What climate records were broken in 2024?
Here is the situation on Saturday, February 15: Fighting Russia’s army has claimed to have captured the village Berezivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region close to a road linking key towns as Moscow slowly eats up more territory, despite suffering heavy losses in the battlefield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone hit a…
‘Dictator’: Trump launches anti-Zelenskyy rant as US-Ukraine tensions soar
Washington, DC – Donald Trump’s call for the United States to “take over” and “own” Gaza after its Palestinian population is entirely displaced has stunned rights advocates and politicians, prompting condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal. While Trump had been calling for forcibly depopulating Gaza he took his proposal to a new level during…
Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the list of the world’s highest paid athletes with a total income of $260m in 2024, according to sports industry news site Sportico, but there were no women in the top 100. The leading 100, dominated by players from football, the NBA, NFL, golf and boxing, earned an estimated $6.2bn in…
At least five people have been killed as a string of wildfires ravage southern California in the United States, buffeted by strong winds. Tens of thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes and businesses, in what some speculate could become one of the most expensive conflagrations in US history. At least six…
Quotable Trump should be “cautious, practical” with plan for Gaza Trumps comments on Gaza Read more Doug Bandow, of the Cato Institute, says Donald Trump’s efforts on Gaza were disastrous during his first term, and explains how the US president can avoid that this time around. Published On 6 Feb 20256 Feb 2025