[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A Saudi Arabian court jailed eight unnamed people with sentences between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to state media. The trial was criticized by a U.N. official and human rights campaigners who said the masterminds of the murder remained free.
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Creatures of the Amazon, one of the earth’s most biodiverse habitats, face an ever-growing threat as loggers and farms advance further and further into the rainforest. In the dry season, ranchers and land speculators set fires to clear deforested woodland for pasture.
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] NASA launched an effort to pay companies to mine resources on the moon, announcing it would buy from them rocks, dirt, and other lunar materials as the U.S. space agency seeks to spur private extraction of coveted off-world resources for its use. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wrote in a […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Three federal judges in New York ruled President Trump’s directive on census-taking as unlawful after multiple states, cities, and organizations for illegal immigrants’ rights sued over the directive. In late July, Trump released a memorandum concerning the 2020 census ordering “the exclusion of illegal aliens from the apportionment base” […]
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Ill-timed bets on rising demand have Exxon Mobil facing a shortfall of about $48 billion dollars through 2021. Wall Street investors are starting to worry about the seemingly invincible dividend at Exxon.
By Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] This year marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Mourners gather in New York City, Washington D.C., and Shanksville PA to remember those who lost their lives in the days deadly events. NYC is observing moments of silence throughout the starting at 8:46 […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] In a tweet on Friday, President Trump announced another deal brokered between a Middle Eastern nation and Israel: Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel, a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran. “Opening direct dialogue and ties between these two dynamic […]
By Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. This is the second time Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of parliament for the right-wing Progress Party, has nominated Trump for the honor. […]
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The world’s number one ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the U.S. Open after striking a line judge in the throat. Djokovic hit her inadvertently, and he quickly rushed to apologize, but it was a clear breach of Grand Slam rules.
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Music from a destroyed church echoed through Beirut this week to mourn those lost in the August 4 port explosion and to pray for those who were wounded.
