The #WPPh2026 Photo of the Year is ‘Separated by ICE’ by Carol Guzy, ZUMA Press, iWitness, for Miami Herald. It documents the human cost of family separations by ICE in the United States. Read more: worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo-contest/2026/Carol-Guzy/2

"Nearly half the nation’s children live in places with dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association." When you burn things for power and transportation, this is what happens.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of this view, Isle of Skye

Fantastic, well done 🇬🇧! As a mom of 2 teenagers, I really hope that we get such a ban too soonest in 🇳🇱 & help existing smokers/vapers with their addiction.

Pope Leo XIV referred to universal healthcare as a “moral imperative” and called upon countries to offer such assistance to their citizens.

This case will be studied in universities, especially in the US. Yesterday, the US submitted an amendment to the UN General Assembly resolution on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. According to the media, they tried to remove the clause on Ukraine's territorial integrity from the text

Goed dat @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl en @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org heldere oproepen deden over ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Feit blijft: we staan ontzettend ver af van OESO en VN afspraken hierop - niet gunstig voor o.a. conflictpreventie. Dit moet beter! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Eiffel Tower tonight 🇺🇦

🇩🇪🇱🇧⚡️- German Foreign Ministry: "We call on our citizens in Lebanon to be cautious as the US may launch an attack on Iran"

Getting updates from South Sudan is becoming harder every day. More than 2 million people have been displaced, and the situation is worsening. Our colleague Kamba sent this voicenote to share what he’s witnessing on the ground. Please donate to Oxfam's Emergency Fund bit.ly/3F1xqeE

Nigeria is dramatically reducing women’s access to contraceptive services that help prevent unintended pregnancies, while simultaneously seeking to intensify criminal penalties for abortion – often the consequence of those same unintended pregnancies. punchng.com/nigeria-cann...

Meanwhile, NYT analysis shows that the Trump administration has established an effective blockade of Cuba and is pushing it toward a humanitarian crisis.

Things are so bad under Trump, some Ugandan health care providers are pining for George W. Bush.

🇨🇦 take note: “America’s collapse into authoritarianism was accelerated by those who overlooked the early warning signs—from the increased prevalence of conspiracy theories to the end of civil discourse—because they assumed that American democracy was indestructible.” By Lucan Way via Maclean’s

The US Constitution begins to function

I cannot get over how little international attention this horrendous conflict and its awful consequences receive. #Sudan

A popular app in Denmark identifies American products so that Danes know not to buy them www.independent.co.uk/tech/us-boyc...

Observation: leaders praise Trump, but then add their conditions to their pledges. Qatar: FM/PM says they’ll donate $1B but add a condition of Palestine statehood Turkey: demands 2-state solution Albania: asks to free former Kosovo President prosecuted by ICC Morocco: demands Palestine ownership

When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/15/chicago-ofelia-torres-death-cancer-father-ice-custody

As we speak: the biggest move of 🇺🇸military assets we've seen in years in preparation for war with Iran This right here is why the US will never voluntarily pull out of Europe. Without these European bases, the Americans can't launch their military adventures in the Middle East.

🇺🇲 The map shows the scale of American forces poised for potential military operations against Iran. 👇

🇺🇸 Between February 16–17, according to current data, 19 U.S. Air Force aircraft — C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 Galaxy transport planes — delivered military cargo to the Middle East from American, European, and Japanese air bases.

Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu died #OTD in 1997. She conducted the Wu experiment (proving parity isn't conserved) for which her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Her role wasn't publicly honored until she was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in 1978. #WomenInSTEM #MatildaEffect

“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups. “Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”

Governments must use new UN General Assembly resolution to turn International Court of Justice’s 2025 Advisory Opinion on climate change into robust action, Amnesty International said, ahead of discussions to finalize new UN climate change resolution www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Politico: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO. Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions.

Would like to see 'defence spending' upgraded, properly funded and reframed as 'spending on comprehensive security'. You cannot have human (individual) security without national (civil, military, defence), collective (international), energy, food and climate security. It's all one system.

Trump is stating there are over 4 major issues that Republicans want from Iran to stop them from being bombed. A. Stop making hypersonic missiles. B. Stop supporting Hizballah , Houthis and Hamas C. Stop killing protestors. D. Stop Enriching Uranian for a bomb. Trump will be bombing Iran, promise.

Barack Obama publicly states support for anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis

Hundreds of peaceful protesters took to the streets in Venezuela’s capital and across the country this week for Youth Day, asserting their right to demonstrate and calling for acting president Delcy Rodríguez to release political prisoners.

Sounds a lot like the EU Defence Union that the UK spent decades blocking while it was a member of the union. Rearmament would be a lot cheaper with such a union and would actually give Europe the capacity for autonomous defence, which the current NATO spending plans do not.

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court! A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest. A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

Pity the French Far Right. After 15 years of Marine Le Pen cleaning house and four years of distancing her party from Moscow, the Rassemblement National can’t help admitting where its real instincts lie 1/

You just can't electrify heavy trucking and shipping. Not possible. Need gas, hydrogen, ammonia,... China: hold my electrons. maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

In a new Perspective, Melissa Arguello Belli, MD, argues that U.S. clinicians, health systems, and policymakers should recognize immigration enforcement as a social determinant of health currently implicated in a public health crisis and act accordingly. Read the full Perspective: nej.md/4rcAhVw

In Bulgaria, former military barracks house hundreds of migrants. Conditions are grim: Detainees face poor sanitation, meager rations and inadequate medical care. It's one in a network of holding sites that the EU has funded as part of a new approach to immigration. nyti.ms/4ac2O7x

New rule could be used to send asylum seekers to countries they have no ties to if they're 'deemed' safe.

The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures views of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople. https://cnn.it/4r5GoL9

IOC has reviewed request by UA Olympian Heraskevych to wear helmet with photos of UA athletes killed by Russia. IOC has permitted to wear it during training; citing rules that prioritize focusing on games, Committee will make an exception and allow him to wear a black armband during competition.

Look for wealthy or prominent individuals who are into big game hunting and who travelled to Austria, Hungary and Italy between 1992-1996.

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...

Iranian authorities have sentenced the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a second prison sentence even before she had completed her last jail term, her family and lawyers said on Sunday.

Apple reverses three years of sales declines in China by growing sales +38% year over year with a refreshed hardware design and a new color fans are calling “Hermès orange”. I sometimes forget that iPhones are as much a luxury status symbol as they are technology device.

Not my pic, came across this by Sens photography

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 2023. It’s a dark and rainy day in Portland, Oregon, and I felt the need for some color in my life. I think this fits the bill. #Photography #Architecture #Interior #Paris #France 📷

We will remember this winter. When an entire nation froze in the cold right on the border with the European Union, fought against the Russian army's advance, but did not give up.

"For much of the 20th century, Black physicians were significantly underrepresented in Canadian medicine, often navigating exclusion from training programs, leadership roles and professional networks."

A new piece on the growing European backlash against Trump's push to "cultivate resistance" to liberal democracy under the guise of free speech. open.substack.com/pub/nbarkin/...