Mikhail Klimentov

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Mikhail Klimentov

Member states of a United Nations agency focused on maritime shipping and pollution agreed Friday to a global deal to tax carbon emissions from ships. The agreement, which goes into effect in 2028, makes the shipping industry the first to face international binding emissions targets. The International Maritime Organization, the U.N. agency that convened the talks on adopting the framework, has set a goal for shipping to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Mikhail Klimentov

Six activists were arrested Thursday in a protest over U.S. military aid to Israel in which demonstrators poured blood-red dye into the pond outside the U.S. Embassy in London. The activist group Greenpeace said Thursday that 12 protesters spilled the dye into the pond from containers stamped with the phrase “Stop arming Israel.” The group described the red coloring as nontoxic, biodegradable and safe for use in ponds.

2 weeks ago | postguam.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Samantha Schmidt

At least 124 people were killed and more than 155 injured when a nightclub’s roof collapsed early Tuesday in the Dominican Republic’s capital, local officials said, including a prominent singer, a governor and two former Major League Baseball players. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, told reporters that 155 people were hospitalized after the collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Samantha Schmidt

At least 124 people were killed and more than 155 injured when a nightclub’s roof collapsed in the Dominican Republic’s capital city early Tuesday, local officials said, including a prominent local singer, a governor and two former Major League Baseball players. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, told reporters that 155 people were hospitalized after the collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Mikhail Klimentov |Samantha Schmidt

At least 27 people were killed and more than 130 injured when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, early Tuesday, local officials said. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, told reporters more than 134 people were taken to the hospital after the collapse. Emergency services were working to clear the debris Tuesday in search of survivors trapped under the rubble, Méndez added.