2021-07-28 Mental Health Gets Spotlight at Olympics
American Simone Biles is widely considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time. In the United States, she is the “face” of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. When the games…
2021-07-28 China Meets with Taliban as US Withdraws
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi met Wednesday with a group of Taliban leaders from Afghanistan. China and the armed rebel movement appear to be seeking closer ties. Wang held the…
2021-07-28 Is UN Peacekeeping Losing Its Appeal?
In the early 1990s, Canada had over 3,000 troops deployed in peacekeeping missions around the world. Today, it has only a few dozen. Canada is not the only Western country…
2021-07-27 Competitors Explain Beach Volleyball Clothing
This week at the Tokyo Olympics, many people are thinking more about the kind of sports clothing, or uniforms, female athletes wear. The clothing worn by Olympic gymnasts and by…
2021-07-27 German Female Gymnasts Wear Body-Covering Unitard in Olympics
The clothes that the German women’s gymnastics team wore during the start of Olympic competition in Tokyo looked similar to the others. The lights shined off crystals across their front…
2021-07-27 UN: More Women, Children Killed in Afghan Fighting
The United Nations says more women and children were killed or wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since…
2021-07-26 Tunisia’s President Suspends Parliament, Removes Prime Minister
Troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament building Monday, blocking its speaker from entering. The move came after the president suspended the legislature and dismissed the prime minister following nationwide protests. Protesters were…