2019-04-22 Drug Problems, Crowded Jails in Iraqi City
The Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to deal with a growing problem: illegal drugs. The drug problem has led…
2019-04-22 Comedian Elected President of Ukraine in Landslide
World leaders congratulated comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy Monday on being elected president of Ukraine. The country’s Central Election Commission reported that…
2019-04-21 US Business Seeks to Protect Use of Hawaiian Word ‘Aloha’
Is it possible for a business to legally own a word from a native culture and prevent its use by…
2019-04-21 Nigeria’s ‘Twin Town’ Has High Number of Multiple Births
At a dusty playground in southwest Nigeria, school children line up to return to their classrooms. Many of their faces…
2019-04-20 Study Examines How Americans View Birds
A new study released by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science aims to define “a range of relationships…
2019-04-20 San Francisco to Charge for Driving on Lombard Street
Visitors may soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down the world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco,…
2019-04-21 Brazil Tribal Lands Facing New Threat
Ten years ago, the Macuxi people won a legal battle to expel rice planters from their homeland in northern Brazil.…
2019-04-20 Program Aims to Train South African Girls in Science Fields
The number of women working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM fields in South Africa has not…
2019-04-19 Denials of US Immigrant Visas Rise after Little-known Rule Change
Arturo Balbino works as a builder in Texas. On a recent day, he walked into the U.S. consulate in the…
2019-04-18 Mueller Details Trump’s Attempts to Interfere with Investigation
The United States Attorney General William Barr released most of a special government report on Russian interference in the 2016…
2019-04-18 North Korea Wants to Replace Pompeo in Future Talks
North Korea said it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in talks over its…
2019-04-18 New European Law Will Change the Internet
On Monday, the European Council of the European Union, or EU, approved new copyright rules. They aim to give more…
2019-04-18 Independent Bookstores Growing in the US
Small, independent bookstores in neighborhoods across the United States are places to discover new books and make friends. About 20…
2019-04-17 How Old Are You? In Korea, Answers May Differ
Lee Dong Kil’s daughter was born on December 31, 2018. She arrived late in the night – two hours before…
2019-04-17 Notre Dame Fire Seen Live Worldwide Tests Social Media
France has promised a worldwide effort to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the famous Christian church damaged by fire this…