Spain plans 100% house tax on foreigners: Will it fix the housing crisis? | Housing News
Last week Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced several measures, including a 100 percent tax on the value of homes bought by foreigners, to…
Guerrilla violence sparks displacement crisis in northeast Colombia
Thousands have escaped a sudden outbreak of drug-related violence between two armed groups in northeastern Colombia. Source link
News Analysis: Forget the California resistance: Newsom, Democrats make nice with Trump amid crisis
Despite delivering blistering criticism of California leaders from afar, President Trump shared a warm embrace with Gov. Gavin Newsom and appeared to pledge his support…
Mapping the Hughes wildfire that is scorching the Los Angeles mountains | Climate Crisis News
The new wildfire has scorched over 3,750 hectares near Castaic Lake, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Los Angeles.More than 50,000 residents in the…
As gold prices surge, Ghana faces ‘looming crisis’ over illegal mining | Environment News
When activist Oliver Barker Vormawor saw reports in September that Ghana’s water agency would not be able to supply some parts of the country with…
‘We will drill, baby, drill’: Why Trump wants US out of Paris climate deal | Climate Crisis News
In his first 24 hours in office, US President Donald Trump for a second time repealed the United States’ participation in the Paris Agreement. The…
Trump criticizes L.A. fire response in inaugural address
During his inaugural address on Monday, President Trump blasted what he called a government unable to protect its own citizens in times of crisis —…
Excerpts from Trump’s second inaugural address
Jan. 20, 2025 12:26 PM PT WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday delivered a nearly 30-minute speech from the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, his second inaugural address…
L.A. wildfire coverage shows why local TV news matters in a crisis
As the devastating wildfires began to sweep across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, frightened residents were not turning to Netflix.Local TV news broadcasts were the…
Democrats’ crisis of future: Big states that back them are shrinking
WASHINGTON — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York have been shrinking. With America’s population shifting to the South, political influence is…
LA wildfires day 11: What is the latest, and what do investigations show? | Climate Crisis News
Although the hazardous fire weather conditions that have stoked Los Angeles’s devastating fires have subsided, forecasters caution that another round of Santa Ana Winds is…
‘Devastating’: Wildfire ravages historic Black community in Los Angeles | Climate Crisis News
Los Angeles, California – Bill Threadgill picked through the ashes of his home in Altadena, California, where he lived for 15 years, pulling out copper…
For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too
Maddie Cole in eighth grade stopped running cross country. She’d competed the year before, but the air quality in her native Sacramento was so bad…
What to know about the LA Fire Department’s budget | Climate Crisis News
As wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, devastating the Pacific Palisades and surrounding neighbourhoods, many people have taken to the internet to blame the destruction…
LA wildfires day 9: What’s the latest, who are victims and what’s next? | Climate Crisis News
Firefighters in Los Angeles County in the United States are preparing for another round of powerful winds as they continue to battle wildfires. The Palisades…
Where are the LA fires still burning, and why are they so destructive? | Climate Crisis News
More than a week into the wildfires in Los Angeles, the flames have already become the most destructive in the California county’s history and are…
Los Angeles fires exacerbate housing crisis, experts say
1 of 4 | Firefighters keep a home from burning on the Pacific Coast Highway as thousands of structures were reduced to rubble by four…
Firefighters battle to corral Los Angeles fires before strong winds return | Climate Crisis News
Firefighters continue to battle the raging wildfires that have killed 16 people in the Los Angeles area of California, as forecasters again warned of dangerous…
Fact check: LA fires drive falsehoods, including by Trump about water use | Climate Crisis News
President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Governor Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies…
Before and after photos show scale of destruction from LA wildfires | Climate Crisis News
The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area has risen to 16 as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze that threatens the…