Essential reads concerning our earth, for the first half of October 2023

Essential reads ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat Global temperatures soared to a new record in September by a huge margin, stunning scientists and leading one to describe it as “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas”. The hottest September on record follows the hottest August and hottest July, with the latter being the hottest month

Composted reads for August 2023

The good news ‘More in hope’: lessons from our tiny reforestation scheme in the Amazon Red admiral butterfly population soars 400% in UK as winters warm The sustainable building material we’ve all been waiting for Prospectors hit the gas in the hunt for ‘white hydrogen’ ‘This way of farming is really sexy’: the rise of

Environment news for 2023 March 02

Environment Supreme court rules in favour of halting housebuilding in Shrewsbury park River Ouse may become first in England to gain legal rights Renewables produced enough electricity to ‘power every UK home’ through the winter Analysts say producing more clean energy saves the UK from importing and burning more gas Villagers stop boiler switch to

Stories from The New York Times for the 4th week of August 2022

August 22 A photo provided by the Russian government said to show investigators at the site of a car bombing outside Moscow.Russian Investigative Committee/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A brazen attack near Moscow rattles Russians Russia has opened a murder investigation into the car bombing that killed Daria Dugina, 29, a hawkish political commentator who

The New York Times briefings for the 3rd week of August 2022

August 15 By Natasha Frost Writer, Briefings Good morning. We’re covering Salman Rushdie’s recovery and the fallout from the F.B.I.’s search of Donald Trump’s home in Florida. A news conference held by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss the F.B.I. raid.Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times Division in the Republican

The New York Times for the 2nd week of August 2022

August 08 Children in Gaza City reacted to an Israeli airstrike on Saturday. Over the weekend, 44 Palestinians, including 15 children, were killed, health officials said.Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A cease-fire in Gaza Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza agreed to a cease-fire late last night, which appeared to hold as of this

The Week from June the 22nd to 26th

The Week is a weekly news magazine with editions in the United Kingdom and United States. The Week’s award-winning team gathers news and opinion from multiple trusted sources, to provide readers with global news coverage from every angle. By threading together all sides of the story, The Week helps you to keep an open mind

For this week at the beginning of December 2021

December has been a decidedly drizzly affair. But that’s the perfect excuse to pop the kettle on and catch up on the news moments you might have missed with our carefully selected stories, below. If you want you might find following articles of interest. You’ll be kept expertly informed on every must-read development around Covid-19.

The focus of multiculturalism in Europe on Muslims and Jews

Although current debates on multiculturalism in Europe often focus on Islam and Muslims, there also are long-standing Jewish communities in many Western European countries. The Pew Research Center survey finds Christians at all levels of religious observance are more likely than religiously unaffiliated adults to say they would not be willing to accept Jews in

500 Years of Reformation Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency

After 500 Years, Reformation-Era Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency Theological differences diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries. As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences that