Swiss reject right-wing plan to cut licence fee for public broadcaster
More than 60% voters said they wanted to keep the current licence fee levels, initial projections show.
How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits
Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ
By rolling back a bedrock climate legal determination, the Trump administration has undercut its attacks on a groundbreaking state climate accountability law, green groups have argued in court.
Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to kill a first-of-its-kind 2024 Vermont “climate superfund” policy requiring major polluters to pay for damages caused by their past planet-heating pollution, partly on the grounds that that federal law, not state law, governs greenhouse gas emissions. But last month, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed the endangerment finding, the scientific determination giving federal officials the authority to control those very pollutants.
Continue reading...Explosion at US embassy in Oslo may have been terrorism, Norway police say
Police say they are investigating other motives after the blast caused minor damage to the embassy building.
White House worries as gas prices jump amid ongoing US-Israel war on Iran
US drivers are largely insulated from higher oil prices caused by Middle East turmoil – but only to a point
Across the US, the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline has jumped nearly 27 cents in a week, to $3.25, and American consumers are bracing for higher prices at the gas pump as the US-Israel conflict with Iran threatens to disrupt the global oil supply.
That fear has entered the White House too, where Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is reportedly hunting for ideas to lower gasoline prices and officials are getting “screamed at” to bring good news, according to Politico.
Continue reading...Photos: These bold women stand up for justice, rights … and freedom – NPR
- Photos: These bold women stand up for justice, rights ... and freedom NPR
- International Women’s Day march fights for women’s rights and equality Live 5 News
- European leaders react to International Women's Day Euronews.com
- Photos show women marking International Women’s Day SFGATE
- International Women’s Day 2026 celebrated around the world USA Today
Tehran residents warned of acid rain after oil storage attack – Financial Times
- Tehran residents warned of acid rain after oil storage attack Financial Times
- Live Updates: Iran Says It’s Close to Naming New Supreme Leader as Attacks on Infrastructure Grow The New York Times
- Live Updates: Israeli strikes oil facilities in Tehran as Iranian president vows more attacks on U.S. targets CBS News
- Iran war: What is happening on day nine of US-Israel attacks? Al Jazeera
- Israel hits Iran's oil depots as clerics say consensus reached on Ayatollah successor WBUR
Iran’s new supreme leader has been selected, says deciding body
Israel says it will target any figure chosen to succeed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes
The body in charge of selecting a new supreme leader for Iran says it has reached a decision – although the name was not immediately announced.
Israel has warned it would target any figure chosen to replace Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on the first day of the war with Iran.
Continue reading...UAE says Iran has fired 16 ballistic missiles and 117 drones in new barrages – Politico
- UAE says Iran has fired 16 ballistic missiles and 117 drones in new barrages Politico
- Iran names Ayatollah Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as new supreme leader: Media reports CNBC
- How Each Gulf Country Is Intercepting Iranian Missiles and Drones WIRED
- Iran war's targets widen into civilian infrastructure and Saudi Arabia reports first deaths Click2Houston
- Iranian missiles intercepted over Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain sirens Al Jazeera
UK does not ‘agree with Trump on every issue’ – Cooper
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran.
Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win – The New York Times
- Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win The New York Times
- Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal's ex-PM as he heads for victory BBC
- Ex-rapper Balendra Shah set to be Nepal PM after party’s landslide election win The Guardian
- A new Nepali party, led by an ex-rapper, is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election NPR
- Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah’s RSP heads for poll landslide in Nepal Al Jazeera
‘How is he going to have the time?’ NIH staff voice concern as Bhattacharya takes on CDC role
Scientists fear NIH director will be even more absent and leave key issues unresolved as he takes interim CDC lead
As Jay Bhattacharya temporarily takes the lead at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), employees at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where Bhattacharya is the permanent director, fear his attention will falter even more as critical issues at the research agency go unaddressed.
