By Aytan Farhadova The EU Parliament has adopted a new resolution condemning the human rights situation in Azerbaijan and the imprisonment of researchers Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov, on 18 December. They also called on the Azerbaijani government to release all political prisoners. The resolution emphasised that the number of political prisoners has increased to almost
By By:Mia Maldonado Nearly 1,800 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have left the agency in the last year, records obtained by conservation advocates find, as pressure mounted from President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies meant to cut the federal workforce. That’s a loss of almost 20% of the service’s staff, according to data
By Susie Cagle If you too have access to a Chartbeat, Parse.ly, or other dashboard tracking metrics across a media site this year, you have my condolences and solidarity. The data is grim. News is bleeding readers while the tech giants that had already taken away so much of our audience and control over our
By Anne E. Kleffner, Derek Cook & Mary Kelly Every year, extreme weather events wreak havoc across Canada, disrupting the lives of tens of thousands. Financial losses from these events have surged, surpassing $7 billion in 2024, due in part to climate change, asset accumulation and more people living in high-risk areas. Evidence from Canada, the United States and Europe shows
By Ulviyya Asadzade Armenia is facing its gravest church-state clash since gaining independence, as tensions continue to grow between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The dispute has led to arrests, public accusations, and competing narratives about Armenia’s identity, governance, geopolitical orientation — and whether or
