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Data Leak Exposes Global Surveillance Plot Targeting Journalists and Dissidents

By Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams on Jul 20, 2021   Featured, National/World, World  

Data Leak Exposes Global Surveillance Plot Targeting Journalists and Dissidents

Pegasus spyware, sold by private Israeli company NSO Group, “is a weapon of choice for repressive governments seeking to silence journalists, attack activists, and crush dissent,” said Amnesty International’s Agnès Callamard. NSO Group, a private Israeli firm that sells surveillance technology to governments worldwide, insists that its Pegasus spyware is used only to “investigate terrorism and crime.” Leaked […]

New Maritime Response Center to Serve Alaska’s Pacific Rim

By Pacific Rim Response Center on Apr 21, 2021   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

New Maritime Response Center to Serve Alaska’s Pacific Rim

The Pacific Rim Response Center (PRRC), offering the collaborative services of three long-standing Alaska businesses, is based in Kodiak to provide maritime resources and spill response to the underserved region of Western Alaska.  Kodiak, AK; April 21, 2021 – Kodiak is now home to the Pacific Rim Response Center (PRRC), a facility that serves as […]

Global Death Toll from COVID-19 Pandemic Reaches 900,000

By VOA on Sep 10, 2020   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

Global Death Toll from COVID-19 Pandemic Reaches 900,000

  With the global death toll from COVID-19 pandemic now over 900,000, the top infectious disease expert in the United States says that drugmaker AstraZeneca’s suspension of final global trials of its experimental vaccine points to the effectiveness of the safeguards that have been incorporated into the trials. “It’s important to point out that that’s the […]

Pink Salmon May Benefit as Pacific Arctic Warms

By NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Sep 3, 2020   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Pink Salmon May Benefit as Pacific Arctic Warms

  New research provides a glimpse into the future to help Arctic fishing communities prepare for change. The Pacific Arctic is undergoing a rapid transformation. As temperatures rise and sea ice melts, some species will do better than others. A new study suggests that pink salmon may be one of those species. “Our results suggest that warming […]

Pack Expands Purge at U.S. Global News Agency

By VOA News on Aug 14, 2020   Featured, National/World, Politics, World  

Pack Expands Purge at U.S. Global News Agency

  Michael Pack, head of the U.S. government’s global news networks, took steps Wednesday to remove several top officials in a move at least two said appeared to be retaliatory. In a statement sent to Politico and the New York Post, a U.S. Agency for Global Media spokesperson said the action was meant to restore […]

Democratic Lawmakers ‘Outraged’ at New USAGM Chief’s Dismissals

By VOA News on Jun 19, 2020   National, National/World, Politics  

Democratic Lawmakers ‘Outraged’ at New USAGM Chief’s Dismissals

  WASHINGTON – Two U.S. lawmakers said Thursday they are “outraged” by the dismissals that Michael Pack, the new chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the agency that oversees Voice of America, has ordered. Pack dismissed the heads of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Free Liberty, the […]

As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0

By Eoin Higgins | Common Dreams on May 5, 2020   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0

  President Donald Trump’s brand of “America First” isolationism was on full display Monday as the U.S. declined to participate in a international pledge drive which raised more than $8 billion during its kick-event to create a global fund to develop and deploy diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “It is a […]

Global Coronavirus Cases Hit 1 Million

By VOA News on Apr 3, 2020   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

Global Coronavirus Cases Hit 1 Million

  The coronavirus pandemic has hit a grim milestone — 1 million confirmed cases. The count by Johns Hopkins University says almost one-fourth, 236,000, are in the United States. The worldwide death toll stands at more than 53,000. Italy reported the most fatalities with more than 13,000 and climbing daily. A question on nearly everyone’s lips […]

A Relationship Between Severe Winter Weather and Arctic Warmth?

By nsf on Mar 9, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

A Relationship Between Severe Winter Weather and Arctic Warmth?

  A review article published in Nature Climate Change evaluates whether severe winter weather in the United States, Europe and Asia is sensitive to Arctic temperatures. The lead author is NSF-funded scientist Judah Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research. Despite a warming planet, winter weather has remained surprisingly resilient across the mid-latitudes of the Northern […]

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