• Top U.N. Court Says Countries Can Sue Each Other Over Climate Change

    Source: PBS ScienceThe United Nations's top court announced Wednesday that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, they could be in violation of international law. The International Court of Justice delivered an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations' obligations to tackle climate change and the consequences they may face if they don't, calling it an "urgent and existential" threat to humanity.
  • U.S. Olympics, Paralympics Told to Comply with Trump's Trans Order

    Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsThe U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women's sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming and other sports it has an "obligation to comply" with an executive order issued by President Trump. The new policy, announced Monday with a quiet change on the USOPC's website, follows a similar step taken by the NCAA earlier this year.

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