For the past three years, Sainte Croix Hospital, a rural 90-bed medical facility south of Haiti’s capital with the only maternity and neonatal wards for miles, has endured almost every…
Before Covid-19, Nicolas Rimoldi had never attended a protest. But somewhere along the pandemic's long and tortuous road, which saw his native Switzerland imposing first one lockdown, then another, and…
Sinéad O'Connor lost her 17-year-old son, Shane, last week after the teen died by suicide Sinéad O'Connor has been hospitalized following the disappearance and death by suicide of her teenage…
Giraffe numbers are 20 percent higher than in 2015, an increase linked to conservation efforts and more accurate survey data. Giraffe numbers have increased across Africa, new research shows, a…
Everyone laments the vanishing of the Dead Sea. Yet discussions, articles and forecasts of decades ago show that every stage of the sea’s demise was actually anticipated in advance “Anyone…
International justice for war crimes is often too little and too late for its victims. In the case of Bashar al-Assad, the UN’s Security Council has repeatedly failed to refer…
New analysis based on ash from volcanic cataclysm dates an early human found at Omo, Ethiopia, to 233,000 years, supporting the ‘early evolution’ theory for Homo sapiens When did modern…
For victims of Syria’s decadelong war – including 6.6 million people in exile – a verdict in a German courtroom Jan. 13 brings hope of someday healing their society. A…
Suspected Russian hackers leave message warning: ‘Ukrainians … be afraid and expect worse’ Ukraine has been hit by a “massive” cyber-attack, with the websites of several government departments including the…
Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on January 3, 2022 How can the arts play a role in addressing the global climate crisis? A December 2021 exhibit at the Ceres Gallery…