Month: February 2021

A South Korean official says North Korea has suggested there was no need to keep its nuclear program if military threats against the country are removed. He added that North…

Special envoys for South Korean President Moon Jae-in reportedly met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Monday. Moon’s office said the envoys were to meet with North Korean officials…

Two anti-European Union parties appear to be the biggest winners in Italy’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. However, neither parties, Movimento 5 Stelle, or M5S, and Lega, have received enough seats…

In the United States, a movement known as #MeToo has been urging women and men to speak out against sexual abuse, especially in the workplace. The goal is to end…

An American aircraft carrier has arrived at a Vietnamese port for the first time since the Vietnam War. The USS Carl Vinson arrived Monday in the central city of Danang…

A new study says more than 100,000 malaria cases went untreated in Liberia during the height of the Ebola crisis. The deadly virus spread in West Africa for two years…

A Vatican magazine has denounced the misuse of nuns who cook and clean for church officials with very little pay. The monthly magazine “Women, Church, World” describes how nuns are…

Writer Helen Thorpe spent one school year in a classroom in Denver, Colorado. There, she observed immigrant and refugee students who had come from different cultures. All the students were…

Elephants have had a rich history in Myanmar, the country also known as Burma. Throughout the country’s past, the animals have been used for everything, including transportation, agriculture and warfare.…

American veteran Jeff Harris was one of the first people to ask for acupuncture when veteran’s hospital in Providence, Rhode Island began to offer it. “I don’t like taking pain…

When refugees arrive in a new country, they bring few possessions. But many bring something more valuable: their skills. Recently, twenty refugee women and asylum seekers met at a pop-up…

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with the president of Benin not long after he promised to return artifacts taken from Africa during colonial times. Macron will meet with Beninese…

Until recently, scientists had trouble identifying what was causing large numbers of fish to disappear from the high seas. Now they have an answer: human beings. By using emergency signals…

The recent shooting attack at a Florida high school has renewed heated debate about gun control in the United States. America remains divided on the issue. Both sides have mainly…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia has developed new nuclear weapons that cannot be stopped by western defense systems. The claims by the Russian leader raise concerns that a new…