No ifs, ands, or butts about this board
A stand up paddle board made of 12,000 cigarette butts is being used to clean up Beirut’s shores....
Amnesty accuses Hong Kong police of arbitrary arrests, torture
Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police on Friday of torture and other abuses in their handling of more than three months of pro-democracy protests, but...
Belgian F-16 crash pilot left hanging from power line
A Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed in northwestern France on Thursday, leaving one pilot who ejected to safety dangling from a high-voltage electricity line....
War of words escalates over Saudi Aramco oil attacks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the UAE from Saudi Arabia on Thursday for talks with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, as tensions grew...
U.S. settles with machinery and engineering companies over Clean Air Act violations
The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency reached a $47 million settlement with Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co...
Humberto weakens to category 2 Atlantic hurricane: U.S. NHC
Humberto has weakened to a category 2 Atlantic hurricane and is expected to become a powerful extra-tropical cyclone later on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane...
Montenegro scraps plan for new coal power plant on environment worries
Montenegro has scrapped plans to add a 254 megawatt (MW) unit at the Pljevlja coal-fired power plant, becoming the first Western Balkan nation to take...
Amazon vows to being carbon neutral by 2040; will buy 100,000 EVs
Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday committed the online retailer to being carbon neutral by 2040 and said it would order 100,000...
Hurricane Jerry forms in the Atlantic: U.S. NHC
Hurricane Jerry has formed in the Atlantic and is expected to strengthen during the next day before some weakening begins this weekend, the U.S. National...
UK Supreme Court to rule next week on PM Johnson’s suspension of parliament
Britain’s Supreme Court aims to deliver its ruling early next week on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament for five...