Climate Change Is Bad For Peru’s Pastures … But There’s A 1,200-Year-Old Fix
Climate change has shrunk the wetlands in the Andes where livestock graze. Could reviving ancient water systems bring back the grass?
Train Accident Kills 6 People In Denmark
“Ordinary Danes on their way to work or heading home from the Christmas holidays have had their lives smashed,” Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said.
Kenya’s Fight Against Corruption Includes Demolishing Buildings
Kenya is going after corruption and cleaning up the banks of the polluted and increasingly blocked Nairobi River. The government is tearing down malls, hotels, restaurants — anything deemed illegal.
Protests Erupt In Southern India After Women Defy Centuries-Old Temple Ban
Protests raged throughout the India state of Kerala after two women entered the Sabarimala temple. Women of menstruating age were banned from the temple until last year.
Whelan Doesn’t Fit The Profile Of A Spy, Former CIA Officer Says
Noel King talks to John Sipher, former member of the CIA’s Clandestine Service who worked in Moscow, about U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, who has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying.
In Mexico, A Mayor Is Murdered Within Hours Of Taking Office
Gunmen assassinated the mayor of a town in Oaxaca state as he walked to city hall. The brazen attack was the latest in a year of murders against public officials.
News Brief: Government Shutdown, Russia Detains U.S. Citizen, NASA Probe
Congressional leaders go to the White House for a border security briefing. A U.S. citizen is in Russian custody on suspicion of spying. And, NASA’s New Horizons probe makes history.
Smithsonian Showcases Senegalese Jewelry Which Is Rich In History
Senegal’s exquisite gold jewelry — and the complicated history of the women who wore it — are getting their due at an exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Museum of African Art.
Legendary Chocolatiers Leave War-Torn Syria For Hungary
The Ghraoui chocolate shop in Damascus was a place fit for queens — literally. But in 2015, the family that owned it moved from war-torn Syria to Hungary, which isn’t known for welcoming refugees.
Critically Acclaimed Play ‘Noura’ Puts Iraqi Refugee Experience On Stage
A playwright draws on Iraqi refugees’ experiences in a writers workshop to craft a work that translates the flight from war for American audiences.
U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants Trying To Cross Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities say they fired tear gas to deter about 150 Central American migrants from climbing over or under the U.S.-Mexico border fence into California.
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