HPU Students Produce A Movie on Sustainability

Hosts Jay Fidell and Lori Wingard present a film about sustainability produced by students of Hawaii Pacific University. Featuring: Alisa Soon (Hawaii Pacific News), Serena Karnagy (Hawaii Pacific News), Neil Abercrombie (Governor of Hawaii), Robbie Cabra (Innovations Development Group), Mililani Trask (Human Rights Attorney), Jarrett Keohokalole (Hawaii Pacific News), Juanita Kawamoto-Brown (Organic Food Advocate), Sanjeev […]

Clean Energy Day 2011 – People, Capital, Capitol

Hosts Jay Fidell and Duke Oishi provide an overview of 3rd Clean Energy Program. Featuring: Neil Abercrombie (Governor of Hawaii), Jeff Matsu (DLIR Clean Jobs Initiative), Darren Kimura (Sopogy), David Lovelace (Hawaii Electricians), Scott Murakami (UH Community College), Dwight Takamine (Director of Labor), Richard Lim (DBEDT), Karl Fooks (HSDC), Dawn Lippert (Hawaii Renewable Energy Development […]

Getting to know your Solar Energy Assn – Leslie Cole-Brooks and Chris DeBone

Host Jay Fidell talks with guests about the HSEA and asks: What came of the hearing in October Interconnect – still happening Bill pending – what about solar credits Decline of installations Nationals doing better – are they your members Storage technology like Saturnia Position on interIsland grid What about on-bill financing What does HSEA […]

Tsunami Debris Modeling with Jan Hafner

“Tsunami Debris Modeling Overview” with Jan Hafner (pronounced: Yan), Scientific Computer Programmer, and Nikolai Maximento, Senior Researcher, UH-Manoa Host Jay Fidell talks to Jan Hafner about his collaboration with and Nikolai Maximento to develop an accurate model for tracking debris from the Japanese Tsunami.The model is good for other purposes like for corroborating the “Castaway” […]

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- Roger Cohen and Chris Buckley
China’s Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity

The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order. [...]

- Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu

The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace. [...]

- Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jonathan Wolfe
Police Clear a Pro-Palestinian Encampment at USC for a Second Time

The university has been in turmoil following the decision not to allow its valedictorian, who is Muslim, to speak at graduation. [...]

- Yan Zhuang
Police Arrest Dozens in Protest at Art Institute of Chicago

The Chicago police said that 68 people had been arrested and charged with trespassing. [...]

Sunak needs to own Tory defeats and change course, says Braverman

Tories lost nearly 500 councillors, 10 councils and the West Midlands mayoralty in the elections. [...]

Crossing shut after Hamas fires rockets, Israel says

Israeli media say 10 people were injured as Hamas fired rockets at the Kerem Shalom crossing. [...]

Al Jazeera to be shut down in Israel

Israel accuses Al Jazeera of bias, but the Qatar-based network says Israel wants "to cover up its crimes". [...]

Lord of the Rings and Titanic actor Bernard Hill dies aged 79

Bernard Hill enjoyed a career spanning decades in film and television. [...]

From teenage cyber-thug to Europe’s most wanted

Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history. [...]

Internationally mediated talks on establishing a cease-fire in Gaza have resumed in Egypt. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera has gone off air in Israel after Netanyahu's government ordered the network to close. [...]

Eight candidates are running to take over the presidency, with the frontrunner only recently given the legal go-ahead. [...]

The Qatari TV network is no longer available in Israel after the Cabinet voted to suspend it. Israel has had a tense relationship with the broadcaster, accusing it of bias [...]

A global trend of increasing antisemitism has skyrocketed since Hamas' deadly October 7 attack, a new report has said. The Tel Aviv University report says many Jews across the world [...]

Speaking with DW, Ukrainian civilians share their experiences of fleeing Russian-occupied territories via the only open border crossing between the two countries. [...]

- Michele Kelemen
Netanyahu's government has voted to shut down the Al Jazeera office in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera. [...]

- Chloe Veltman
The original 'Harry Potter' book cover art is expected to break records at auction

Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000. [...]

- The Associated Press
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls God an "ally" against Russia in Orthodox Easter message

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an "ally" in the war with Russia. [...]

- The Associated Press
Bodies found in Mexico likely those of missing American and two Australians

Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping [...]

- Geoff Brumfiel
When rockets fall, some Israeli citizens have nowhere to hide

While most buildings in Israel are required to have bomb shelters, a zoning catch-22 has left Bedouin villagers unprotected. [...]

- Jeanne Whalen

Schools continue to grapple with balancing students’ free speech rights and maintaining an amicable atmosphere ahead of graduation ceremonies. [...]

- Hank Stuever

Paul Reubens, who died Sunday, rose to fame with Pee-wee Herman, a delightfully deranged twist on Peter Pan, presaging our obsession with nostalgia and childhood fun. [...]

- Herb Scribner, Will Sommer

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

- Sonia Rao, Emily Yahr

'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]

- Matthew Cappucci

The zone from Oklahoma to southern Nebraska is particularly at risk. [...]

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