At least 91 people were missing Monday, a day after a massive landslide buried dozens of buildings when it swept through an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The official Xinhua news Agency said the landslide buried 33 buildings in the industrial park in Shenzhen, a major manufacturing center in Guangdong province …
Global carbon dioxide emissions may be dropping ever so slightly this year, spurred by a dramatic plunge in Chinese pollution, according to a surprising new study released Monday. The unexpected dip could either be a temporary blip or true hope that the world is about to turn the corner on carbon pollution as climate talks …
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote to his MPs saying that he did not support UK air strikes in Syria, and disagreed with Prime Minister David Cameron that taking on ISIS would make the United Kingdom safer. A shadow cabinet member has already criticized him. The frontbencher said there would be shadow cabinet resignations if Corbyn ordered the …
The State Department on Monday issued a worldwide alert three days ahead of Thanksgiving cautioning travelers of “increased terroristic threats” from ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and other groups. The alert expires Feb. 24. Such warnings are typically not based on credible intelligence regarding a specific threat, but the alert says that Islamic militants are believed …
One Utah school is apologizing after a teacher tasked students with drawing mock-up Islamic State terrorist propaganda posters. An unnamed teacher at Salem Junior High School in Salem, Utah, gave the assignment to her two World Civic classes on Wednesday, KUTV reported. About 60 ninth-grade students were asked by the teacher, who has been on …