On September 22nd, the World Health Organization updated its Global Air Quality Guidelines, cutting its recommended limits for air pollution. Suggested levels for key pollutants – like particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide – were considerably reduced. The change comes as accumulating evidence points to air pollution’s adverse health
Last Monday, three Polish regional councils voted not to declare their provinces “LGBT-free zones” following the European Union’s threats to cut up to €126 million in funding to the local governments. This is a change for the Podkarpackie, Lubelskie, and Małopolskie regions, which first passed the resolutions, intended to “protect
This week, security forces in Sudan used tear gas to break up a demonstration in the capital supporting a civilian-led transition to democracy. Al Jazeera reports that 20,000 protestors chanted “the army is Sudan’s army, not Burhan’s,” referring to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of Sudan’s military and its
Several people have been killed in a bombing outside a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, reported BBC news. The Taliban’s interior ministry spokesperson was quoted saying that at least five civilians had died. The attack is the first major explosion in Kabul since the Taliban swept to power over
