When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, people inside the island’s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, were protected by a large yellow pendulum at the building’s center that helped absorb the shock. Known as a “tuned mass damper” the 730-ton steel sphere is suspended between several floors at the top of the building, where it … Read more
‘We’ve lost our minds’: Ben Carson slams squatter’s rights after New York family home taken over — warns America will be ‘destroyed from within’ if law-abiding citizens aren’t protected When you spend millions of dollars buying your dream home, you naturally anticipate the freedom to live in it. Yet, the gap between expectation and reality … Read more
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate change and … Read more
Top U.S. officials warned Israel to protect civilian lives as it resumed aerial attacks on Gaza, including in the south, where the majority of the Strip’s population is now crowded following Israeli directives to evacuate from the north. “Too many Palestinian civilians have been killed,” Vice President Harris said Saturday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Raynesha Cummings enrolled her three teenagers in a private school, she hoped to keep them safe from COVID-19. It was small, with no frills — there was just one teacher and the school didn’t serve lunch — but it worked for her family, at least initially. Her son graduated … Read more
MEXICO CITY — The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has rushed to create more protected natural areas at the end of his presidency, but environmentalists accuse it of trying to “greenwash” an image of favoring petroleum in a time of climate change. They note the administration is entering its final year after … Read more
A Thai construction magnate whose conviction on poaching charges became a rare example of the rich and influential facing justice in the country was freed on parole, two months before his prison term ends ByJINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press October 17, 2023, 10:44 AM FILE – Thai business tycoon, chairman of Italian-Thai Development Plc, one of … Read more
Few of us would admit this, however for many individuals from marginalized communities, we develop up carrying the often-subconscious perception that if we are able to simply accumulate sufficient privilege, accolades, and success for ourselves, then we’d obtain our manner out of dehumanization and be spared from the cruel realities that we face. For sure … Read more