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Foreign Policy

Venezuela To Share Cuba’s Fate As Sanctions Turn To Embargo

August 6, 2019

Washington, August 6th, 2019. President Trump has signed an executive order placing the once sanction-gripped South American country of…

World News

UN Resolves That US Sanctions Are A Human Rights Violation, But Needs To Take Action On Their Criminality

July 21, 2019

Geneva, Switzerland, July 15th, 2019. The 41st session of the United Nations Council on Human Rights adopts a resolution…

How To Curb Rising World Temperatures Without Getting Rid Of Fossil Fuels
Policy

How To Curb Rising World Temperatures Without Getting Rid Of Fossil Fuels

July 7, 2019

In April, World at Large reported on an ambitious plan to combat rising world temperatures that earned researchers at…

World Heritage Sites Could Be Without Their Glaciers By 2100
Environment

World Heritage Sites Could Be Without Their Glaciers By 2100

May 14, 2019

A new paper published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) outlines how the accelerated changing…

Coffee Break Reads

Marine Biodiversity In International Waters To Receive Protection By A New UN Treaty

April 8, 2019

Two thirds of the world’s ocean waters can not be claimed or policed by any nation, according to the…

Africa Is Building A Great Wall To Stand Defiant Against Poverty, Climate Change, And Despair
Environment

Africa Is Building A Great Wall To Stand Defiant Against Poverty, Climate Change, And Despair

March 24, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. March 15th, 2019: While President Trump exercised his powers of veto in order to sustain his state…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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