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Jun 16, 2015: According to a NASA study conducted over the ten-year period 2003-2013, the 37 largest aquifers around the world are being depleted (more water is being removed than replaced). The study is part … Continue reading Worldwide Depletion of Aquifers
May 20, 2015: U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that five global banks will pay over $5 billion in penalties for working together to manipulate international interest and foreign currency exchange rates. The banks, which … Continue reading Five Global Banks Will Pay Over $5 Billion in Penalties
Last updated on July 14, 2018Jul 13, 2018: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44824619 Oct 17, 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/world/middleeast/isis-syria-raqqa.html Aug 17, 2017: http://www.healthandwellnessresource.com/terrorist-attack-barcelona-spain-thirteen-people-killed/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/isis-suspects/ http://www.newsweek.com/end-isis-middle-east-more-attacks-barcelona-us-europe-652247 Jul 11, 2017: Syrian Observatory says it has 'confirmed information' that Islamic State chief is dead … Continue reading The Islamic State | ISIS | ISIL | Daesh
Jan 29, 2015: The World Resources Institute released installment nine of it's "Creating a Sustainable Food Future" project. The installment, entitled Avoiding Bioenergy Competition for Food Crops and Land, reports three major findings: Dedicating crops … Continue reading World Resources Institute | Creating a Sustainable Food Future
Last updated on June 14, 2015Jan 27, 2015: About 300 Holocaust survivors, along with French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Polish President Bronisław Komorowski gathered for a memorial at the former Auschwitz … Continue reading The 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Last updated on June 14, 2015The I Am documentary film, created by former Hollywood movie director Tom Shadyac, came about as a result of a potentially life-threatening injury to Tom which caused him to ask … Continue reading I Am Documentary Film
Last updated on January 4, 2015Jan 1, 2015: Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual New Year speech. In the speech, Putin lauded the annexation of Crimea, encouraged Russian nationalism, and sent a message … Continue reading Russian President Vladimir Putin Delivers 2015 New Year Speech
Last updated on May 21, 2020Jun 5, 2015: On May 31, 2015, the completed Environmental and Social Impact Assessment prepared by Environmental Resources Management was presented to Nicaraguan authorities. Nicaragua Says Study Finds Canal 'Viable'; … Continue reading The Nicaragua Canal