Under Bolsonaro, Same-Sex Couples In Brazil Fear They’ll Lose The Right To Marry
Retired army captain Jair Bolsonaro will be inaugurated as Brazil’s president on New Year’s Day. His homophobic record and far right views alarm LGBT Brazilians who fear losing the right to marry.
How Turkish Foreign Policy Strategy Could Shape 2019
Turkey was center stage several times in 2018 foreign policy news. NPR’s Ari Shapiro asks Asli Aydintasbas, fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, how Turkish strategy could shape 2019.
The deep roots of America’s rural-urban political divide
The chasm of misunderstanding and animosity between rural and urban voters is one of the oldest divisions in American political life. As urban areas exploded in size and power, urban voters increasingly returned such disdain. Urban agglomerations wer…
Those tiny flying intruders
The huge disruption of air travel at Britain’s second-busiest airport caused by small unmanned flying drones has brought new scrutiny to a growing risk to public safety, privacy, and security. Small flying drones don’t need to carry any kind of explos…
Tiny Jordan’s outsize role fostering interfaith understanding
Every month, Christians and Muslims from Milan to Mecca, Kansas to Kuala Lumpur find common ground in an unusual place: a desert country the size of Maine surrounded by war zones. In Jordan, a royal family recognized as descendants of the prophet Muha…
Vowing to bulldoze corruption, Tanzania’s president bulldozes dissent
On a December day three years ago, two months after he was elected president of Tanzania, John Magufuli walked out of the presidential palace here and began scooping handfuls of dried leaves and torn plastic bags into a trash bin. Mr. Magufuli had run…
Japan Embraces Commercial Whaling, Pulls Out Of Global Alliance That Banned Practice
Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission, which put a moratorium on commercial whaling in the 1980s. The country will allow commercial hunts for the first time in 30 years next July.
Japan Plans To Resume Commercial Whaling Operations
Japan’s government said Wednesday that it will start commercial whaling again in July and leave the International Whaling Commission. The commission banned commercial whaling more than 30 years ago.
News Brief: Migrant Boy Dies, Shutdown Continues, U.S.-Turkey Relations
An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy dies in U.S. immigration custody. The standoff over the border wall continues and the government remains closed. Relations have been improving between the U.S. and Turkey.
Chinese Authorities Raid 2 Prominent Independent Churches
Authorities in China have been conducting church raids and arresting prominent pastors that the government believes are a threat to the state.
School In Mosul’s Old Jewish Community Is Damaged In Fight Against ISIS
An Iraqi man walks us through his war-scarred home in Mosul — a home that used to be a synagogue when the Iraqi city had a vibrant Jewish population. An abandoned religious school is next door.
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