Overnight News Digest: Climate change and extreme floods in Germany
Are extreme floods the new normal for Germany?Deutsche VelleCommunities across southern Germany have been forced to evacuate, and many have issued states of emergency as severe flooding hit the region...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Netanyahu: Deadly strike in Rafah a mistake
Deadly strike on Rafah a tragic mishap, Netanyahu saysBBCIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the strike which killed scores of displaced Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday was a "tragic...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Helicopter carrying Iran president crashes in mountains
Helicopter carrying Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi crashes in mountainsThe Guardian, InternationalA helicopter carrying the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, and his foreign minister crashed on a fog-covered...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Wildfires in Canada and floods in Africa
British Columbia ‘extremely concerned’ as wildfire threatens to destroy townThe GuardianOfficials in western Canada were bracing for “volatile wildfire activity” on Monday as an out-of-control blaze,...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Nearly 10 million people in central US under severe...
Nearly 10 million people in central US under threat of severe weather, agency warnsThe Guardian, USMillions of people in the central US could see powerful storms on Monday including long-track...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Scroll recounts Plato's final hours
Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ashThe Guardian, InternationalNewly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: US House advances aid package toward Saturday vote
US House advances $95 billion Ukraine-Israel package toward Saturday voteReutersWASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a $95 billion legislative package on Friday...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge...
FBI opens investigation into Baltimore bridge collapseBBCThe FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Baltimore bridge collapse, sources familiar with the matter told the BBC's US partner...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Total eclipse of the sun
NASA Leans Into Solar Eclipse With 3 Rocket Launches: Here's What's Up With ThatC/NETWe're just hours away from North America's last total solar eclipse until 2044, and as we prepare to look to the...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Abortion on November ballot in Florida
Florida court clears the way for ballot measure on abortion rights – while granting 6-week banUSA TodayAbortion will officially be on the ballot in Florida this fall, after the state's Supreme Court on...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: 'Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront'
Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfrontBBCWho wouldn't want a house on the beach? For some on Israel's far-right, desirable beachfront now includes the sands of Gaza.Just ask Daniella...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Gaza's catastrophic food shortage continues
Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor saysReutersCAIRO/JERUSALEM/LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: 2024...the warmest February on record
We Just Saw the Warmest February on Record, and It's Following a TrendC/NETLast year, we experienced both the hottest summer and the hottest year on record, and 2024 isn't showing any chill either....
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Setback for hopes of life on Jupiter moon
Setback for hopes of life as Nasa says less oxygen on Jupiter moon than thoughtThe GuardianNew research suggests there’s less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa than thought – and that...
View ArticleWhat can the US do to bring the Israel-Hamas war to an end.
I’m beginning feel like a salesperson for Talking Point Memo, but today I found an excellent essay by Josh Marshall offering ideas that make sense to me. Although I visit the site daily, sometimes I...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Who will call me dad?
Who will call me Dad? Tears of Gaza father who lost 103 relativesBBCAhmad al-Ghuferi missed the bomb that obliterated his family. When 103 relatives were killed in a strike on their family home in...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Presidents Day
In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close callNPRPresident Biden is in a tight race to keep former President Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House, recent polls show....
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Why US economy is plowing ahead of Europe
Why US economy is powering ahead of Europe'sBBCWhile countries around the world have struggled to recover from the economic setbacks brought on by the pandemic, one has emerged particularly strong.With...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Abortion and Medicaid return to court in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania case challenging ban on Medicaid abortions back in courtThe Guardian, USPennsylvania’s supreme court ruled on Monday that a lower court must hear a case challenging a ban on the use of...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Germany pushes back against Nazis in their government
Germany's AfD could lose funds for anti-democratic behaviorDeutsche WelleGermany in January 2024: The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has...
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