A pioneering activist and proponent of human-driven global warming says he has underestimated the severity of hot weather and drought plaguing much of the United States and other parts of the world in the past decade. James Hansen, who directs the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, says he failed in his 1980s research to […]
New Study Links Human Activity to Extreme Weather
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Bombing Kills 20 at Funeral in Yemen
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
A suspected suicide bomber has detonated explosives during a funeral in Yemen, killing 20 people. Yemeni officials say the bombing took place Saturday in a village in the southern Abyan province. At least 20 others were wounded. The Reuters news agency says the bomber appears to have targeted people who supported the military during an […]
Phelps Ends Olympic Career With 18th Gold
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
Michael Phelps, the greatest swimmer in Olympic history, ended his career Saturday with another gold medal, while British athletes surged to win three gold medals in track and field in about an hour’s time. Phelps swam his signature butterfly stroke to help the U.S. team to victory in the 4×100-meters medley relay, ending his decade-long […]
Syrian Forces Push for Control of Damascus, Aleppo
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Explosions have rocked the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday, and the northern city of Aleppo as security forces try to push rebels from their remaining strongholds. The government says it has regained control of all of the capital. The French news agency reports a brigadier general told journalists that rebels had resorted to hit-and-run tactics […]
South Africa’s Pistorius Is Another Olympics ‘First’
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
South African Oscar Pistorius sprinted into Olympic history Saturday in London, becoming the first amputee runner to compete in the Games. Pistorius, who wears special prosthetics on both legs, finished second in a preliminary heat of the men’s 400 meters. He qualified for the semi-finals. He was born without fibulas – the outer bones in […]
Sudan, South Sudan Agree on Key Oil Dispute
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Sudan and South Sudan have reached an oil agreement, resolving one of the bitter disputes that pushed the two countries to the brink of war earlier this year. South Sudan said Saturday it had agreed to pay a transit fee of less than $10 per barrel. Sudan’s initial transit fee demand was $36 per barrel. […]
Double Amputee Makes Olympic History
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
South African Oscar Pistorius sprinted into Olympic history Saturday in London, becoming the first amputee runner to compete in the Games. Pistorius, who wears special prosthetics on both legs, finished second in a preliminary heat of the men’s 400 meters, qualifying him for the semi-finals. Pistorius was born without fibulas – the outer bones in […]
48 Iranians Kidnapped in Syrian Capital
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
State-run media in Tehran say 48 Iranian nationals were kidnapped aboard a bus in Damascus, just a few kilometers from a battle between government troops and rebels fighting against the Assad government. Iranian reports say the kidnap victims were in Syria as religious pilgrims. One account says “armed groups” stopped their bus as it was […]
President Obama Turns 51
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama turned 51 years old Saturday. The president celebrated his birthday by playing a round of golf at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. He is leaving later Saturday for a quiet weekend at Camp David, the presidential retreat. The president’s birthday celebrations continue into next weekend, when he will hold several […]
Clinton in Kenya to Push for Democracy
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Kenyans must work together to hold free and fair elections and be a role model for Africa and the world, and she urged their leaders avoid the post-election bloodshed that Kenya suffered five years ago. A general election next March will be the first since a disputed 2007 […]
