Jamaica: Special security zones are decreasing murders – but at what cost?
The ZOSO legislation suspends some constitutional rights, like searching a person or home without a warrant and imposing curfews, in certain neighborhoods in order to crack down on violent crime. The ZOSOs are also meant to include increased investment…
Drones Deliver Vaccines On Island Nation Of Vanuatu
The test program could lead to drone-delivered vaccines for children in hard-to-reach places around the globe.
Beneath the bowl game glamour
The sponsor names attached to college football’s holiday bowl games have long been a source of amusement. This year’s batch includes the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and the Cheez-It Bowl. For US football fans, watchi…
Alba The Albino Orangutan Is Now Free, Living In The Trees Again
With striking blue eyes and white hair, Alba was rescued last year by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation — which calls her “the only albino orangutan ever recorded.”
Uproar Over Sexy Picture On Magazine From Amnesty International’s Dutch Arm
The Netherlands branch of the organization published a slick magazine about refugees called “Glamoria” and put a flirtatious photo of a woman wearing life jackets on the cover.
An Indian Dessert, Beloved And Battled Over, Now Stars In Its Own Movie
Rosogolla is a classic Indian sweet, so loved that a new film tells its “bittersweet” origin story. But that story comes with its own version of a political birther controversy.
Trump Administration Changes Border Policy To Discourage Asylum-Seekers
Mexico and the U.S. have come to an agreement that immigrants from third countries, who are crossing or approaching the border to seek asylum, will stay in Mexico while their claims are decided.
Morning News Brief
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave the Trump administration in February. Congress still has time to avert a government shutdown. And, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is asked: Is ISIS defeated?
U.S. Military Pullout From Syria Will Affect Other Forces There
The decision to pull U.S. forces out of Syria has been criticized by NATO allies. It also leaves Syrian Kurdish fighters battling ISIS vulnerable to an attack from neighboring Turkey.
Policy or politics? Trump’s sudden Syria move kicks up a storm
When President Trump reversed US policy on Syria Wednesday by ordering a full and rapid withdrawal of the 2,000 troops on the ground there, stunned officials and foreign policy analysts saw a number of individuals and factors behind the surprise decisi…
Transcript: NPR’s Full Interview With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
In an interview with Steve Inskeep, Secretary of State Pompeo talks about ISIS in Syria, Kim Jong Un and a newly announced plan for dealing with migrants crossing the U.S. southern border.
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