Decline ‘a step in the right direction’ but far below rate needed to meet pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030, report finds Climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, though not fast enough to meet Joe Biden’s targets, a new report finds. The decline, while … Read more
Hunter Biden arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to attend in person a congressional committee meeting to hold him in contempt of Congress.
Sources say former president will speak on Thursday in addition to legal team’s summations as New York fraud trial comes to close Donald Trump aims to deliver his own closing argument on Thursday in his New York civil business fraud trial in addition to his legal team’s summations, according to two people familiar with the … Read more
South Africa’s lawsuit alleging genocide is a fitting call for the right of an oppressed people to self-determination A spectre has long haunted Israel: the spectre of South Africa. Specifically, Israeli leaders have feared that a world recognising their oppression of Palestinians as an apartheid system might be moved to impose on Israel the same … Read more
The president’s son made a surprise appearance to the Capitol as House Republicans move to hold him in contempt for refusing to appear for deposition Full report – House Republicans move to impeach Mayorkas The story of Hunter Biden’s brief trip to hostile territory – the House oversight committee hearing room – is better seen … Read more
With the regular season in the books, we look at six of the best scores from the last few months in the NFL Maybe one of the most head-scratching touchdowns ever scored in the NFL owing to the improbability – 3.2% according to the prediction models – that the pass could be completed in the … Read more
Federal judges sided with a Texas law that allows the state to push pregnant patients to the brink of death before allowing medically necessary abortion Do doctors have an obligation under federal law to keep their patients alive, even if their patients happen to be pregnant women? Do doctors have an obligation to prevent maiming … Read more
I take more offence at the idea that it’s upsetting to discuss a public person’s sexuality in 2024 – especially when no one seems perturbed at gossip about celebrities’ straight sex lives For about 18 months there was incredibly disruptive construction going on next door to me. It drove me mad. Like verging-on-a-nervous-breakdown mad. I … Read more
Authorities describe Houthi attack with drones and missiles as largest yet in the Red Sea. Plus, why speed dating is back in fashion Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired one of their largest barrages of drones and missiles targeting shipping in the Red Sea, … Read more
Mainstream parties of the left are in decline. But progressive politics is thriving far beyond its traditional blue-collar base Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’ Over the past two decades, election results in western Europe have been framed within the narrative of a crisis of the left. Think of the near-implosion of … Read more
