China's influence expanding ...

  • U.S. to end Russia's ability to pay off international debt

    U.S. to end Russia's ability to pay off international debt

    May 24, 2022 07:42 PM EDT

    ... to expand its gains in Ukraine’s south Jay Auslander, a prominent sovereign debt lawyer who previously litigated other debt crises like the one in Argentina, said at this point most of the institutional investors in Russian debts have likely sold their holdings, knowing this deadline is coming. Those who ...

  • As U.S. poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access

    As U.S. poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access

    May 13, 2022 10:59 AM EDT

    ... to do so. Victims of sexual violence are excluded from the requirement. While there is a growing call for women to have the right to make their own decision, Japan’s government, led by the ultra-conservative Liberal Democratic Party, has long focused on traditional gender roles of women to ...

  • Biden's order to increase mining to power electric vehicles raises contamination concerns

    Biden's order to increase mining to power electric vehicles raises contamination concerns

    Apr 30, 2022 11:23 PM EDT

    ... materials needed for EV batteries, heat pumps and large-capacity batteries for the electric grid. A majority of global lithium production comes from China, Australia, Argentina and Chile, while Russia dominates the global nickel market and the Democratic Republic of Congo is the world's largest cobalt producer. “We need ...

  • Pope apologizes to First Nations members for widespread abuse at residential schools

    Pope apologizes to First Nations members for widespread abuse at residential schools

    Apr 01, 2022 01:34 PM EDT

    ... the church to do on the path of reconciliation, but that for now Indigenous leaders insisted on being involved in organizing the papal visit to make sure Francis stops in places that hold spiritual importance to their people. Natan Obed, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, thanked Francis for addressing ...

  • Colombia's Constitutional Court legalizes abortion up to 24 weeks

    Colombia's Constitutional Court legalizes abortion up to 24 weeks

    Feb 22, 2022 10:01 PM EDT

    ... could help them to prove that carrying out pregnancies would put their health at risk. Rosero said the changes made to Colombian law will now make it easier for people of lower income levels to access safe abortions. "Our challenge now is to ensure that this ruling is implemented" she ...