2019-11-13 Venice: Underwater From Rising Waters
Venice, Italy is experiencing its worst flooding in more than 50 years. The floods resulted in calls Wednesday to help…
2019-11-13 Africa Not Ready to Give Up on Oil
Protests against climate change have been taking place in many countries throughout the year. Yet energy officials from one area…
2019-11-13 Brazil’s Lula to Go Back to Jail or Run for President
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walked out of jail last week. The Brazilian politician known as Lula…
2019-11-12 Afghan President: Kidnapped Professors to Be Exchanged for Taliban Leaders
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced Tuesday that the Taliban will release two foreign professors in return for the government’s release…
2019-11-12 Cambodian Opposition Says Time Is Right for Democracy
Self-exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the European Union’s proposal to limit trade with Cambodia could support democracy there.…
2019-11-10 Severely Dry Weather Is Killing Zimbabwe’s Wildlife
Many of Africa’s best known kinds of wild animals are dying from lack of food and water in Zimbabwe’s Mana…
2019-11-10 Some Nigerians Blame Government, Not Religious Leaders, for School Abuses
Nigerian police said last week they freed 259 people from an Islamic rehabilitation center in the city of Ibadan. Police…
2019-11-11 Some Places Offer Trips to the Unknown
When Dena Espenscheid answered an advertisement on social media, her sister warned her that she could have problems. The ad…
2019-11-11 US to Consider Genetically Engineered Tree
American scientists are harvesting chestnuts like no other found in nature. These researchers work at New York State’s College of…
2019-11-10 Saving the World’s Wetlands
A team of farmers, university researchers and environmentalists is busy at work in the wetlands of eastern England. They are…
2019-11-09 Indonesian Watchmaker Turns to Mushroom Leather
A watchmaker in Indonesia is using the root of mushrooms as material for making wristwatches. Mycelium leather, as the material…
2019-11-08 Aviation Industry to Oppose ‘Flight Shaming’ Movement
Leaders in the aviation industry plan to launch a campaign they hope will work against what they call a “flight…
2019-11-09 Fear in Uganda’s Gay Community after Death Penalty Threat, Arrests
Twenty-one-year-old Shamim Pretty has found shelter in a Kampala safe house for the past three years. Shamim Pretty is not…
2019-11-08 Killings Show Mexico’s Drug War Is Worsening
People in the Mexican town of La Mora are afraid that more violence is coming from drug traffickers who control…
2019-11-07 Many Syrian Refugees in Turkey Do Not Want to Return Home
Many Syrian refugees in Turkey want to stay in the country although Turkey plans to send them back home. Turkish…