(2025-01-16). What is Red Dye 3 and why has the US FDA banned it in food and drinks? aljazeera.com The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a 2022 petition by consumer advocacy groups to ban the use of the dye.
(2025-01-16). Iran, UN Discuss Syria Developments. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The United Nations secretary general and the Iranian foreign minister's special envoy for Syria talked about the latest developments in the Arab country.
(2025-01-16). DeSantis Pick to Replace Rubio in Senate Is an Election-Denying Trump Loyalist. truthout.org Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has picked state Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) to become the state's next senator, replacing outgoing Sen. Marco Rubio (R). Rubio is vacating his seat due to being nominated by president-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of state in the next administration. It's believed that Rubio will likely be confirmed by the Senate to fill that role. |
(2025-01-15). Presidente cubano destaca labor de científicos cubanos en su día. cubadebate.cu Un abrazo agradecido a los científicos cubanos de todos los saberes envió hoy Miguel Díaz-Canel, Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) y Presidente de la República, en el Día de la Ciencia en el país. En su mensaje en la red social X, el jefe de Estado destacó que frente a grandes desafíos ellos siguen haciendo ciencia.
(2025-01-15). Díaz-Canel recibe al excelentísimo señor Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, enviado especial de Zimbabue. cubadebate.cu Un caluroso abrazo fue la primera nota del encuentro de cortesía que, desde el Palacio de la Revolución, tuvo lugar en la tarde de este miércoles entre el Presidente de la República de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, y el Excelentísimo Señor Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Secretario de Relaciones Internacionales del Partido de la Unión Nacional Africana de Zimbabue-Frente Patriótico (ZANU-PF).
(2025-01-15). Democrats Grill Pete Hegseth on Rape Allegation, Drunkenness and Women in Combat. democracynow.org 
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to become defense secretary, appears to be moving toward confirmation after a contentious Senate hearing on Tuesday. He was grilled over his alleged history of sexual misconduct, reports of frequent public drunkenness at work, financial mismanagement at veterans' organizations he led, and statements he has made disparaging women, LGBTQ people and others in the military. Hegseth's confirmation can only be blocked if three or more Republicans join Democrats in opposing the former Fox News host, but so far the party appears aligned behind Trump's nominee. Wat…
(2025-01-15). Report from Los Angeles as Mutual Aid Hubs Mobilize in the Face of Historic Wildfires. itsgoingdown.org 
Grassroots journalist Alissa Azar reports on the unfolding ecological disaster in Los Angeles and how mutual aid groups are mobilizing in response. On Tuesday, January 7th, people in Los Angeles County, California began receiving a high wind advisory and risk of fire notice. Come nightfall, heavy winds were underway and several fires had broken out,…
(2025-01-15). The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it? grist.org 
Giorgio Zampaglione loved his two-hour commute from the town of Mount Shasta into the surrounding northern California forests last summer. The way the light filtered through the trees on the morning drive was unbeatable, he said. He ate lunch with his crew, members of the new Forest Corps program, deep in the woods, usually far from cell service. They thinned thickets of trees and cleared brush, helping prevent the spread of fires by removing manzanita — a very flammable, shoulder-high shrub — near campsites and roads. | "The Forest Service people have been super, super happy to have us," Zampaglio…