Joe Neguse hopes to be assistant speaker in the next Congress
The Colorado congressman is running unopposed for the leadership post and would be the youngest lawmaker ever to hold it
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The Colorado congressman is running unopposed for the leadership post and would be the youngest lawmaker ever to hold it
UNSW engineers have identified a number of chemicals that may merit closer scrutiny to ensure water utility companies and regulators can make informed decisions about the management of biosolids.
The Philippines does not need another political savior. It needs an integrity dividend.
Republicans in Florida narrowly held off a nationwide repudiation Tuesday of their party and President Donald Trump, eking out slim victories in statewide races. But the GOP failed to flip congressional seats Democrats held and lost seats in the Legislature. Voters elected Republ
Chris Hyde/Getty Images The Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) reaches its semi-finals this weekend, in a tournament that’s been marked by upsets , nail-biting finishes and some lopsided scorelines . On Saturday in Newcastle, New Zealand’s Kiwi Ferns face Fetu Samoa in the women’s com
Israeli settlers have set fire to olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers in the village of Burqa, near Ramallah.
Editor’s note: *Cambodian fishers who spoke to Mongabay asked that pseudonyms be used, fearing reprisals. BANGKOK, Thailand — Sand mining vessels were once a familiar sight to residents of Koh Sralao, a fishing village in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province. But it had been a decade sin
With Democrats set to control the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives come 2027, Zelensky said Ukraine now has "increased chances" of securing additional aid.
The appointment completes the 29-year-old Latin Grammy winner's journey from the Veracruz coffee town of Coatepec to an artistic leaderhip role for one of the world's premier orchestras.
Causal explanations offer cover for creeps
The move comes after months of criticism over his handling of sexual harassment allegations in the House.
An Algonquin environmental activist says the Carney government’s priorities are misplaced when it comes to...
El único condado de California que tiene problemas para contar las papeletas es Shasta, cuya oficina electoral está dirigida por Clint Curtis, uno de los negacionistas de las elecciones de Trump.
The headline of Israel’s October 27 election was supposed to be a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu. Instead, the most consequential result came from the fifth of the country that Israeli politics has spent decades treating as a spectator. The Joint List and Ra’am won 19 of the Kn
An elderly woman has been jailed for 20 days and fined HK$3,000 over a fight in a Kwun Tong shopping mall, in which she was filmed slapping a child. Leung Lai-ha and co-defendants Xu Yang and Ng Ka-wun appeared at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday. They faced charges of f
Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.
The governor described the establishment of state police as a critical step towards strengthening security, protecting investments and sustaining the state’s growing economic activities
State of the Union: U.S. stocks registered steep declines Thursday.
Unpacking the rebuttal for the appeal to the Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal approval for the Equinix data centres near the airport raises more questions than answers.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña tendered his resignation on Thursday, cornered by the collapse of Ueno Bank, but minutes later the Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted to impeach him, in an attempt to prevent him from taking up a lifetime Senate seat with immunity from prosec
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the fallout from the 2026 midterm elections, the possibility of Woke 2.0, and the 2017 film The Death of Stalin.
Rep. Senfronia Thompson, a Houston Democrat, and Rep. Eddie Morales Jr., D-Eagle Pass, have both announced their intentions.
On November 2, several dozen people gathered outside a private home in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv. Claims had circulated earlier on social media that armed individuals were holding about 40 people against their will in the basement and torturing them. T
The new senator from Michigan will face an uphill battle if he wants to transform the U.S. relationship with Israel. But he has options — and public pressure.
In 2008, Barack Obama won a landslide victory and enormous mandate, only to quickly squander it. Today the Democratic establishment is far more delegitimized, and the Left is far stronger. History doesn’t have to repeat itself.
Tucked away in a small cemetery in the Cape Breton community of Englishtown lies the grave of Angus MacAskill, better known as the Giant MacAskill or the Cape Breton Giant, a man whose extraordinary height and strength brought him international fame during the 19th century. Born
[Ghanaian Times] Ghanahas been urged to remove barriers to the permanent return of Africans in the diaspora and establish practical support systems to enable them to settle, invest and contribute to national development.
