Global Newsstand: Fossil fuel corporations should not lobby during climate conferences, and more
EUObserver / Brussels
Readers write: ‘Whose Colorado?’ fracking debate, cover art
‘Whose Colorado?’ fracking debate
North Korea Promotes Basketball As ‘An Important Project’
“We must rush to elevate the sport to global levels,” North Korea’s official newspaper reportedly stated this week. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a well-known love for the sport.
Controversial. Chaotic. But not a do-nothing Congress
The 115th Congress is going out with a bang – but not the celebratory kind. Instead it is a deafening noise of shutdown drama and alarm bells over national security that is drowning out the accomplishments of the last two years. Republican Senate maj…
No room at the inn: Mexican Posada tradition inspires US migrants
La Posada, a rich Mexican and Latin American Catholic tradition, took place after dusk in the humblest of settings on a recent evening here – a bright half-moon illuminated a plastic tent festooned with lights in a weatherworn mobile-home park. Warmed…
Japan’s Population Is In Rapid Decline
New figures from the government show that the estimated count of babies born in 2018 has dropped to a historic low. “We know we must address the birthrate,” a Japanese official says.
How To Stop A Drone? There’s No Good Answer
Here’s why the drone tormenting Gatwick’s airport remains at large.
For Mideast Christians, US refugee policy puts a damper on Christmas
Laith Yakona wants only one thing for Christmas, the same thing he has prayed for the last four Christmases: to spend the holidays with his family. War, bombings, kidnappings, death threats, and death squads failed to break up the Yakona family in the…
How Defense Secretary Mattis’ Resignation Is Being Received Abroad
How is the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis playing abroad? NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Bobby Ghosh, Foreign Affairs editor and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, based in London.
Are Greek and EU officials illegally deporting migrants to Turkey?
Fadi Jassem is a skinny Syrian man with sorrow etched on his face. The 11-year-old boy had just been ferried across the choppy waters of the Evros River in the middle of winter when he disappeared. “He got lost in the border area so I went to search …
Parkour Resists ‘Hostile Takeover’ By International Gymnastics
An art as much as it is a sport, parkour’s urban ethic is one of bold, practiced risk-taking. Now its adherents say it is having to fight against encroachment by powerful interests.
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