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With the Overturn of Roe v Wade America Inches Closer to Becoming a Theocracy
If you’re looking for logic and consistency in today’s emotionally inflamed politics, move on, there’s nothing to see here. If you’re looking for hypocrisy. This is the place. Conservatives and Trump supporters waged a war during the Covid pandemic against...
Read moreYet Another Pompeiian Surprise: A Nearly Perfectly Preserved Pregnant Tortoise
Pompeii has surely given us incredible archeological discoveries and a glimpse into the past, preserved for millennia by the violent explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, when the city was a sophisticated and thriving city of the Roman Empire....
Read more“Unprecedented”: From Vanity Project to Damning Evidence
Before the 2020 election, the Trump family was getting ready to take what they no doubt thought of as their divinely ordained victory lap after Donald’s inevitable re-election as US President. Alex Holder, award-winning British filmmaker based in Los Angeles,...
Read moreMarine Heatwave Hits Mediterranean: Water 4 Degrees Higher than Normal
The Mediterranean is enduring a marine heat wave (MHW) and the temperature on May 10 was four degrees higher than the average for the 1985-2005 period, according to the initial results of the CAREHeat project. The surface water temperature hit...
Read moreItalian Scientists Find an Indicator for Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
A research group led by Italian Federico Galetto of Princeton and Valerio Acocella, of the Università Roma Tre have found an indicator that can predict many weeks in advance the eruption of some very active volcanoes like Kilauea in Hawaii,...
Read moreGerman Abuse Victim Denounces Benedict XVI
A German victim of a pedophile priest has denounced Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for knowing about the abuse and doing nothing about it when he was archbishop of Munich and Freising in the 1980s, according to German media. The then...
Read moreForeign Minister Di Maio Quits M5S and Forms a New Group
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said he is leaving the 5-Star Movement (M5S) to form a new group, taking around 70 lawmakers with him, after a big bust-up with M5S leader and ex-premier Giuseppe Conte. Announcing the split on...
Read moreOscar Winner Paul Haggis Held Over Sexual-assault Accusation
Oscar-winning Canadian director Paul Haggis has been detained in southern Italy after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her. The 69-year-old is accused of forcing the young, non-Italian woman to have non-consensual sexual relations with her over two days...
Read moreJuneteenth: Marking the Anniversary of the End of Slavery
Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865 that put an end to slavery in Texas. It has been celebrated annually on June 19 in various parts...
Read moreClimate Crisis: Snow on Trentino Glaciers Down by Half
Official figures released on Wednesday said that the quantity of snow on the glaciers in the autonomous province of Trento at the end of May was around 50%-60% of the average for the last 20 years. Furthermore, some glacier fronts,...
Read moreWater Trucks Needed in Some Northern Italian Towns Due to Po Drought
Meuccio Berselli, the secretary general of the River Po district authority, said Wednesday that the drought that is hitting Italy's longest river means that some northern towns are needing to have water supplies brought in by trucks. Berselli told ANSA...
Read moreAbout 5.6 Million People in Absolute Poverty in Italy
ISTAT said Wednesday that 5.6 million people in Italy were living in conditions of absolute poverty in 2021, adding that this meant the scale of the problem remained at the record level registered the previous year. The national statistics agency...
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