Mounds of food waste piled in view of the Eiffel Tower. Small cobblestone streets lined with overflowing garbage bins. The bank of the Seine skirted by heaps of trash. For more than a week now, garbage workers in parts of Paris and other cities across France have been on strike, protesting President Emmanuel Macron’s plan […]
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How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
When the Agriculture Department finished its calculations last month, the findings were startling: 2022 was a disaster for upland cotton in Texas, the state where the coarse fiber is primarily grown and then sold around the globe in the form of tampons, cloth diapers, gauze pads and other products. In the biggest loss on record, […]
South Africa and Russia Are Old Friends. A War Isn’t Going to Change That.
JOHANNESBURG — Ships, sailors and soldiers from Russia and China have begun arriving in South Africa for joint military drills that feature a Russian warship bearing the letters Z and V — Russia’s patriotic symbols for its war in Ukraine — and carrying what Russia boasts is a hypersonic missile. At a time when many […]
Spain Allows Legal Gender Change Without a Medical Evaluation
The Spanish government on Thursday approved a law allowing people 16 and older to change their legally registered gender without undergoing psychological and medical evaluations to show gender dysphoria, becoming one of the few countries to allow such gender change by self-declaration. Spain’s minister of equality, Irene Montero, said on the Parliament floor on Thursday […]
Nepal’s Revolving Door Produces a New Leader but No Hoped-For Change
The former leader of a decade-long Maoist rebellion was elected prime minister by Nepal’s Parliament on Monday, a move that kept the old guard in power despite growing calls for change and was welcomed in China as it competes for influence in the Himalayan nation. The former rebellion leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, 68, emerged as […]
As Climate Change Worsens, US Weighs Which Communities to Save
The Biden administration is considering proposals to relocate Native American communities threatened by global warming. It could become a template for the rest of the country.