In this episode of “Climate Watch: Protecting the Planet,” CBS News senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy speaks to scientists and experts about the growing number of critically endangered plants and animals and how humans can help.
Sometimes in life, it is only once a crisis passes that we can truly see just how awful and harmful it was. This week, in these pages, Joseph Wulfsohn offered a long read, detailing the prevarications of the mainstream media in the Joe Biden era, and its complicity in the lie of the century. You…
Indian businessman Vijay Mallya’s bankruptcy appeal in the UK concluded, with a judge’s decision pending. Mallya argues that the banks’ realized assets exceed his debt. However, banks claim potential recoveries are contingent on legal outcomes in India, where Mallya owes £1.05 billion.
The explosions of hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday and the detonation of a second wave of electronic devices a day later remain a mystery, though experts are calling the deadly blasts a sophisticated attack that likely took months of planning. The two waves of bombings killed at…
A Democratic win in Indiana. A Republican victory in New Mexico. And an election where Missouri was decided by less than 4,000 votes. They’ve all happened in the last twenty years. These results are little more than trivia questions today (the answers are 2008, 2004, and 2008 again). At the time, they raised eyebrows and…
With a second powerful hurricane in less than two weeks bearing down on Florida, President Biden on Tuesday canceled an upcoming international trip in order to oversee federal storm preparations and response efforts. As the death toll rises and nearly 200,000 people remain without power or running water over a week and a half after…
Karnataka’s higher education sector has shown steady progress, with a growing Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) and a strong pupil-teacher ratio. Gender representation is near-equal in faculty roles, and the state boasts a diverse institutional landscape, including 75 universities and 4,430 colleges. However, certain courses like PhDs and M Phils saw enrollment declines, while postgraduate and…