"The Taliban fear Afghan men and women standing together and fighting for a better Afghanistan." Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education in Afghanistan, is arrested by the Taliban as they crack down on women’s rights activists
RT @colbyLsmith : As cash floods into US MMFs, concerns grow it could further strain the banking system. Crucially most of the money ends up…
Our crews have been practicing their urban search and rescue skills and techniques with colleagues from @MetTaskforce and @LAS_HART to prepare and plan for any type emergency #NotJustFires
RT @sima_kotecha : #Newsnight can reveal first afghan who worked for British Council in #Afghanistan promoting British values has now arrive…
Raging forest fires in northern Thailand are threatening to worsen the country’s air pollution, which has sent nearly 2 million people to hospitals with respiratory illnesses since the beginning of the year.
Over the past few months, some parts of the country have experienced disasters, including fires and floods. These disasters have mainly affected provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape, with the recent incident in Port St Johns.
The fires in a forest area of Nakhon Nayok province were expected to be completely extinguished by Friday. . Read more: M2vEWJI8Vv . #ThailandNews #KhaoLaem #NakhonNayok #เขาแหลม #นครนายก #ไฟไหม้นครนายก #ไฟไหม้เขาแหลม #save นครนายก
The congressional grilling of the Biden administration over the Afghanistan fiasco is just getting started.
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US funding for war in Ukraine in 9 months: Mar: $ 13.6 billion May: $ 40b Nov: $ 37.7b: Biden's new request That $ 91.3 billion is 33% more than Russia's *total military spending for the year* It's *double* the US's average annual expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan
Julian Assange speaking in 2011: "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war" #Afghanistan
The fires across the West Coast are just the latest examples of the very real ways our changing climate is changing our communities. Protecting our planet is on the ballot. Vote like your life depends on it—because it does.
2020: - US killing Soleimani and Iran retaliation - Iran downs Ukrainian plane - Trump impeachment - Russian PM resigns - New strand of coronavirus - Philippines volcano eruption - Turkey earthquake - Kashmir avalanche - Australian fires - Indonesia floods - Kobe dead
....We no longer pay Pakistan the $Billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us, Bin Laden being a prime example, Afghanistan being another. They were just one of many countries that take from the United States without giving anything in return. That’s ENDING!
"The people in Polk County like guns, they have guns, I encourage them to own guns... And if you try to break into their homes to steal, to set fires, I'm highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns." STORY:
The catastrophic fires in Australia are the latest example of the very real and very urgent consequences of climate change. It’s on us to stay focused and protect the one planet we’ve got for the next generation:
I say to those who are delaying action on climate change: Look at the blood-red sky and unbreathable air in Australia because of raging forest fires. Our futures are all connected. That is why we must bring the world together and enact a Green New Deal.
Breaking News in Minnesota. Family pulled over and officer open fires on driver for reaching for his license.
Just returned to the United States after spending a GREAT Thanksgiving with our Courageous American Warriors in Afghanistan!
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