For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection Agency conducted the painstaking scientific work of assessing the toxicity of chemicals. The calculations done by scientists at IRIS, as it was commonly known, underpin vast numbers of chemical regulations, permits and other environmental rules in the U.S. and abroad. Now the Trump administration is suggesting…
I’m pretty careful with money, I say as I trip over piles of Amazon Prime boxes. I’ve never really been the shopping type, I insist as I stare at drawers groaning with unworn Asos clothes. Look how much I care about the environment, I tell myself as I click “buy now” on yet another battery…
NewsFeed Crowds of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, amid fears the US-Israeli war on Iran will resume. Earlier, US officials cancelled Iran peace talks in Islamabad that had sparked hope of a diplomatic solution to the standoff. Published On 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social…
Georgia and Florida are battling numerous wildfires that have destroyed homes and forced evacuations. On Wednesday, firefighters in Georgia had responded to 34 new blazes that had burned 75 acres statewide, according to the state’s Forestry Commission. The Pineland Road Fire in Clinch County has grown to nearly 30,000 acres and is only 10% contained….
The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. Senior Justice Department officials in Washington told colleagues during a meeting last week that civil litigators…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A maths teacher who was caught with hundreds of stolen bank card details has been barred from the classroom. Louis Ssekabira admitted he…
Shorouk Express Spanish police announced on Saturday they had raided a unlicensed animal sanctuary and rescued hundreds of exotic creatures including leopard tortoises, iguanas and geckos. The Civil Guard said the shelter was organised by an NGO that solicited donations on social networks to care for the animals. But the facility in Ávila province, west…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Hundreds of starving and marooned Russian troops are being killed by Ukrainian drones in the “death zone” of the Dnipro delta, according to a report. The river,…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Hundreds of passwords linked to government departments have been leaked on the dark web. A report seen exclusively by The Independent shows that…
Shorouk Express Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory. The police in Rome said some 250,000 turned out for a fourth day of protests, after Israel…
