Brian Osgood

Some fa­cil­i­ties have been aban­doned by their own­ers, with cities say­ing they can­not af­ford to tear them down.

While sym­pa­this­ing with the plight of Ukraini­ans, Afghans also ques­tion dou­ble stan­dards in the in­ter­na­tion­al re­sponse.

Thou­sands of Afghans re­main strand­ed, with few signs of ac­tion by US Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s ad­min­is­tra­tion.

With few re­sources avail­able in their na­tive lan­guages, many are find­ing a life­line in com­mu­ni­ty or­gan­i­sa­tions.

Bat­tered by the pan­dem­ic and crip­pling debt, New York City medal­lion own­ers are de­mand­ing more mean­ing­ful debt re­lief.

Firms that pro­vide wild­fire risk as­sess­ments and home hard­en­ing ser­vices say de­mand is ris­ing as wild­fires grow fiercer.

Ex­pen­sive feed and harsh weath­er have pre­sent­ed chal­lenges for Cal­i­for­nia farm­ers.

As high tem­per­a­tures en­gulf the West Coast of the US, farm work­ers must of­ten choose be­tween wages and their health.

Pales­tin­ian rights ad­vo­cates in US con­demn re­ports Is­rael plans to re­quest ad­di­tion­al $1bn in mil­i­tary aid.

Pales­tin­ian rights groups hope to par­lay shift­ing pub­lic opin­ion to place con­di­tions on $3.8bn an­nu­al US aid to Is­rael.