Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies
The Trump administration has aggressively pulled America away from its global role in climate and environmental research, diplomacy, regulation and investment.
Month: December 2025
Libyan army chief of staff dies in plane crash after departure from Ankara
Crash came a day after Turkey extended its parliamentary mandate for troops in Libya by two years. Libyan Chief of Staff General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad was officially welcomed at the General Staff Headquarters during his visit to Ankara, Turkiye on December 23, 2025. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY The Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali … Read more
Father-son duo, accused of murder, shot dead
Rawalpindi police. Photo APP RAWALPINDI: Armed suspects on a motorcycle killed a father and son over a dispute in a double murder incident on Murree Road in the City police station area of Rawalpindi. The suspects opened fire and fled. The police have shifted the bodies to the hospital for postmortem. The two deceased had … Read more
Dating ChatGPT
The bot has been marketed as a general-purpose tool that can write code, summarize documents and give advice. But can it be a good boyfriend?
Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea?
new video loaded: Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea? On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new law in Australia barring kids under 16 from social media. By ‘HARD Fork’ December 23, 2025
Libyan Military’s Chief of Staff and 4 Others Are Killed in Plane Crash in Turkey
The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in Turkey.
Temporary smog relief masks underlying problems
Experts believe govt measures alone cannot take credit since favourable weather played a key role LAHORE: In Lahore and several other cities of Punjab, the smog situation in 2025 has been somewhat better compared to last year. Yet where the government attributes this improvement to its timely intervention, critics remain skeptical, considering the improvement a … Read more
Pulled ’60 Minutes’ Report, Briefly Streamed in Canada, Is All Over the Internet Now
[At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway.
How Much Water Does the A.I. Industry Use?
new video loaded: How Much Water Does the A.I. Industry Use? Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, spoke with Andrew Marley, executive director for Effective Altruism DC, about how much water A.I. data centers use. By ‘HARD Fork’ December 23, 2025
France Fails to Adopt a Budget by Year’s End. Again.
French lawmakers passed a special law on Tuesday to avoid a shutdown until a budget is adopted. Negotiations will resume in January.