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US Solar Companies Rely On Materials From Xinjiang, Where Forced Labor Is Rampant
“It’s almost impossible to confidently assess the labor conditions in Xinjiang.”
Megha Rajagopalan
2020 Was One Of The Hottest Years On Record. Global Warming Is To Blame.
NASA found 2020 tied as the hottest on record. NOAA found it came in a close second.
Zahra Hirji
Far-Right Extremists Around The World Are Drawing Inspiration From The Insurrection On Capitol Hill
On secret communication channels and open message boards, white supremacists are rejoicing at what President Donald Trump unleashed — and planning their next moves.
Christopher Miller
People Are Really Mad About Facebook's Changes To WhatsApp's Privacy Policies
And they are moving to Signal and Telegram as a result.
Pranav Dixit
14 Foods That Were Extremely Normal In Centuries Gone By But Are Super Weird Today
Including torpedo fuel and toast water.
Sam Cleal
An Extra-Contagious Coronavirus Variant Is In The US — But No One Knows How Widespread It Is
“Our healthcare infrastructure is already at a breaking point,” one expert said. “The introduction of a more transmissible strain might be enough to tip us over.”
Stephanie M. Lee
The US Was Hit With A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters In 2020
“We’re running out of adjectives trying to describe these extreme events,” a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said.
Zahra Hirji
A Slow Start To COVID-19 Vaccines Has The FDA Facing Calls To Change Shot Schedules
By cutting doses in half or delaying second shots, some scientists say we could maximize the number of people who get vaccinated. Others argue that could be dangerous.
Dan Vergano
Here's How Countries Are Reacting To Trump Supporters' Attempted Coup In DC
Germany’s foreign minister said that “the enemies of democracy will be thrilled” by the scenes unfolding on Capitol Hill.
Christopher Miller
These Updating Charts Show How Many People Have Received A Coronavirus Vaccine
Follow the latest vaccination data in the US and globally.
Peter Aldhous
"One Of The Most Kind People You Would Ever Meet": She Escaped The Holocaust But Not The Pandemic
Malvina Shabes escaped Poland during World War II and found refuge in Canada. A COVID-19 outbreak in a retirement home killed her.
Jane Lytvynenko
This "Super Granny" Worked Her Entire Life — Until COVID-19 Killed Her
Sushma Mane kept her family going, until she couldn't go any longer.
Pranav Dixit
How One Company Made It Easier For An Autocrat To Crack Down, Then Lobbied Trump — And Won
Congo suffered under the rule of Joseph Kabila, but an audacious lobbying campaign helped him get what he wanted out of the Trump administration.
Albert Samaha
These Photos Show What The #EndSARS Movement Looked Like
In October, protests against Nigeria’s notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad became a global movement.
Kovie Biakolo
We Found The Factories Inside China’s Mass Internment Camps
Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang. Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks.
Alison Killing
There Is Anger And Resignation In The Developing World As Rich Countries Buy Up All The COVID Vaccines
Mexico says it's wrong for wealthy countries to buy up more vaccines than they need, while others still don’t have access to a single dose.
Karla Zabludovsky
Biden's Team Warned That He Won't Be Able To Change All Of Trump's Immigration Policies Overnight
The presidential transition team laid out several priorities, such as revising who can make an asylum claim first and ending what they call artificial capacity limits that restrict how many immigrants can be processed at the border.
Adolfo Flores
Here’s What Is Changing After The FinCEN Files Shook The World Of Banking
After BuzzFeed News and ICIJ published a joint investigation, officials across the globe began taking action to finally thwart illicit financial activity and the criminals who move money through Western banks.
Will Fitzgibbon
This Viral Video Of A Young Asian Girl Crying About Her Language Is Generating An Important Conversation On TikTok
"Why am I Chinese if I don't know how to learn Chinese?"
Krista Torres
“I Forgot There Was A Pandemic”: How It Feels Living In Places Where COVID Isn’t A Thing
COVID infections are low to nonexistent in several countries, where life looks practically normal. Some people even occasionally forget there’s a pandemic going on.
David Mack
Scientists Still Have Problems With AstraZeneca and Oxford’s Vaccine Results
On Tuesday, Oxford became the first team leading a coronavirus vaccine trial to publish its results in a peer-reviewed journal, but scientists have questions about how the trials were conducted.
Peter Aldhous
Scientists Are Slamming A Report Saying Microwave Attacks Could Have Caused “Havana Syndrome” In US Diplomats
“The report does not make a coherent argument why microwaves should be involved,” one critic said.
Dan Vergano
The Head Of Social Media For India's Ruling Party Uses Twitter To Spread Rumors And Lies. Twitter Just Applied A Warning Label To One Of His Tweets.
Critics have been asking American tech companies to apply the same standards to the rest of the world as they do to the US. It might finally be happening.
Pranav Dixit
Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp
In a lush countryside idyll known for its horse farms and fields of yellow flowers, China built a system of total control.
Megha Rajagopalan
The Mafia Is Probably Going To Try To Get Their Hands On The COVID Vaccine
Coronavirus vaccines will be "equivalent of liquid gold to organized crime networks," according to global police agency Interpol.
Julia Reinstein
Coronavirus Vaccination Will Begin Next Week In The UK. It's A Major Milestone In The Fight Against The Pandemic.
Vaccination in the UK will begin next week and healthcare workers will likely be first in line.
Alex Campbell
Ads Inc. Shut Down, But The Tools It Used To Trick People On Facebook Have Lived On
“The quantity of these scams is so huge that it's not possible to check them by human labor.”
Craig Silverman
21 Disturbing Historical Facts That I Kind Of Wish I Hadn’t Heard
Yep, there's no way I'm sleeping tonight.
Valeza Bakolli
People Are Sharing Their Unpopular Opinions About Travelling And Honestly, I Can Lowkey Relate
Turbulence is... fun!?
Sam Cleal
WWF Admitted “Sorrow” Over Human Rights Abuses
A 160-page report, in response to a BuzzFeed News investigation, found long-standing failures at the celebrated wildlife charity.
Katie J.M. Baker
