Despite repeated warnings and protest, the state of Oklahoma went ahead with its controversial use of untested lethal injection drugs on Tuesday night that resulted in the “horrific” death of convicted killer Clayton Lockett who “writhed” in pain, “clenched his teeth” and later died from a massive heart attack brougt on by the state-administered drugs. […]
An anti-choice bill targeting abortion providers passed through the GOP-controlled Louisiana legislature on Wednesday, raising fears that Louisiana will follow in the footsteps of other southern states by drastically cutting reproductive health care access. “Opponents are waging a stealth war on abortion, and it’s women and families who pay the price,” said Jennifer Dalven, director […]
As British Prime Minister David Cameron prepared for the announcement of a controversial new fracking law in the UK, Greenpeace activists gave the leader a taste of his own policy early Wednesday when they set up a mock fracking operation at his country estate. “David Cameron wants to rob people of their right to stop […]
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman is threatening a menacing ultimatum—continued airstrikes or full occupation—an Israeli military-owned radio station quoted him as saying on Sunday. The comments came hours after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched an airstrike on the Gaza strip in retaliation for what they said were projectiles fired from the Palestinian territory into […]
In the face of widespread opposition, Canada’s federal government on Tuesday gave the OK to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline. The nearly 1,200-kilometer pipeline would carry tar sands crude from Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia. CBC News reports that the project is “subject to 209 conditions recommended by the National Energy Board and further […]
“I was informed this afternoon that a member of the delegation travelling with me and @JanezLenarcic to Ethiopia last week has tested positive for coronavirus,” Borrell tweeted Tuesday night | Stephanie Lecocq/ AFP via Getty Images EU’s top diplomat Borrell, crisis boss Lenarčič to self-isolate Increasing number of quarantining senior EU figures raises questions about commissioners’ […]
A second German man is now being investigated as a potential U.S. informant, German paper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday. According to the report, officials from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Agency (BKA) and the public prosecutor’s office have searched the Berlin-area “residential and office premises of an employee of the Ministry of Defense, said to […]
GAZA CITY – As a result of over two weeks of Israeli bombardment, thousands of Palestinian civilians have fled their homes in the north of Gaza and sought refuge in schools run by the UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Among the worst affected are Gazan children who have been forced to live in […]
A middle-of-the-night breach of the tailings pond for an open-pit copper and gold mine in British Columbia sent a massive volume of toxic waste into several nearby waterways on Monday, leading authorities to issue a water-use ban. Slurry from Mount Polley Mine near Likely, B.C. breached the earthen dam around 3:45 am on Monday, with […]
Targeting everything from government offices and university research facilities to gas company headquarters and fracking sites, hundreds of concerned citizens across the United Kingdom on Monday unleashed a series of direct actions calling attention to the government-backed push to “frack the future” of the UK. The coordinated demonstrations kicked off a six-day “Reclaim the Power” […]