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With Ukrainian troops attacking separatist-held government buildings in Slovyansk, and Moscow calling the action “criminal,” it’s no longer a question of will Russia respond.

Over the weekend, BP made major headway in containing the flow of oil still leaking from the site of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, which ruptured back on April 20.

Amid the wreckage of the Spanish economy there’s a small glimmer of hope in the waste of an old tin mine in northwestern Spain.

Germans love their bottled water: still, fizzy, flavored or plain. But there’s a movement afoot to get them to embrace tap water, not just for its environmental benefits but because Berlin, in particular, has too much water on-hand at the moment.