ÁVILA, Spain — The charred hills outside this historic city bear the marks of a summer firestorm that forced hundreds to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs. Crops were reduced to ash, homes were lost, and firefighters battled walls of flame for days. For Prime Minister
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — For years, climate.gov served as the nation’s most accessible climate science hub. Teachers, journalists, policymakers, and local governments relied on it for interactive maps, lesson plans, and clear explanations of complex data. By 2020, it had become one of the most visited federal science websites in
Bangkok, Thailand – Thailand was thrown into political turmoil on Friday when the Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ruling that a leaked phone call with Cambodia’s former leader had compromised her integrity and violated ethical standards. The decision removed her immediately from office, cutting short a premiership that
A divided country, disputed elections, and a fragile roadmap to stability UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 15 years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains caught between rival administrations, cycles of transitional governments, and a restless population pressing for long-promised national elections. This week, Hannah Tetteh, head of the UN
APIA, Samoa – August 2025: On August 29, Samoans will cast their votes in a snap general election, a contest that has become a referendum on the country’s ability to navigate overlapping crises. A collapse of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa’s government earlier this year set the stage for the
La Paz — Bolivia’s election this week did not deliver a clear winner. What it did deliver was a break from nearly 20 years of leftist dominance and a nation standing at the edge of profound change. The End of an Era Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, a centrist reformer, finished
