The United Nations climate talks in Dubai, aka COP28, may be in jeopardy over a draft deal on fossil fuels deemed "weak." / BBC News Young people around the world are holding their governments accountable for climate change inaction. / The Kid Should See This A day in the life
Citing incorrect analysis, the National Retail Federation retracts its claim that "organized retail crime" is to blame for nearly half of shrink losses. / CNBC See also: "Nearly one in seven shoppers admitted to having purposely stolen items at self-checkout, and nearly half of those said they
No surprise here, but scientists say 2023 will be the hottest year on record. / ABC News Jakarta is sinking, and what happens next could come down to one billionaire's plan to save the city—which would also rake in profits for one of his businesses. / Bloomberg The Electoral
Teenagers' math and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries, and Covid is only partly to blame. / Reuters The world's largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than 35 years. / CNBC The United States' first utility-scale
At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have passes to Dubai's COP28 climate talks. / Kick Big Polluters Out Jonathan Krishner: Washington's bipartisan hawkish consensus on China's hawkish intentions is wrong. / The Los Angeles Review of Books Related: Americans did the "China shock"
Young South Africans have a "love-hate relationship" with Nelson Mandela on the 10th anniversary of his death. / BBC News Mexican politicians find "a goldmine" among Swiftie fandoms on TikTok. / rest of world The United States breaks its record for the most mass shootings in a
While everyone's paying attention to Gaza, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is on the rise—and could lead to outright war. / Vox Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired ballistic missiles on multiple vessels, including a US warship, which shot down three drones. / Associated
Fighting has resumed between Israel and Hamas—the White House blames the ceasefire's end on Hamas's failure to produce a new list of hostages for release. / Reuters Gaza City officials accuse Israel of deliberately destroying its main public library, home to thousands of books and historical
US life expectancy has rebounded by more than a year, but still remains below 2020 levels. / Associated Press Following on yesterday's news about African cocoa producers, farms in Ghana that supply the Mars company have children as young as five harvesting cocoa beans. / CBS News Untold numbers of
Peru's glaciers are melting, forming high mountain lagoons that are trapping Peruvians' water reserves—should the lagoons overflow, widespread flooding may follow. / Reuters The COP28 president has been using his role at the climate summit to lobby foreign governments on oil and gas deals. / Center for Climate
