2019-10-02 NY Times: Trump Wanted a Snake-Filled Waterway at Mexican Border
A New York Times report says that the American president has suggested unusual, and even illegal, methods for preventing illegal…
2019-10-02 N. Korea Launches Submarine Missile Days Before Talks with US Restart
South Korea’s military says it is “highly likely” that North Korea has tested a missile designed for launch from a…
2019-10-02 South Sudan Launches Mobile Money Service
People living in South Sudan now have the ability to send and receive money using their phones. The mobile money…
2019-10-01 Peru’s President Dissolves Congress
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra dissolved congress Monday. Vizcarra used his powers as Peru’s head of state to dismiss the opposition-controlled…
2019-09-30 Study: White Supremacists Lead New Wave of Foreign Fighters
A new kind of foreign fighter is on the move. These individuals are arriving by the thousands in areas where…
2019-09-30 Saudi Crown Prince Takes Responsibility for Khashoggi Death
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon says he takes “full responsibility” for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But…
2019-09-30 Scientists Discover ‘Cute’ Prehistoric Baby Bottles
Scientists say ceramic containers were used in prehistoric times to feed animal milk to human babies. Archaeologists recently published their…
2019-09-29 Charcoal Trade Is Destroying Africa’s Forest Cover
Across Africa, men carrying tools for cutting down trees spend weeks deep inside forests. They cut down the trees to…
2019-09-29 Rights Group Says Migrant Workers Unpaid, Trapped in Qatar
The human rights group Amnesty International says thousands of migrant workers in Qatar are not getting paid by their employers.…
2019-09-29 Shipwrecks Part of New US Marine Sanctuary
Remains of more than 200 wooden ships lie at the bottom of Mallows Bay near Nanjemoy in the state of…
2019-09-26 What is Causing Cuba’s Fuel Shortage?
Cubans wait hours for buses to arrive. In Havana, drivers wait in long lines at gasoline stations. Both are signs…
2019-09-25 Placido Domingo Withdraws from Met Opera After Harassment Reports
New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Plácido Domingo had agreed to cancel plans to perform at the opera house.…
2019-09-24 Britain’s Supreme Court Rules Parliament Suspension ‘Unlawful’
Britain’s highest court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson violated the law when he asked Queen Elizabeth to suspend…
2019-09-25 A Nobel Prize for Sweden’s Greta Thunberg?
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s shaming of world leaders and air travelers over climate change has won her millions of supporters.…
2019-09-25 Nigeria Becomes Africa’s Center for Illegal Pangolin Trade with Asia
In the Nigerian port of Lagos, customs agents open a shipping container filled with scales from pangolins. Pangolins are the…