Summary: Launched at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, the Al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth charter, has been drafted by leading Islamic eco-theologians and practitioners from around the world. The term…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells,…
A recent study conducted by researchers at Columbia University has uncovered a new genetic variant that may offer protection against Alzheimer's disease for individuals at high risk. The study found…
The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year's Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than…
Summary: In a new report, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s international development agency, has identified ecocide law and the rights of nature as key "levers" for reshaping the world’s…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A third set of remains with a gunshot wound has been found at Tulsa cemetery in the search for graves of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, according…
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the…
The country's Indigenous peoples and environmental movement are mobilizing to hold the government to account August 1, 2024 | Kevin Koenig | Eye on the Amazon August 20 will mark…
Our communities are made richer when we take good care of our children and each other. That means parents should have the support they need to work, rest, spend time…
The Wall Street Journal reporter and others were freed in a prisoner swap in Turkey in the most far-reaching exchange between Russia and the West in decades. Updated Aug. 1,…