Brazil Dam Disaster: 60 People Are Dead, With Hundreds More Missing
The dam that collapsed last week held more than 3 billion gallons of mud and mine waste. A mine worker says he heard a loud sound — and when he turned, he saw a “mountain of mud” sweeping toward him.
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced To More Than 4 Years In Prison
The human rights lawyer was arrested in 2015 along with hundreds of other legal activists. Human rights groups say the sentence makes a mockery of the rule of law.
Hundreds Are Missing After Dam Collapses In Southern Brazil
The death toll from the collapse of a dam in southern Brazilian continues to rise as searchers labor in deep mud. Several hundred people are still reported missing.
Venezuela’s Power Struggle Is Expected To Become More Intense
Venezuela remains in crisis with much of the world rejecting President Nicholas Maduro, and endorsing the legislature’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, the self-declared interim president.
Survivors Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day On 74th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation
Former prisoners gathered at the site of the former concentration camp to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
To Keep African Swine Fever Out, Denmark Is Planning A Southern Boar(der) Fence
The 40-mile fence is being built to protect Denmark’s $5 billion pig industry from possible infection by wild boars. But critics doubt the fence will work, and warn it may adversely affect wildlife.
What Impoverished Communities In Venezuela Are Saying About The Current Crisis
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Venezuelan journalist who lives in a poverty-stricken community about what people there are saying about the current political protests.
President Maduro Under Pressure As Several Countries Back Venezuela’s Opposition Leader
Venezuelans came out by the hundreds of thousands to ask for a change of leadership. But since the opposition leader has named himself interim president, President Maduro remains in power. What now?
Who Is Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó?
The 35-year-old politician declared himself acting president this week, and has been recognized as the country’s president by the Trump administration.
At Least 20 Dead, Dozens Injured After Two Bombs Target Southern Philippines Cathedral
Two bombs exploded at a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Philippines during Sunday Mass. No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Naomi Osaka Of Japan Secures Her Second Grand Slam Title With Australian Open Victory
The 21-year-old player stumbled in the second set, but recovered in the third. “I felt like I didn’t want to have any regrets,” she said of the match.
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