The push will be supported by airstrikes from the US-led coalition bombing ISIS in Iraq and Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon (May 24, 2016) — A Kurdish-Arab alliance on Tuesday, May 24, announced the launch of a major assault against the Islamic State (ISIS) group north of the Syrian bastion of Raqa. Continue reading Kurdish-Arab forces announce anti-ISIS offensive north of Syria’s Raqa
Thousands of refugees and migrants are being moved to reception centers around the country
IDOMENI, Greece (May 24, 2016) — Hundreds of Greek police on Tuesday, May 24, began clearing the overcrowded Idomeni camp, a migrant flashpoint on the Macedonia border where thousands have been living in squalid conditions for more than 3 months. Continue reading Greece starts evacuating squalid Idomeni migrant camp
A local official says a wall inside the jade mine collapsed amid heavy rain
YANGON, Myanmar (May 24, 2016) — A landslide in Myanmar’s northern jade mining region has killed at least 12 people and many more are missing, officials said Tuesday, May 24, the latest deadly accident to hit the shadowy but lucrative industry. Continue reading 12 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
Researchers predict that average temperatures would climb by up to 9.5°C if all known reserves of oil, gas, and coal are burned
BONN, Germany (May 24, 2016) — Using up all known fossil fuel reserves would render Earth even more unliveable than scientists had previously projected, researchers said on Monday, May 23. Continue reading Burning all fossil fuels would scorch Earth
The World Health Organization’s Margaret Chan also warns that ‘failure to provide universal access to sexual and family planning services’ has exacerbated the crisis
GENEVA, Switzerland (May 24, 2016) — The spiraling crisis surrounding the Zika virus is due to decades of policy failures on mosquito control and poor access to family planning services, the World Health Organization said Monday, May 23. Continue reading Zika crisis fueled by ‘massive policy failure’
Oregon city’s education board will now insist on teaching that ‘the climate crisis is created by human beings’
May 24, 2016 — Schools in Portland, Oregon, have voted to abandon textbooks that “express doubt about the severity of the climate crisis or its root in human activities”. Continue reading Portland schools ditch textbooks that question climate change
The Islamic State says the attacks were in retaliation for Syrian regime and Russian air strikes
DAMASCUS, Syria (May 24, 2016) — More than 148 people were killed Monday, May 23, in bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Continue reading ISIS blasts in Syria regime heartland kill more than 148
Despite the fact that world health authorities have said for months that the mosquito species is the main vector for Zika, no Aedes aegypti carrying the virus had previously been found in the Americas
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (May 24, 2016) — Brazilian scientists said Monday, May 23, they have found the first hard evidence the Zika virus blamed for causing brain damage in hundreds of babies is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Continue reading Brazil confirms mosquito as Zika vector
Arctic would warm by as much as 20°C by 2300 with disastrous impacts if action is not taken on climate change, warns new study
May 23, 2016 — The planet would warm by searing 10°C if all fossil fuels are burned, according to a new study, leaving some regions uninhabitable and wreaking profound damage on human health, food supplies and the global economy. Continue reading World could warm by massive 10C if all fossil fuels are burned
Officials lift the evacuation order for several oil production sites north of Fort McMurray, but stop short of allowing production to resume
MONTREAL, Canada (May 23, 2016) — Officials on Sunday, May 22, lifted the evacuation order for several oil production sites north of Fort McMurray, the city threatened by massive Canadian wildfires, but stopped short of allowing production to resume. Continue reading Evacuation lifted for oil sites threatened by Canada fires