Giorno: 1 Giugno 2023

NYC Enacts ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’

New York Mayor Eric Adams has allowed a “Homeless Bill of Rights” to become law, a step supporters say will strengthen legal protections for the unhoused in a city struggling with a record number of people in its shelter system.

Climate change not to blame for triple-whammy cyclones, floods ravaging Italy: researchers

A rare, triple-whammy of cyclones drove the deadly flooding that devastated much of northern Italy this month, but scientists said Wednesday that climate change doesn’t seem to be to blame for the intense rainfall. Using computer simulations and past observations, a team of researchers looked for but found no evidence of human-caused warming behind the […]

Burma’s UN special envoy to resign in June

Noeleen Heyzer, the U.N. special envoy for conflict-torn Burma, will be leaving the job in June, the United Nations announced Wednesday. She took on the job in October 2021 following the military coup in February of that year that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and has led to widespread armed […]

Whatever happened to … Hong Kong pro-democracy protests?

The protests that began nearly four years ago in Hong Kong have all but died out. China, however, has gained power and influence in the region with its National Security Law and aggression toward Taiwan. “Throughout this century, Beijing has tried to impose stiffer and stiffer controls over Hong Kong. And throughout this century, the […]

Chile shuts down state-owned copper smelter after decades of pollution

Chile’s state-owned copper mining giant Codelco on Wednesday shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases and turning it, along with 15 other companies, into what environmentalists called a “sacrifice zone.” Eight years ago, the Chilean government declared that the three municipalities surrounding the bay — Quintero, Puchuncav?, […]