Bhattacharya first rose to prominence as a fierce opponent to Covid mitigations and has become a close ally of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary. Under their oversight, NIH has sharply curtailed the funds it awards to researchers, especially studies involving race and gender, while some employees faced hiring freezes and increased health expenses at the agency.
Continue reading...Will UN plans to transform the way it works ‘throw equality under the bus’?
Many of those attending the world’s largest meeting on women’s rights in New York this week are primed to defend the two key UN agencies that protect women and girls around the world
Thousands of international delegates are gathering in New York this week for the world’s largest meeting on women’s rights. The United Nation’s annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is an opportunity for government ministers, UN officials, NGO representatives and activists to discuss the global state of gender equality and women’s empowerment. This year, there will be a strong focus on “ensuring and strengthening access to justice”.
But as senior UN figures urge countries to intensify their efforts to achieve gender equality, many of the delegates will be asking whether the UN is at risk of diluting its own commitment to women and girls.
Continue reading...Iran president apologizes for attacks on neighbors, mocks Trump’s call for ‘unconditional surrender’ – Fox News
- Iran president apologizes for attacks on neighbors, mocks Trump’s call for ‘unconditional surrender' Fox News
- Iran sends first significant message of de-escalation, but with a major caveat CNN
- Why are Iranian leaders sending mixed messages on Gulf attacks? Al Jazeera
- Iran's president apologizes for strikes on neighbors as strikes pound their cities NPR
- Iran vows it won't surrender as war with the U.S. and Israel enters second week CNBC
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: The Spine of a Militarized State – The New York Times
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: The Spine of a Militarized State The New York Times
- The guards rise again: the force still shaping Iran Financial Times
- Who is Ahmad Vahidi, the IRGC’s new commander? Al Jazeera
- What to know about Iran's Revolutionary Guard, a powerful force within the country's theocracy AP News
- Argentina bombing suspect now leader of IRGC The Jerusalem Post
Princess Eugenie steps down as patron of anti-slavery charity
Decision follows release of Epstein files that have disgraced her father, the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Princess Eugenie has stepped down as patron of the UK charity Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest human rights organisation.
The decision follows the release by the US Department of Justice of millions of documents and emails relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s role in sexual abuse and trafficking women around the world, which have disgraced her father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Continue reading...Iranian projectiles continue to strike Gulf countries; Tehran says new leader appointed – CNBC
Time for a change: British Columbia decides to keep daylight saving time permanently
Most residents of Canadian province wanted change for years – Trump’s unneighbourly rhetoric helped seal the deal
Since 1918, the clocks in Creston, a town in eastern British Columbia, ran an hour ahead of nearby communities for half the year. For the other six months, they slipped back into sync. Not because the town changed them but because its neighbours changed back and forth from daylight saving time.
Creston was an outlier: a community that effectively created its own time zone. But when residents in most parts of the province shift their clocks forward on Sunday, they will be doing it for the last time – and permanently joining Creston for the first time in nearly 70 years.
Continue reading...BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans
Self-styled ‘punk’ beer company bought land in 2020, pledging to plant Scotland’s ‘biggest ever forest’
The self-styled “punk” beer company BrewDog sold its Highland estate for a knockdown price after abandoning its efforts to plant Scotland’s “biggest ever forest” there.
BrewDog’s co-founder James Watt claimed its Lost Forest project at Kinrara in the Cairngorms national park would cover a “staggering area” and capture tens of millions of tonnes of CO2 during its lifetime.
Continue reading...“Cuba will fall very soon,” says Trump as Shield of the Americas alliance created – Euronews.com
- "Cuba will fall very soon," says Trump as Shield of the Americas alliance created Euronews.com
- Trump Assembles a New Coalition to ‘Eradicate’ Cartels The New York Times
- Trump Encourages Latin American Leaders to Use Military Action to Help US Fight Cartels Military.com
- Noem thanks Trump for new Shield of the Americas special envoy role after DHS ouster Fox News
- President Trump Participates in Shield of the Americas Summit | Video C-SPAN.org