Month: January 2021

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced it is reopening an investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. FBI chief James Comey made the announcement…

Hajia Hawa is working to help Nigerians displaced by fighting with the Islamic militant group Boko Haram. And she is doing it on her own terms. On an average day,…

Police have removed more than 100 protesters from private land in the midwestern state of North Dakota. The protesters were showing their opposition to an oil pipeline in a demonstration…

The United States presidential election is affecting how some people celebrate Halloween. Halloween takes place on the last day of October. Many people celebrate by wearing costumes and masks to…

Fifty-one percent of young Americans are “fearful” about the future of their country. Nearly nine in 10 young African-Americans polled by Harvard said people of their racial background are under…

Vietnamese-Americans are the sixth-largest immigrant group in the United States. Many of them take part in political activities and events. In recent years, there has been a split between older…

Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday that gunmen killed more than 25 people in a rural area in the central province of Ghor. The victims were among a group of 33…

The United Nations estimates that 200 million girls and women in more than 30 countries are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM). U.N. officials say Somalia has the highest rate…

The United States Senate plans to hold hearings next month on a plan to join two of the country’s largest media companies. Senators want to hold hearings on AT&T’s proposal…

The United Nations is supporting a program aimed at giving former militants in Somalia a chance at a fresh start. Its goal is to help them return to Somali society.…

Television star Billy Bush is the latest well-known person to lose his job after reports of bad behavior. The American television network, NBC, announced last week that Bush was leaving…

Immigration has been, and continues to be, a major issue in the United States. Immigration has been angrily debated during the 2016 presidential election campaign. It also is important in…

Drone aircraft are now being used to transport blood, medicine and supplies in southern Africa. Zipline International recently began flying its drones to remote medical centers across Rwanda. The Rwandan…

Houston, Texas has the largest community of Vietnamese in the United States outside of California. Only a few hundred Vietnamese were living in Houston in 1975, at the end of…

An aid group says 5,000 people have fled fighting near Iraq’s northern city of Mosul and arrived at a refugee camp in Syria. Save the Children said Wednesday the refugees…