DEEP DIVE – As the U.S. grapples with the still-unsolved problem of Iran’s nuclear program, another American adversary is expanding its nuclear arsenal at a dangerous pace. That’s the view of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other experts after a flurry of alarming news from North Korea. AccordingContinue Reading
Military leader promotes himself after defence minister killed in attacks linked to al-Qaeda and Tuareg separatists., The leader of Mali’s military government, Assimi Goita, has taken on the role of defence minister following the killing of the previous minister in last week’s uprising by rebel groups. State television channel ORTMContinue Reading
Deaths due to gang violence included people hit by stray bullets, cases of mistaken identity, and relatives of gang members., Deaths due to gang violence included people hit by stray bullets, cases of mistaken identity by the shooter, and relatives of targeted gang members. Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killedContinue Reading
Top court restores telehealth access to mifepristone for at least one week as legal challenges to medication play out., The United States Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated a rule allowing an abortion pill to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail, lifting a judicial ban that narrowed accessContinue Reading
Nepal complains after India and China agree to resume a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass., Nepal complains after India and China agree to resume a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass. A long-running border dispute between Nepal and India has flared up after New Delhi announced theContinue Reading
Actor Kristoffer Polaha reveals how film productions can transform local communities, sharing a video of his latest project in the Dominican Republic where the crew significantly improved a village’s infrastructure and boosted its economy…Continue Reading
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has urged European leaders to drop the framing of Ukraine as a country that only needs help, and instead start asking what Ukraine can give Europe, Yle reports. Speaking at a joint press conference with Czech President Petr Pavel in Prague on 4 May, Stubb said:Continue Reading
Germany will hand over an 84-megawatt gas-fired power plant in Lubmin near Greifswald — built to support Russia’s Nord Stream 1 pipeline — to a Ukrainian power plant operator as humanitarian aid, Die Welt reports, citing Berlin-based Sefe Securing Energy for Europe GmbH and an earlier report by public broadcasterContinue Reading
Hundreds of foreign doctors about to complete training in the U.S. will have to leave the country if the federal government doesn’t rapidly process their visa waiver applications, which have been languishing since the fall and winter, immigration attorneys say. The waiver program, run by the Department of Health andContinue Reading
If you haven’t heard the argument that civilization is about to collapse because women aren’t having enough babies, you haven’t been consuming much media. “The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse,” announced the Atlantic last June. Business Insider ran a piece in August headlined “America’s great people shortage,”Continue Reading
When I learned what Samuel Alito and the other Republican appointees to the Supreme Court did to the Voting Rights Act last week, I thought of Mickey. I met Mickey the summer after third grade. His family had rented one of the summer cabins in the Adirondack Mountains where myContinue Reading
Several people have been injured after a driver rammed a car into a pedestrian shopping street in Leipzig, Germany on Monday, according to authorities, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
This is a breaking news story., The United Arab Emirates has said its air defences are engaging with missile attacks and incoming drones from Iran. The UAE Ministry of Defense said late on Monday afternoon that it was intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones across the country. The emirateContinue Reading