Titan II ICBM – decommissioned nuclear missile – at the Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Sahuarita, Arizona. Credit: Stephen Cobb/Unsplash By Naureen HossainUNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 2025 – In recent days, nuclear state leaders have flouted the regulations and norms around nuclear non-proliferation and are flirting more openly with nuclear might in the name of projecting strength. In...

A large wind farm of turbines on the flat landscape of California. Credit: Climate kcdsTM By Umar Manzoor ShahSRINAGAR, India & , Nov 6 2025 – A decade has passed since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, and a United Nations synthesis report released ahead of COP30 in Belém shows that “Parties are bending their combined emission curve further downwards, but still not quickly...

Photos from UNICEF show the impact of destruction in Jamaica, with neighborhoods being submerged in water and communities lacking access to a host of basic services. Credit: UNICEF By Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 2025 – In late October, Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm, made landfall in the Caribbean, causing catastrophic damage to civilian infrastructure and a devastating...

By Juan Carlos Jintiach and M. Florencia LibrizziNAPO, Amazonia, Ecuador / NEW YORK, Nov 6 2025 – As world leaders prepare to gather in Brazil for COP30 next week, they will convene in the heart of the Amazon — a fitting location for what must become a turning point in how the world addresses the intertwined crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Around the world, Indigenous...

In Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, women move cautiously through public spaces under the watch of the Taliban’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,” whose patrols have revived a climate of fear and control. Credit: Learning Together. By External SourceFAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 6 2025 – The Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, is the name given by the Taliban...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Opening of the General Plenary of Leaders during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 30. Credit: Antonio Scorza/COP30 By Cecilia RussellBELÉM, Brazil & JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov 6 2025 – Political courage is the biggest obstacle to limiting the rise in global average temperature to no more than 1.5°C, said UN...

Dating apps generated over $6 billion in 2024, with North America accounting for 50% of global revenue, Europe 23%, and adoption climbing across Asia-Pacific and Africa. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Nov 6 2025 – Dating websites, mobile apps, social networks, and cell phones offer numerous opportunities for dating, developing relationships, having encounters, and finding...