8 simple steps to a more sustainable home
Retrofitting your home can make it more productive and resilient in an energy descent future. Environmental designer, ecological educator and author David Holmgren shares what you can do at the individual level. David Holmgren and partner Su get most of their food from 120 fruit...
Hamas Says It Will Free 3 More Hostages As Planned, Paving The Way To Resolve Ceasefire Dispute
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Hamas had threatened to delay the next release of captives, accusing Israel of failing to...
A Shortage Of Housing Aid Entering Gaza Threatens The Israel-Hamas Truce
JERUSALEM (AP) — Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase. The looming deficit sits at the heart of a dispute between Israel...
Pete Hegseth Calls NATO Membership For Ukraine Unrealistic
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia and instead prepare for a negotiated peace settlement to be backed...
American Teacher Marc Fogel Released From Russian Prison After 3.5 Years
UPDATE: Feb. 12 — President Donald Trump welcomed American schoolteacher Marc Fogel at the White House late Tuesday, following his release from a Russian prison. Fogel spoke to reporters alongside Trump, praising the president for his efforts to free him. “I feel like the luckiest...
Israeli Forces Kill Pregnant Palestinian Woman Amid Increased West Bank Violence
KAFR AL-LABAD, West Bank (AP) — The call came in the middle of the night, Mohammed Shula said. His daughter-in-law, eight months pregnant with her first child, was whispering. There was panic in her voice. “Help, please,” Shula recalled her saying. “You have to save...
Nearly 200 Unexploded WWII Bombs Found Beneath Children’s Playground In England
Children in the English town of Wooler in Northumberland are temporarily without a playground after workers found 176 unexploded World War II bombs buried underneath the play area. The first ordnance was discovered Jan. 14, when workers began expanding the play area and encountered what...
Netanyahu Threatens To Resume Fighting In Gaza If Hostages Aren’t Released Saturday
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in Gaza and directed troops to prepare to resume fighting Hamas if the militant group does not r elease more hostages on Saturday. Hamas said Monday — and reiterated...
Hamas Accuses Israel Of Ceasefire Violations And Says It Will Delay Next Release Of Hostages
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas said Monday it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under...
Beat the heat with dragon fruit
There’s something magical about starting your summer day with a bowl that looks like it was plucked straight from a tropical paradise. As a clinical nutritionist, I’m always on the hunt for recipes that combine nutrition with pure joy — and this Dragon Fruit Smoothie...
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