Robert Sflipped into Politics3 days agoNations reach accord to protect marine life on high seasAssociated Press - Christina Larson And Patrick WhittleWASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas - representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws. The U.N. Convention …
Robert Sflipped into Politics3 days agoEx-CIA director warns about a possible second Trump presidencyverified_publisherCNNFormer US defense secretary and ex-CIA director Leon Panetta joins CNN's Jim Acosta to discuss the possibility of another Trump presidency.
Robert Sflipped into Energy & Environment3 days agoSchools struggle with lead-contaminated water while awaiting federal reliefPBS NewsHour - Katheryn Houghton, Kaiser Health NewsPHILIPSBURG, Mont. — On a recent day in this 19th-century mining town turned tourist hot spot, students made their way into the Granite High School …
Robert Sflipped into Biotech & Medicine2 days agoExperts weigh medical advances in gene-editing with ethical dilemmasverified_publisherNPR - Rob SteinHundreds of scientists, doctors, bioethicists, patients, and others started gathering in London Monday for the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing. The summit this week will debate and possibly issue recommendations about the thorny issues raised by powerful new gene-editing …
Robert Sflipped into Politics3 days agoBelarus Sentences Exiled Opposition Leader to 15 Years in Prisonverified_publisherThe New York Times - Matthew Mpoke BiggA court in Belarus has sentenced the country’s main exiled opposition leader in absentia to 15 years in prison, the state news agency, Belta, said on Monday, as the government continues to clamp down on dissent following an election in 2020 whose results were widely derided as fraudulent. The …
Robert Sflipped into Society2 days agoSupreme Court allows atheists’ lawsuit against Florida city over prayer vigil to continueverified_publisherCNN - Tierney SneedCNN — The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal brought by a Florida city that was sued by individuals who argued it had violated the Constitution when it held a prayer vigil in 2014 in response to a local shooting. The city of Ocala, Florida, had asked the Supreme Court to intervene …
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