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Month: May 2021

It’s getting more likely the world will reach a climate tipping point in the next five years

The likelihood that the Earth’s average temperature will at least temporarily breach a crucial tipping point is rising, according to the world’s leading weather and climate organization. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Thursday there is now about a 40% chance that the annual average global temperature will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial

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OPINIÓN | México: una democracia con tres anomalías

Nota del editor: Sabino Bastidas Colinas es abogado, analista y consultor político. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivas del autor. Puedes leer más artículos como este en cnne.com/opinión. (CNN Español) — Ninguna democracia está exenta de regresiones autoritarias. Las democracias, como lo decía el sociólogo Juan Linz, se quiebran. La democracia mexicana –tan

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Garland announces 6 steps DOJ is taking to improve efforts to combat hate crimes

The Justice Department is taking six immediate steps to improve its efforts to combat the spike in hate crimes, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a memo to department employees Thursday, including expanding access to different languages. Thursday’s memo follows a 30-day “expedited review” Garland ordered in March, shortly after he was confirmed, to figure

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