Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. This article was originally published in Mondoweiss. Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills, are facing repeated water cuts after Israeli settlers damaged infrastructure supplying … Read more
During an Oval Office meeting with President Trump in Washington on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed China’s position on Taiwan and told the US president to approach the issue “carefully,” The South China Morning Post reported, citing the Chinese broadcaster CCTV. The report said that Xi, who is in Washington as part of an … Read more
Why do billionaires buy up newspapers? Because by owning everything – especially media – they can mould our minds through sustained plot engineering, writes Jonathan Cook. Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the Yellow Oval Room of the Reagan White House, Nov. 9, 1985. (White House Photographic Collection, Wikimedia) By Jonathan CookJonathan-Cook.net The current narrative of … Read more
When Cameron Botterill left home one morning, he didn’t expect to return to 15-metre power poles soaring above his residential street in Melbourne’s inner west. “They’re absolute monstrosities,” Mr Botterill said. “They’re ginormous. They tower above anything else in the suburb and they look very industrial. We’re in a residential area here and we definitely … Read more
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The United States and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on $30 billion US of goods and launch a dialogue on … Read more
In Mars’ Jezero Crater, a geologic area known as the “Margin Unit” stretches along the shoreline of a lake that filled the region billions of years ago. When the Perseverance rover reached there in September 2023, mission scientists expected to find sedimentary rocks that formed from sand deposits, which are good at preserving past microbial … Read more
A large imaging study suggests that a routinely measured feature of skeletal health may also be linked to how the brain changes with age. Credit: Stock Routine chest CT scans may contain clues about more than bone health. A scan taken to examine the chest may also reveal clues about how the brain is aging. … Read more
Around 2.5 to 2 billion years ago, Earth underwent the largest chemical transformation ever recorded at its surface. Oxygen began accumulating in the atmosphere, setting in motion changes that eventually helped make possible the rise of complex organisms such as plants and animals about half a billion years ago. As oxygen levels increased for the … Read more
When Google introduced Chromebooks 15 years ago, the company positioned them as laptops built for the web. Now the company is launching a new kind of laptop that’s… built for Android. Earlier this year the company introduced its new Googlebook platform, and now the first five models are available for pre-order with prices ranging from … Read more
I didn’t realize how much time I was losing to my phone until I noticed how often I picked it up without needing to. A quick check of Instagram could turn into 20 minutes, and opening YouTube “for a second” often meant watching several videos before I remembered what I was supposed to be doing. … Read more