Britain’s jail crisis deepens as number of lags being recalled to prison hits record high
A RECORD number of lags are being recalled to prison in another damning sign that the justice system is failing.One in five of the sentenced…
Humanitarian Crisis Persists in DR Congo As Calm Returns to Goma
As calm returns to North Kivu, the provincial capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian conditions remain critical for thousands of displaced…
Sudan scene of world’s worst humanitarian crisis: African Union | Sudan war News
Conflict hampering delivery of aid to a population suffering attacks and threat of famine.The civil war in Sudan has created the “worst humanitarian crisis in…
Newsom meets with Trump to move past the ‘noise’ of the election
WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s official reason for visiting Washington this week was to shore up federal disaster aid in response to the Los Angeles County wildfires.But…
UN Urges Swift Action to Protect Women Amid Worsening Crisis in DR Congo
The humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached alarming levels, with women and girls disproportionately affected by escalating violence,…
Bhutan’s climate crisis | Climate
101 East visits Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom struggling with the climate crisis.As the world’s first carbon-negative country, Bhutan absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits.…
Lost Homes, Lingering Trauma: The Mental Health Crisis Among Nigeria’s Displaced
The first attack on the Mai Ido, a small settlement in Kachia, Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria, started around 11 a.m. in April 2022. That morning,…
A Democratic Party in crisis will elect its new chairman on Saturday
NEW YORK — The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party seeks new leadership to guide Democrats through President Trump’s…
'This is a crisis, we need to be screaming it now' – Idris Elba on his battle to end knife crime
For six years he's campaigned to stop kids from killing each other with knives, now the actor is begging the whole country to get behind…
Idris Elba reveals acting saved him from joining gangs and selling drugs as he slams knife crime crisis in new BBC doc – The Sun
HE’S best known as the Hollywood A-list actor behind gritty homicide detective Luther - who spent five series hunting down fictional sadistic killers in bloody…
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…