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Germany’s Greens attacked their highest-ranking cabinet ministers at a party convention near Frankfurt this weekend. Nominally, the subject

A total of 19 trains carrying coal to Australia’s flagship export hub for the fuel were disrupted after

Lou Williams officially announced his retirement from the NBA on Sunday, June 18 after almost two decades in the league.Oh, the keen sting of a good lemon pepper wing and a triumphant sendoff. That's what we're feeling tonight after Lou Williams, NBA veteran of 17 years, announced his ...

A new law will require less dependence on imported oil and gas and more use of renewable sources.

The Bradley Beal trade has the All-Star going to the Suns, but a third team might get involved in order to facilitate Chris Paul landing with a contender.The Bradley Beal trade sent shockwaves throughout the league with the Wizards sending the All-Star to the Phoenix Suns. But it also might not ...

More than 400 wildfires are raging across Canada, and misinformation about the blazes is spreading as well, particularly on TikTok. As Media Matters for America (MMFA) noted in a recent analysis, videos on TikTok claiming the fires were started intentionally by helicopters, arsonists, and “directed energy weapons” have garnered millions of views this month, with the false ideas in these videos then spreading to other social media platforms. Only a few of the most viral false videos have been taken down, the analysis notes. Further scrutiny of such claims provides easy evidence to the contrary, with Canadian officials attributing the fires to a combination of lightning strikes, human accidents, and dry, climate crisis-fueled conditions across the country. “We are already seeing one of the worst wildfire seasons on record,” Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, said in a statement earlier this month. “We must prepare for a long summer.” Other videos about the fires featured clips from a controlled burn by fire officials, as well as what was actually a 2015 wildfire, MMFA found. The Independent has contacted TikTok for comment. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes including large numbers in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Hundreds of firefighters have arrived from countries like Australia, New Zealand, the US, South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica and France to assist the exhausted Canadian crews. As The Independent has previously reported, misinformation spreads quickly on TikTok during ongoing disasters, thanks in part to public distrust of government officials and an increasingly anti-science bent in US politics. “Social media can be helpful. It alerts people to a situation. It’s a way for widespread dissemination,” Dr Erin Haynes, professor of preventive medicine and environmental health at the University of Kentucky told The Independent in March in the wake of the Ohio train derailment disaster. “But because of that it allows widespread dissemination of false information, so it can go both ways. You have to be very cautious when using social media. Fact-check, find the source of that information.” Read More Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US Satellites capture Canadian wildfire smoke pouring into US Midwest Wildfire smoke from Canada might be a problem ‘all summer’

President Joe Biden will highlight climate commitments made by his administration and announce new federal funding for climate resilience projects as part of a three-day trip to the Bay Area in Northern California that begins Monday, according to a White House official.

A type of charcoal first used by Amazonian tribes thousands of years ago is becoming a key component

If the Chicago Cubs decide to go a different direction than David Ross as their manager, here are three former Cubs who could potentially slide into the role of skipper.Entering Sunday with a record of 33-37, the Chicago Cubs certainly aren't out of the race in the underperforming National ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks have a four game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West and today are going for the sweep in their interleague series with the Cleveland Guardians. Yesterday Arizona took a 6-3 win on a night they hit four home runs and are now 43-28. The Guardians are 32-38 and in second in t...

At least 12 people have died, five are missing and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless after an "extratropical cyclone" hit Brazil's Rio Grande Do Sul, local authorities say.

A dozen police officers and several protesters were injured Saturday in clashes at the construction site of an Alpine railway tunnel connecting France and Italy.