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China, Russia, Cuba elected to UN Human Rights Council; Eli Lilly COVID-19...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.China, Russia and Cuba were among the countries elected Tuesday to the UN Human Rights Council, as Saudi...
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Why Africa has seen such low COVID-19 death rates
As the threat of the coronavirus pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when COVID-19 reached Africa. Concerns over the combination of...
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Environmental groups work to mobilize Black and Latinx voters
Research shows Black and Latinx voters are generally more likely than white voters to list the environment and climate as top concerns. Yet, often due to voting obstacles, Black and especially Latinx...
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COVID-19 is trouble for coal miners struggling with black lung disease
Appalachian miners who experience the debilitating, terminal condition known as black lung disease have to fight to get the care and government support they need, even in the best of times. Now, the...
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New app helps Inuit adapt to changing climate: ‘It’s time for the harpoon and...
Mick Appaqaq has been going out onto the rugged, isolated land around the Hudson Bay since he was little. Appaqaq lives in the town of Sanikiluaq, on Flaherty Island, one of the thousands of small...
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How would a Justice Amy Coney Barrett rule on the environment?
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's latest nominee to the Supreme Court, is an acolyte of the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. At age 48, she would become the...
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What Germany can teach the US about quitting coal
This story was originally published by InsideClimate News.In Lusatia, there is a saying: “God created the beautiful landscape, and the devil put the coal underneath it.”For generations, this region in...
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Wildfire shuts down major US transportation corridor, signaling yet more...
Interstate I-70 is an engineering marvel that crosses the Rocky Mountains, linking East to West. Earlier this summer, the highway was closed for two weeks because of the Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood...
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France grieves victims of Nice church knife attack; Greta moves protests...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said that the country is in a war against Islamists and can...
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Beavers bring rich biodiversity back to Devon, England
UK officials have confirmed that a five-year beaver reintroduction pilot program in England was a success and the first beavers to live in England for centuries will be allowed to stay.The Eurasian...
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US election could have profound effect on Bolsonaro's Brazil
Fires hit the Amazon hard this year — the worst in a decade.Recently, the Karipuna tribe in the Brazilian state of Rondônia faced severe devastation on their land. Photographs show a burned and charred...
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US presidential election remains nail-biter to 270; Washington pulls out of...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.As voting officials in the US continue to count millions of remaining ballots from Tuesday’s hotly contested...
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Rapid ice melt and sea-level rise will be part of our global future — no...
As the planet continues to warm, the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are melting faster and faster, adding to sea-level rise. Scientists say even if the Paris climate agreement goals are met,...
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Images of Canada's coastal wolves help promote ocean conservation efforts
On the Pacific Coast beaches of Canada’s British Columbia province, there are packs of wolves that roam the coastline, eating fish and other seafood.“You notice as soon as you see them that they are an...
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Coronavirus case totals surge with colder temperatures; More foreign leaders...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continues to soar in the US, Europe and elsewhere,...
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World leaders talking to Biden about the virus, other issues
Even as US President Donald Trump continues to refuse the results of the US election, world leaders spoke to President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday about cooperating on the coronavirus pandemic, climate...
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Paris agreement gets ‘new lease on life’ under Biden, climate advocates say
Climate policy experts around the world have been letting out sighs of relief in the days since the US election. In just two months, a president who once called global warming a hoax will be replaced...
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A queer nature photographer on the great outdoors and hiking in 6-inch heels
Growing up as a queer person, photographer Wyn Wiley was often told the great outdoors is for everybody, but only if you look and act a certain way. Now, he works to break down this barrier.His drag...
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Hurricane Iota lashes Central America; Trump considered Iran strike options;...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Hurricane Iota made landfall Monday in Nicaragua as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155...
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Coronavirus pandemic worsens with onset of cold weather; Report suggests...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The United States has surpassed 250,000 deaths from the coronavirus — the highest death toll by far in the...
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