Mar 12 Iraqi prime minister promises action to tackle climate change, transition to renewables By Associated Press Iraq's prime minister Sunday promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change — which has affected millions across the country — including plans to meet a third of the country's electricity demands using renewable energy. Continue reading
Mar 12 Ukrainian forces stall Russian advance on Bakhmut, according to think tank By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Russia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow's campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war. Continue reading
Mar 12 Four astronauts fly SpaceX crew ship home, ending 5-month ISS mission By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew returned to Earth late Saturday after a quick SpaceX flight home, after five months at the International Space Station. Continue reading
Mar 11 Cyclone Freddy returns to strike Mozambique for second time since late February By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy made its second landfall in Mozambique Saturday night, pounding the southern African nation with heavy rains and disrupting transport and telecommunications services. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 2:35 News Wrap: Heavy rains wreak havoc in California, with more on the way In our news wrap Saturday, California’s deadly storm season continues to trigger flooding and evacuations, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic three years ago today, three American women are missing in Mexico, Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted, and U.S. skier Mikaela… Continue watching
Mar 11 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigils sentenced to 4.5 months in jail By Kanis Leung, Associated Press Three former organizers of Hong Kong's annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests were jailed Saturday for 4 1/2 months for failing to provide authorities with information on the group under a national security… Continue reading
Mar 11 China's parliament names Xi ally Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy By Associated Press China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years. Continue reading
Mar 11 Robots are performing Hindu rituals. Some worshippers fear they'll be replaced By Holly Walters, The Conversation It isn’t just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism’s holiest rituals – and not all worshippers are happy about it. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 7:53 News Wrap: Trump faces possible indictment for alleged hush money payments In our news wrap Friday, former President Trump faces a possible indictment as he decides whether to testify before a grand jury in New York over his alleged role in hush money payments, China's President Xi Jinping was awarded a… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 10:04 Arms manufacturers struggle to supply Ukraine with enough ammunition By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the U.S. and its allies have supplied Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars of weapons systems and ammunition. But keeping the material flowing for this bruising war is proving a challenge for… Continue watching