Country: Afghanistan Source: Action on Armed Violence Ground-launched weapons accounted for 10% of civilian casualties, whilst airstrikes accounted for 8%; 2019 was the worst year for civilian casualties in Afghanistan, with 4,630 deaths and injuries.

Microplastics have permeated the oceans, carried as they are by currents far and wide across the planet. They are present even in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. A similar process has been taking place on the surface of the planet too, with microplastics and larger plastic waste […]

Lawmakers have scheduled their first oversight hearing on the issue of decarbonization in the maritime industry. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Transportation is slated to meet on Thursday, 15 April, in a hearing titled “Practical Steps Toward a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Updates on Fuels, […]

China sent 25 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Monday, the largest breach of that space since the island began regularly reporting such activity in September, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said.

Countries: Burundi, United Republic of Tanzania Source: UN Human Rights Council Arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances have allegedly been carried out by the Tanzanian police and intelligence services in cooperation with the Burundian intelligence services, the experts said.

Corals in the tropics are facing a variety of environmental threats, climate change among them. Warming and acidifying oceans pose an existential risk to fragile corals as frequent mass bleaching episodes have shown. Encouragingly, some species of coral are hardier than others and so they may be able to withstand […]

Over the past several years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit appeared poised to sanction a generous approach to certifying proposed classes under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 Recently, however, the 9th Circuit has taken steps to tighten up the rigor of the […]