Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.
Month: August 2022
Referendum Seeks to Mend the Open Wound at Australia’s Heart
The new prime minister is seeking support for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament, even enlisting the backing of Shaquille O’Neal. Here’s what it would entail, and why it faces an uncertain path.
Pakistan Hit by Deadly Floods of ‘Epic Proportions’
More than 1,000 have died since mid-June from flooding that a senior official called a “climate-induced humanitarian disaster.”
Lessons Learned, Israel’s Unlikely Islamist Kingmaker Looks Ahead
Mansour Abbas, the first Arab politician to lead his party into an Israeli governing coalition, says the yearlong experiment was just a beginning.
Live Updates: Putin Offers More Incentives to Ukrainians in Russia
The decrees are the latest moves by the Kremlin that seem intended to integrate people who have been forced to leave Ukraine.
With Disaster Looming, Inspectors Set to Visit Ukraine Nuclear Plant
While Ukrainian officials began handing out iodine pills for radiation, the United Nations nuclear watchdog neared a plan to send a team of experts as early as next week.
Serbia’s Leader Cancels EuroPride. Organizers Say They Will Go Ahead Anyway.
The annual gay pride event was to take place in September in Belgrade. President Aleksandar Vucic said the timing was bad, citing “numerous problems” currently affecting the country.
Inspectors Set to Visit Besieged Ukrainian Nuclear Plant
Russia and Ukraine again accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant, as the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has assembled a team of experts to visit the facility amid concerns about a possible nuclear accident.
War Brings Ukraine’s Women New Roles and New Dangers
Women have become an all-important force in the fight. But even as they mobilize, they are increasingly bearing the worst of the conflict.
This Is Not the Monkeypox That Doctors Thought They Knew
The patients turning up at clinics often have a range of symptoms that are not typical of the infection. Some of the infected seem to have no symptoms at all.