Row, Row, Row Your Boat To Antarctica
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speak with adventurer Colin O’Brady, who is planning to row from Cape Horn at the tip of South America to Antarctica next month.
The German View On The Impeachment Inquiry
Some key figures in the impeachment inquiry are involved in European policy. And Germans are watching warily — they face political uncertainty as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tenure nears its end.
Why Mumbai Needs More Mangroves
Mumbai’s mangroves — a defense against floods and climate change — are endangered by urbanization. But a forest ranger is educating citizens on the value of the trees, hoping to save them.
Greenland Is Not For Sale. But It Has The Rare Earth Minerals America Wants
The Arctic island has a wealth of rare earth resources that the U.S. has labeled as essential to national defense.
Egypt: Independent media outlet says police raided its HQ
Security forces on Sunday raided the offices of one of Egypt’s last remaining independent media outlets, briefly detaining its top editor and two other journalists and later releasing them, the outlet and officials said. The raid is the latest in a wi…
Philippines’ VP Fired by Duterte From Anti-Drug Post Fires Back
(Bloomberg) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Vice President Leni Robredo from a government body against illegal drugs, less than three weeks after appointing her to help run it.Robredo, who was elected separately from the president and…
U.K. Conservative Manifesto Launch: What We Know, What We Expect
(Bloomberg) — Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils his Conservative Party’s election manifesto on Sunday with a promise to end the “seemingly unending Brexit box-set d…
Blast targets UN vehicle in Afghanistan, kills 1 foreigner
A United Nations vehicle was targeted in a bombing Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul and initial reports indicated at least one foreign citizen was killed, an Afghan official said. Nasrat Rahimi, Interior Ministry spokesman, said five others, includi…
Iraq officials: 13 protesters wounded amid ongoing clashes
Iraqi officials say 13 anti-government protesters have been wounded by security forces amid ongoing clashes in central Baghdad. In the country’s oil-rich south, demonstrators were seen burning tires, and have cut main roads. The security and medical …
UPDATE 1-UK’s Johnson promises Brexit for Christmas in manifesto
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise to bring his Brexit deal back to parliament before Christmas when he launches his Conservative Party’s manifesto on Sunday, the cornerstone of his pitch to voters to “get Brexit done”. With less than t…
US senator visits home of imprisoned Bahrain rights activist
A U.S. senator has visited the home of a detained human rights activist in the Mideast island kingdom of Bahrain. Activists shared photographs with The Associated Press showing Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, visiting the home of Nabeel Rajab on Sat…
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