How a shuttle bus ended up in a ditch off Highway 39 near Mackenzie, BC, is still largely unknown.
At a small store in Stockholm, there’s a discount if you pay with bad breath. In fact, they’ll give you everything you need: toothpaste, a toothbrush, flossers, and more all for free—provided your breath is sufficiently rancid. Jokes aside, the Swedish oral care company The Humbl
Democrats achieved long-sought “trifectas” in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. They have big plans for climate action.
Researchers are looking to butterflies in the search for coatings without harmful, chemical-based pigments
A study of 1,500 facilities in the US found small employment gains in supporting services.
The Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing annex, currently under negotiation, has profound implications for dependency and health sovereignty in South and Southeast Asia.
October’s spotlight on Big Tech and Authoritarianism explored a range of relationships between tech companies and political actors across the global majority.
The staff at Erik’s Ranch & Retreats has a saying: Sheets, towels and lives changed daily. Erik’s Ranch is a guest retreat where autistic people are concierges, guides, wranglers, cooks and more. Located on 230 acres of pristine pasture and wilderness near Livingston, Montana, th
As part of a last-ditch effort to be profitable, MAGA Energy submitted out-of-date documents to secure a transfer of more oil and gas wells. The regulator approved the deal anyway
Rising water levels in the Danube allow authorities to reconnect one of two nuclear reactors to the national grid after a three-month shutdown.
Labor disputes and unionization in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry highlight growing worker discontent over the unequal distribution of profits from the AI boom.
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Become a member and support our work here. In September, CBS News obtained new images of the aftermath of attacks on US bases in the Middle East from active service members. One to
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A newly FDA-cleared treatment for PTSD reported 68 percent remission in clinical trials. The best-performing approved medications for the condition top out at around 10.9 percent. The treatment, called Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT), was
Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), an international team led by Leiden University has produced the sharpest and most sensitive radio image of the sky ever made at low radio frequencies. The image reveals almost 63,000 radio sources, such as active galactic nuclei and star-for
Parliament's approval lays the groundwork for further Turkish involvement in Saudi Arabia's conflict with the Houthis.
It’s over for MAGA
Median forecasts rise in surveys by Banxico and Citi, with 2027 growth seen near 1.9% and year-end inflation just under 4%.
This newly proven playbook for market absorption could serve heavily as market strategies for upcoming mega-public offerings
Former Cross River PDP chairman Venatius Ikem questions the party’s ability to challenge the APC in 2027, describing its structures as fragmented and its Wike-backed presidential candidate, Sandy Onor, as politically invisible.
Attending the 30th Ibero-American Summit, Zelensky said the funds will help bolster Ukrainian air defenses as Russian strikes pummel Ukrainian transportation and energy infrastructure.
In interviews with the DA’s federal leader Ashor Sarupen, ActionSA’s Funzi Ngobeni and the ANC’s deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, we assess the future of Johannesburg’s governance as the results start to land.
The Republican Party’s heavy losses in the US midterm elections may look like good news for Beijing. However, Chinese commentators warn that Donald Trump, now forced to compromise with a Democrat-controlled Congress, could turn more hawkish on China – particularly over Taiwan mat
The Institute for Free Speech argues that the measure circumvents the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and violates organizations' First Amendment rights.
This is Part 1 in a two-part series on Nigerian waterleaf. Part 2 will be published soon. “These are the ones that survived the rain,” Enono Koka said, gesturing at a patch of short, spindly waterleaf plants across her large farm in downtown Calabar, in southern Nigeria’s Cross R
Wednesday’s incident on Taylor Street follows similar paintball gun attacks Monday near UIC and last week in Lakeview.
As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.
Sergey Mulivanov, a 59-year-old activist with the Latvian Russian Union who moved to Russia two years ago, was charged with fraud and sent to fight in the war against Ukraine, his lawyer, relatives, and acquaintances told the news outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti.
[Ghanaian Times] THE Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has called for practical job opportunities for graduates of the One Million Coders Programme to ensure that the digital skills they acquire translate into employment, business opportunities and innovation.
Roberts, who will be the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, and other new Democratic leaders in the Colorado Senate vowed to repair the rift in the caucus