Protesters face off against riot police in Hong Kong. Sunday saw the city’s largest protest ever, opposing a controversial bill to make extraditions to China easier. Thanks to the climate crisis, we can look forward to a significant expansion of dengue fever. See also: To reduce your arachnophobia or
A helicopter crashed on top of a midtown Manhattan building yesterday, killing the pilot. Officials say there's no indication of a terror threat. Mexico's foreign minister says there is no secret immigration deal, despite what Trump has claimed. Photos of tens of thousands of travelers entering
Trump calls off tariffs on Mexican goods following news that the US and Mexico have negotiated an agreement on immigration enforcement, details of which have yet to be announced. Photos from yesterday's second line for Dr. John in New Orleans. Any criticism can be dismissed as an attempt
Ahead of Trump's Monday tariff deadline, Mexico has arrested two caravan organizers and will send 6,000 national guard troops to its southern border in order to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants. Additionally, Mexico and the US are discussing changes to asylum rules, including a requirement that
A new report, modeling future scenarios based on existing research, says the climate crisis may pose a doomsday scenario as soon as 2050. Related: How many Americans will die in major cities as a result of the climate crisis and in what fashion. A report from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the world’
At least 60 people are dead after troops attacked pro-democracy protesters in Sudan's capital Khartoum. The UN’s deputy high commissioner for human rights says a recent global rise in illiberalism has a single source: Donald Trump. Related: Pompeo made a big statement on Tiananmen and the
It’s been 30 years since the massacre in Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong maintains its annual vigil. In a rare acknowledgement from the Chinese government, a minister actually defends the killings of hundreds or perhaps thousands of unarmed protesters. Answers from inside Venezuela to uncomfortable questions about a suffering nation.
A Virginia Beach city employee shot and killed 12 at a municipal center. It's the deadliest US attack since the November 2018 shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Federal prosecutors have disregarded a judge's order to make public transcripts of conversations between Michael Flynn and Russia'
Trump says he’ll impose tariffs on all Mexican imports—an old, favorite threat—unless Mexico prevents migrants from reaching the US border. In West Texas, the folks crossing the border illegally are Americans, returning from doctor appointments. Markets show fears of a global recession as the China-US trade
Speaking publicly about the Russia investigation, Robert Mueller states the special counsel's report did not exonerate Trump: "If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so." Joining Mississippi, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky, and Missouri, Louisiana passes a
