Jair Bolsonaro, the president-elect of Brazil, might be the biggest single-person threat the Amazon rainforest has seen in a generation. He has likened indigenous reserves in the Amazon to “chickenpox” on the land, and promised that “there won’t be a square centimeter demarcated as an indigenous reserve” under his leadership.
On May 20, 2017, US president Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud ceremonially entered an arms agreement. The White House praised it for “supporting tens of thousands of new jobs in the United States.” More than a year later, facing pressure to cancel the ten year defense plan with Saudi Arabia, Trump is on the defensive.
East Island is gone.
Within the last 10 years, Saudi Arabia has turned itself into the world’s largest buyer of weapons on the world market. Ten years ago it was buying 90% less than they are today.
The figures of Legoland run the gamut: yellow, blue, bearded, mustachioed, man, woman, alien, dinosaur, and more. It’s a diverse society. On an emotional level, however, the data on their joy is looking grim.
Sears filed for bankruptcy in New York’s federal court early Oct. 15, announcing the closure of their remaining 142 Sears and Kmart stores (you can read the bankruptcy court filing here (pdf)).
Hurricane Michael is among the worst storms the US has ever experienced. The Category 4 hurricane brought winds of 145mph, hitting five states and killing at least seven people. Over 1 million households are without power, and much of the Florida Panhandle faces “unimaginable destruction,” according to the state’s governor Rick Scott.
Following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Sept. 28, a tsunami brought 18-ft waves to Palu, pummeling the coastal town on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. As first responders and civilians search through the wreckage, with the death toll rising past 1,200, satellite images provide a broad view of the devastation.
Bumblebees are making it in the city.
The White House has finalized how it plans to apply $200 billion tariffs on Chinese goods. On September 17, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a revision to the preliminary list of 6,031 item categories subject to new US import taxes. Close to 300 of those product groups have been spared, according to a Quartz analysis of the preliminary and final lists.
A stockpile of water has been languishing on an airport runway in Puerto Rico for months. The crates were intended to aid victims of Hurricane Maria after the storm made landfall on September 20, 2017. They could be seen stacking up at a federally-operated airport in Ceiba as early as January 2018. Satellite images from Planet Labs now show a 500 meter stretch of supplies, leaving many wondering why the aid remained there for months.
Chicken’s greatest power is its ability to retain flavor, which is why you should regularly prep your poultry in a savory brine. One such brine being embraced by everyone from Bon Appétit to KFC: pickle juice.
At least 87 people and more than 500 homes have been destroyed by the recent wildfires in Greece, where officials suspect arson was the cause of the blazes. Crews continue their search for missing family members.
As smoke from the nearby Ferguson wildfires blankets the Yosemite valley, US National Park officials closed popular sections of the eponymous national park on July 25. The blazes that started on July 13 have burned 38,522 acres (155.6 sq km) and are only 25% contained.
Responding to China’s $50 billion worth of tariffs, the Office of the United States Trade Representative proposed an additional list of $200 billion worth of goods subject to a 10% tax.
Marvel’s latest tent-pole wonder Ant-man and the Wasp enters its first full box office weekend. With a strong box-office opening estimated at $87 million, the sequel’s likely to introduce newcomers to Paul Rudd’s superhero (and his super ally Wasp, played by Evangeline Lilly). Which—if you’re like me—has one wondering: what exactly are his powers? And who is the Wasp?
A peculiar yellow-tinged fog is all over skies and social media feeds across the San Francisco Bay Area, thanks to wildfires raging in not-so-nearby Northern California counties.
Early in the morning on June 18, shortly after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Osaka, reports of a loose zebra started to show up on Japanese Twitter feeds.
Canada is not backing down from the trade fight started by Donald Trump.
A state of emergency has been declared in Lake County, California where the Pawnee wildfire continues to grow. California governor Jerry Brown took the action as 8,200 acres (33 sq km) have already burned and 600 structures remain threatened by the fire’s path.
