October 2, 2023
The police in South Korea on Wednesday accused 17 American soldiers and five other people of distributing or using synthetic marijuana that had been brought into the country through the U.S. military’s postal service. The police said they had not arrested any of the soldiers, but that they had asked prosecutors to file charges against
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Protesters changing “Libya! Libya!” called on authorities to expedite their investigation into the disaster, for the UN to set up an office in Derna, for the urgent reconstruction of the city and for compensation for those affected by the flood. Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed thousands,
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U.S. military officials have called for an end to the escalating civil war in Syria over concerns that it could lead to a resurgence of ISIS, while critics accuse some regional leaders — including those in Iran — of leaning on “ethnic” tensions to drive the fighting. “Operation Inherent Resolve continues to closely monitor events
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Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accused the Kremlin’s forces of targeting rescue workers as the death toll from two Russian missile strikes that slammed into residential buildings in the downtown area of a Ukrainian city climbed to seven. The dead in the Monday evening strikes in the city of Pokrovsk were five civilians, one rescuer and
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US Attorney’s Office Charges FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried on witness tampering and asked a federal judge to issue an order barring the former billionaire and other parties from making public statements that could interfere with a fair trial. On Thursday, prosecutors wrote to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan citing a New York Times article titled
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Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of planning an impending attack on one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants. In a video message on Tuesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said information from Ukrainian intelligence officials indicates that “the Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units.”
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Lenders and analysts are increasingly blaming the IMF for dead ends between debt-strapped countries such as Zambia and Sri Lanka and their creditors, saying the fund’s approach is too complex and incoherent. Ahead of a pivotal Paris summit this week, critics also took aim at the IMF’s reluctance to publicly criticize China, by far the
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Dana Drugmand is an environmental journalist specializing in reporting on climate change and climate change responsibility. She writes regularly for DeSmog, covering topics such as the fossil fuel industry’s opposition to climate change action, climate change lawsuits, greenwashing and false climate solutions, and green transportation. Originally posted on DeSmog. Paleoclimatologist Kathy Whitlock took part in
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Tuesday’s drone strike on Moscow further demonstrated the spread of the war in Ukraine to the Russian capital, drawing attention to the city’s air defenses and the Kremlin’s attempts to adapt to a new type of conflict. Since the 1980s, Moscow has been surrounded by integrated air defense system known as Amurwhich was designed to
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