2015-11-11 Activists Versus Media at the University of Missouri
For several weeks, Hashtack ConcernedStudent1950 activists were looking for media coverage of their protest at the University of Missouri or…
2015-11-07 Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Project
President Barack Obama has rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The project involved building a 1,900-kilometer oil pipeline to…
2015-10-31 Slow and Gassy Balloon is Social Media Fave
Who knew a huge blimp – basically a 73-meter-long balloon – could become the social media star of the week?…
2015-10-31 Bank Scandals Fuel Interest in Islamic Finance
Recent bank scandals have fueled interest in Islamic banking because it forbids interest or fees on loans. Questions about ethics…
2015-10-30 China Ends One–Child Policy
The government in China plans to end its one-child per family policy and instead let families have two children. The…
2015-10-24 Hillary Clinton Stronger After Benghazi Hearing
Hillary Rodham Clinton emerged stronger politically after nearly 11 hours of tough questioning Thursday, analysts said. Her ability to remain…
2015-10-16 US Troops to Remain in Afghanistan, Deploy to Cameroon
President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will slow the planned withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan. The…
2015-10-10 US Arrests Former UN Official
A former United Nations General Assembly president was arrested in the United States this week. John Ashe is accused of…
2015-10-06 Ireland, Japan, China Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Medicine
The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine…
2015-10-02 US, Russia Clash on How to End Syrian Conflict
Russian warplanes attacked Syrian cities this week but the U.S. disputes whether those targets were the right ones. Russia says…
2015-09-22 UN Nuclear Inspector Reports Progress in Iran Investigation
In the news today… UN Nuclear Inspector Reports Progress in Iran Investigation The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has…
2015-09-19 No End in Sight to the War in Syria
U.S. officials said this week that the United States is moving forward with an international agreement with Iran. The agreement…
2015-09-17 Hungarian Police Use Force Against Asylum-Seekers
Hundreds of foreign migrants entered the European Union Wednesday through the cornfields of Croatia. The migrants were welcomed in Croatia…
2015-09-15 Taliban Free Hundreds of Prisoners in Afghanistan
Taliban fighters have raided a prison in eastern Afghanistan. Hundreds of prisoners escaped in what Afghan officials are calling a…
2015-09-13 Issues Collide Over Europe’s Migrant Crisis
Europe’s migrant crisis has brought the situation of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict or seeking a better life…