Month: January 2021

In the early years of American life, traveling religious workers called preachers helped to spread Protestant Christianity westward as the territory of the United States expanded. Many of these preachers…

Asian Americans will make up more than 10 percent of California voters by the time America elects the next president. Asian Americans are the fastest-growing minority in the nation. Still,…

Bombings in Baghdad early Sunday killed at least 124 people and wounded at least 180 others. A suicide truck bombing happened shortly after midnight at a busy shopping area in…

Young Muslims in the United States are concerned about anti-Muslim feelings and calls to bar other Muslims from entering the country. Several young Muslims spoke to a group of people…

Some Russians enjoy taking part in reenactments of historic military battles. In Russia, the government often plays up past military victories as a show of national strength. Recently, one group…

Austria will have its second presidential election this year in September or October. That is because the country’s highest court overturned the results of the presidential election in May. The…

Activists are voicing concerns about a new United States government report on human trafficking. The State Department released its 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Thursday. Secretary of State John…

Excitement is building for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 5. For months, news media have been reporting on…

The new president of the Philippines has promised to be “relentless” in the fight against crime. Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday. He won the office on his promise to…

Five years ago, police stopped Veronica Razo on a street in Mexico City and took her to federal prison. She was beaten, tortured with electrical shocks and raped. Today, she…

The United States government is increasingly using social media to investigate people who may represent a security threat to the country. The latest example comes from the Department of Homeland…

Volkswagen’s emissions cheating will cost the company at least $15 billion in the United States alone. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Volkswagen would make the largest-ever…

The suicide attack in Istanbul that killed at least 41 people is the latest in a series of deadly terrorism strikes to hit Turkey. Tuesday’s attack at Ataturk International Airport…

A new report about the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, criticizes the United States government. The report says the Obama administration, as well as military and…

UPDATE — 1140 UTC: Istanbul fully reopened Ataturk International Airport Wednesday. Officials now say the suicide attack killed 41 people and injured at more than 200. Suicide bombers at Istanbul’s…