2020-11-17 Peru to Swear-In New President to Calm Unrest
Peruvian lawmaker Francisco Sagasti is set to be sworn-in as acting president on Tuesday. Peru’s congress approved the appointment in an effort to calm street protests after the removal of…
2020-11-16 Bangladeshi Wins Children’s Prize for Fighting Cyberbullying
A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy has won this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize for his work to fight cyberbullying in his country. The prize winner, Sadat Rahman, promised to keep fighting…
2020-11-17 US States Prepare for the Nation’s Biggest Vaccination
Public health officials across the United States are preparing for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history. That is because they are likely to approve within weeks a vaccine against…
2020-11-15 Free Wigs Put Smile on Faces of Kenyan Cancer Patients
Mary Nafula learned she had cancer a year ago. She survived the cancer treatment, but her hair fell out. The hair loss made the mother of three feel unprotected and…
2020-11-14 Future of Business Travel Unclear as Coronavirus Changes Work Life
Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the profitable business travel industry. Contreras is an account executive at an American technology company. He is used to traveling often for work.…
2020-11-14 California Wine Industry Makes Changes After Wildfires
Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream marriage ceremonies are made of. Its colorful crops and golden sunsets give the ceremonies the beautiful imagery that brings millions…
2020-11-14 Lebanon Faces Drug Shortage, Economic Crisis
Heart drugs and all kinds of other medicines have disappeared from drug stores across Lebanon. The drug shortage is the latest in a series of problems in the country, which…
2020-11-10 Guatemala Mayan Villagers Tell of Escape from Deadly Landslide
Matilde Ical Chen was cooking over a wood fire when the landslide hit the Guatemalan Mayan town of Queja last week. Her mother, sister and grandparents were killed in the…
2020-11-11 Study Suggests Gorillas Become More Violent in Crowded Forest
Gorillas are very social animals — up to a point. Crowded areas can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say. Silverbacks are adult male mountain gorillas that often have a white…
2020-11-12 In Ruins, Syria Marks 50 Years of Assad Family Rule
On November 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched an operation to overthrow the country’s government. Hafez Assad and his supporters were successful.…
2020-11-10 Ethiopian Forces Battle Tigrayans as Refugees Head to Sudan
Ethiopian government troops were reported to have captured an airport in northern Ethiopia from Tigrayan forces on Tuesday. State media said federal forces had captured the airport, near the border…
2020-11-11 Pandemic Puts New Fears and Trauma on War-Scarred Bosnians
Memories of the Bosnian War are shaping Zdenka Sutalo and the way she thinks about the novel coronavirus. The 58-year-old woman attends group therapy meetings to work through her painful…
2020-11-12 Refugees Tell About Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Area
Filimon heard the sound of heavy weapons in his Ethiopian border town, and he started to run. Filimon is an Ethiopian refugee who spoke to the Associated Press, or AP.…
2020-11-08 La Niña Weather Expected to Continue into 2021
The United Nations weather agency says a continuing weather event places some countries at risk of weather-related problems. The World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, predicts La Ni?a will continue to…
2020-11-07 The Cruise Industry Accepts 2020 is Over, Looks to 2021
The vacation cruise industry has accepted it cannot restart operations this year. Major cruise lines Carnival and Norwegian recently extended a halt on cruises through the end of the year.…