Scientist In Botswana Finds 87 Dead Elephants That Were Killed By Poachers
A scientist conducting a survey of elephants in Botswana found the carcasses of 87 elephants killed by poachers. The discovery points to a crisis in what is considered an elephant sanctuary in Africa.
U.S. Officials Condemn Reuters Journalists’ Convictions In Myanmar
Vice President Pence said the two journalists should be “commended — not imprisoned” for exposing human rights abuses in Myanmar. They were handed a seven-year prison sentence, inciting global outcry.
A year later, Puerto Rico says ‘Come on down’
A year ago a group of neighbors in the small Puerto Rican city of Humacao desperately signaled for help.
Who Caused The Mysterious Leak At The International Space Station?
“We don’t reject any theories,” said Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s space agency. That includes sabotage, though he suspects it was more likely a “technological error.”
Russia’s Multinational Military Exercise Last Week Was A Dry Run For Bigger War Games
The exercise, called “Peace Mission 2018,” included 3,000 troops from China, India, Pakistan and other countries. Next week’s war games are billed as the biggest Russian exercises since the Cold War.
Boruboru: South Sudan’s newest spectator sport is one for the girls
Replace them with three barefoot girls on a sandy pitch on the outskirts of South Sudan’s jumbled capital city. This is more like if dodgeball met gymnastics on the clay courts of the French Open, and then a couple of Major League Baseball pitchers sh…
U.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy
Scotland Yard says it has sufficient evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov in absentia with attempted murder over the poisonings in the city of Salisbury in March.
U.N. Diplomats Warn Fight For Syria’s Idlib Province Could Worsen
The U.N.’s senior envoys for Syria offer updates on their efforts to slow regime and Russian attacks on Idlib province before it becomes a disaster for the three million civilians there.
U.S. Secretaries Of Defense And State To Visit India
India is an important ally to the U.S., but the Trump administration has twice postponed high-level talks with the country over the past year — citing scheduling conflicts.
Labour Party To Adopt International Definition Of Anti-Semitism
Britain’s opposition Labour Party is trying to defuse widespread attacks from Jewish community leaders who’ve accused the party’s leader of being either anti-Semitic or tolerant of anti-Semitism.
Zalmay Khalilzad Appointed As U.S. Special Adviser To Afghanistan
The Afghan-born former diplomat served as U.S. ambassador in Kabul under President George W. Bush. In Afghanistan, views of Khalilzad are mixed, with some blaming him for many of the country’s woes.
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