Aug 13 Italy’s largest lake drops to near-historic low amid extreme drought in Europe By Andrea Rosa, Luigi Navarra, Associated Press Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea. Continue reading
Aug 13 Russia heavily shells residential areas in eastern Ukraine By Susie Blann, Associated Press A Russian rocket attack on the city of Kramatorsk killed three people and wounded 13 others Friday night, according to the mayor. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: House lawmakers give final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act In our new wrap Friday, Democrats are celebrating another legislative victory after House lawmakers gave final approval to the Inflation Reduction Act, author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage before a lecture in western New York, the polio virus has… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:20 U.S. special envoy for Iran discusses the prospects for reviving a nuclear deal By Nick Schifrin European, Iranian and American negotiators flew to Vienna last weekend to see if they could once and for all come to an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program. The Biden administration has been negotiating to reenter a nuclear deal from which… Continue watching
Aug 12 South Korean president to pardon Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Samsung's de-facto leader has secured a pardon of his conviction for bribing a former president in a corruption scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government. Continue reading
Aug 12 Unprecedented European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops By Sylvie Corbet, Nicolas Garriga, Associated Press An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of Europe. It is damaging agriculture, forcing water restrictions, causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species. Continue reading
Aug 12 U.N. ship to begin moving wheat to food starved people in Ethiopia from Ukraine By Susie Blann, Associated Press A ship approached Ukraine on Friday to pick up wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia, in the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N.-brokered plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia’s war and bring relief to some of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Brazilians rally for democracy, seek to rein in President Jair Bolsonaro By Diane Jeantet, Débora Álvares, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press The event was held Thursday at the University of Sao Paulo’s law school. It carried echoes of a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens amassed to denounce a brutal military dictatorship, which lasted two decades. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: Nation’s average gas price drops below $4 a gallon In our news wrap Thursday, the average gas price in the U.S. dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time in months, the CDC removes a longstanding recommendation to quarantine after close contact with those infected with COVID, an… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 4:54 Rainforests in the Congo Basin are under threat as the DRC opens land to oil, gas drilling By William Brangham, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Satvi Sunkara On a multi-country tour of Africa this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been making the case that the U.S. can be a quote "equal partner" with African nations. In that vein, he recently announced a new partnership between… Continue watching