Nov 14, 2024 · Southern Greenland has shown promising reserves of rare earths, with ongoing exploration underway. While some deposits are sizable, the concentration of rare earths in the region's ore is relatively low, according to Flemming Getreuer Christiansen, a geoscientific consultant with experience in Greenland's mining industry.

Aug 27, 2024 · The killings came to be known as the Haditha massacre. Four Marines were charged with murder, but those charges were later dropped. General James Mattis, who went on to become Secretary of Defense, wrote a glowing letter to one of the Marines, dismissing his charges and declaring him innocent.

Dec 8, 2023 · On December 25, 2015, 24-year-old Matsuri Takahashi died by suicide, jumping from her company dormitory. Takahashi was an employee of Japan’s largest advertising agency, Dentsu Inc., notorious for its rigorous working environment.

In the remote Western Brooks Range in Alaska, the visible impact of climate change is striking. Permafrost, the layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, is thawing at an unprecedented rate and exposing the pyrite-rich bedrock to water and oxygen.

Jan 3, 2025 · Image Yazmin Alvarez, left, and her daughter, Leyla Avelar, discuss Halloween costume ideas in their East Oakland, California, living room on October 9, 2024. Leyla’s first blood lead level test was slated for the day after Halloween. From the story “Toxic Inaction: Oakland’s Lead Funding Languishes as Residents Live With Serious Health Risks.” Image by Hiram Alejandro Durán/El ...

FOCUS ON. In its first eight months, the AI Spotlight Series training programs reached 1,666 journalists in 112 countries, quickly surpassing its initial goal of training 1,000 journalists.The series, designed by leading AI journalist Karen Hao, aims to build a movement of journalists who have the skills and the confidence to interrogate AI systems, their makers, and their impacts on ...

Sep 27, 2024 · On November 19, 2005, a group of U.S. Marines killed twenty-four civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The incident led to one of the most high-profile war-crimes prosecutions in American history.

Jul 22, 2023 · One Sunday morning on the Thai bank of the Moei River, a group of men put down their breakfast as a truck pulls in to unload its contents: boxes of nappies, chocolate wafers and bottles of bird’s nest drink into a boat below.. Some of the goods are destined for a compound across the river in Myawaddy, which the men say is home to a “Chinese online gambling company” – a euphemism for ...

Jun 12, 2015 · How Europeans Brought Sickness to the New World. In the Americas, the arrival of Europeans brought disease, war, and slavery to many indigenous peoples. Can some of the world's last isolated groups avoid those fates as they make contact in the 21st...

The Pulitzer Center provides support to freelance and staff journalists to pursue underreported enterprise stories in two ways: Reporting grants: Funding for in-depth journalism projects; Fellowship programs: Funding; training; data and research support; and a cohort experience with journalists pursuing similar in-depth or investigative stories; These …