Dangerous levels of hex-valent chromium have been found in the tap water consumed by millions of Americans, according to a report from an independent environmental advocacy group. Chromium-6 (6-valent chromium) is a carcinogenic chemical, which, in particular, was opposed by the heroine of Julia Roberts in the film 6...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommends that all athletes from Russia be barred from the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Such a decision was published on the agency's website following the announcement of a report by the WADA independent commission, which found evidence of doping ...
The air in Los Angeles was the most polluted of any city in America. This is stated in the report of the American Lung Association. According to the report, 166 million Americans, or 52,1 percent of people living in the US, live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. Almost 20 million people ...
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) presented its next report on the global arms trade. It notes that the United States and Russia remain the largest exporters in this area. Since 2004, the volume of arms trade has grown steadily, and over the period ...
The Russian Navy has 186 combat-ready submarines and ships, which makes it the third largest in the world in size. This is stated in the report "Russian Fleet: Historical Transformation", which was prepared by the US Naval Intelligence Agency expert George Fedoroff at the request of the Pentagon. In the first place are the US naval forces, which ...
As a result of the military conflict in Donbass, 7883 people were killed and over 17 were injured. This is stated in the report of the United Nations (UN) monitoring mission, which was published on its website on Tuesday, September 8. “Since the beginning of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine...
The US State Department has included Israel in the list of countries where it is most actively fighting human trafficking. The annual report on trafficking in persons has been published since 2001. In total, the situation on this issue is analyzed in 175 countries, but only in thirty of them, including ...
Over the past decade, Russia has shown the greatest departure from democratic standards. This is stated in a new report by the US-based nongovernmental organization Freedom House The researchers also point out that other authoritarian states have resorted to drastic steps to block the formation of new democracies anywhere in Europe ...
UN peacekeeping troops regularly exchange goods for the sexual favors of those they are supposed to help. A report compiled by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services states that hundreds of women in Liberia and Haiti, in extreme poverty and starvation, have sexually ...
The Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalya Yaresko refused to read her report in Russian during her speech at the Eastern Partnership summit, which started on May 21 in Riga. As you can see from the video posted on the YouTube video hosting, one of the ...