Santa Fe, New Mexico – The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties, helping ensure the state remains a preferred destination for people from other states with restrictions. The unanimous opinion, in response to a request from state Attorney General Raul Torrez, solidifies the state’s position as … Read more
Bangkok — Nearly all of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are operated illegally, according to the U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report on “notorious marketplaces,” putting consumers who use them at risk of receiving ineffective or dangerous medications. The report also covers 19 countries over concerns about counterfeit or pirated products. The report also names nearly … Read more
Juba, South Sudan – More than 1.1 million doses of oral cholera vaccine have arrived in South Sudan as the government launched a program to inoculate more than 80 percent of the population. But the mass vaccination exercise faces several challenges, including a lack of access to areas dealing with the worst cholera outbreaks. Doctors … Read more
London – A worker digging soil in a limestone mine in southern England spotted unusual bulges, leading to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and about 200 tracks dating back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. Researchers from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham said the extraordinary discovery, made after a team of more than … Read more
The World Meteorological Organization has warned that this year’s record-breaking heat is likely to continue into 2025, further accelerating climate change unless urgent action is taken to stop “human activities” being behind this looming disaster. If it goes wrong, it could have disastrous consequences. According to the UN weather agency, 2024 is set to be … Read more
Abortion has become more common, despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fight over its future is far from over. It has now been two and a half years since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door for states to enact the ban. … Read more
Bogota Colombia – 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with massive wildfires and extreme drought devastating large parts of the biome that is a vital buffer against climate change. The warming climate caused drought, resulting in the worst year of fires since 2005. And those fires contributed to deforestation, with officials suspecting … Read more
Washington – Cosmetics companies would be required to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a federal rule proposed Thursday. Food and Drug Administration proposals and mandated by Congress are intended to reassure consumers about the safety of makeup, baby powder, and other personal care products. It … Read more
Beirut – Since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, industrial-scale manufacturing facilities for the amphetamine-like stimulant Captagon have opened across the country, leading to what experts say is a $10 billion annual global trade in the highly addictive drug. Among the locations used to manufacture the drug were Mazzeh Air Base in Damascus, … Read more
Toronto — Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before it enters it—an effect dismissed as an illusion of how waves are distorted by matter. Now, researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated through innovative quantum experiments that “negative time” is not just a theoretical idea, it exists … Read more