Category: east

East Palestine Families Living in Limbo Months After Fire

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator that serves as a nightstand—his pickup truck parked just outside the door at the roadside motel where he’s taken refuge since early February. Shelby Walker bounces from hotel…


Yakutia: A Serbian Mystery | Arkeo Ep17 | Documentary

Yakutia extends beneath the polar circle to the east of Siberia. This land is home to a unique people whose origins were completely unknown until the recent discoveries of a team of archeologists and geneticists. …


Madagascar’s Weirdest: Forests of Wonders

This film is only available in the United States, Mexico, Ireland, and Canada because of territorial licensing. Thriving everywhere from the tangled forests of the east to the arid plains of the west, Madagascar’s wonderful creatures raise the bar for the meaning of bizarre. …


The Push to Berlin | WWII Liberation of Europe Ep6 | Documentary

In the spring of 1945, battle-weary GIs moved east, crossing the River Rhine to reconvene with paratroopers of one of the largest airborne assaults in history. Witness the Allied forces push east to Berlin and conquer it in the spring of 1945. …


World Bank Cuts 2022 East Asia Growth Outlook, Cites China Slowdown

MANILA—Economic growth in East Asia and the Pacific will weaken sharply in 2022 due to China’s slowdown, but the pace of expansion will pick up next year, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The Washington-based lender said in a report it expected 2022 growth in the East Asia and Pacific region, which includes China, to…


Tropical Storm Pounds East Coast After Killing 1 in Florida

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake. Elsa’s winds strengthened slightly Thursday morning to 45 mph, and…


Outages Drop Below One Million in Texas; Icy Weather Goes East

AUSTIN, Texas—Power outages in Texas dropped below 1 million on Thursday morning for the first time in four days, but many people remained without electricity or safe drinking water after winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and utilities. Meanwhile, heavy snow and ice were expected Thursday in the Appalachians, northern Maryland, and…