WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A science advocacy group on Friday lambasted the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for firing five "whistleblowers" who signed a public letter critical of the Trump administration. "The EPA fired five whistleblowers who signed the EPA Declaration of Dissent, and issued a Notice of Removal for an additional four employees," according to a statement from Stand Up for Science, a non-profit organization created in response to US President Donald Trump's cuts to federal research funding and other policies. The EPA appeared to acknowledge the job losses in a statement on Friday, but did not specify if employees were fired. "Following a thorough internal investigation, EPA supervisors made decisions on an individualized basis," an agency...
ROUEN, France, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an...
GENEVA, Aug 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than a quarter of a million people are registered as missing by the Red Cross, a figure up...
TIANJIN, China, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Saturday evening, Indian TV...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Ukrainian lawmaker who formerly served as speaker of parliament was shot dead on Saturday in the western...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russia launched "massive" strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts...
GENEVA, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The head of the international Red Cross on Saturday denounced Israel's plans for a mass evacuation of Gaza City...
DHAKA, August 30, 2025 (BSS) - The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed across the country today, drawing attention to the...
LONDON, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Three men were arrested after two police officers suffered minor injuries during a protest outside a UK hotel used...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain...
TIANJIN, China, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping began welcoming dignitaries including United Nations chief Antonio Guterres and Egyptian Premier Moustafa Madbouly...
SYDNEY, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Australia has announced an agreement with the tiny Pacific nation Nauru enabling it to send hundreds of immigrants to...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Guyana, a small South American nation with the world's largest oil reserves per capita, heads to presidential elections...