The European Union Hopes To Ban Single-Use Plastic By 2021
In Greece, divers calling themselves the “garbage collectors of the sea” are fishing out plastic waste from the eastern Mediterranean. Now the EU will lend a hand by banning single-use plastics.
The European Union And The Brexit Vote
After a messy, year-and-a-half long battle, European leaders today signed off on a divorce deal for the United Kingdom, which is leaving the European Union in March.
European Union Leaders Approve Brexit Plan
European leaders approve Brexit setting up the stage for a vote in British Parliament come December.
European Leaders Close In On Brexit Deal
It would allow the U.K. a 20-month transition period before breaking off from the EU. EU President Donald Tusk recommended “that we approve on Sunday,” even though “no one has reasons to be happy.”
President Trump Statement Disputes CIA Assessment On Killing Of Khashoggi
From criticism to judges to pushing for more border security funding, President Trump kept up the political tempo, as lawmakers headed home for the Thanksgiving holiday.
European Union Members Prepare To Vote On Great Britain’s Brexit Plan
Scott Simon speaks with journalist Teri Schultz about the European Union’s planned vote on Brexit.
Black Friday Shopping Tradition Spreads Around The World
The post-Thanksgiving shopping spree known as Black Friday has become tradition elsewhere, even without the Thanksgiving holiday hook, such as the South American nation of Colombia.
The U.S., Saudi Arabia and Global Influence
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with writer and former foreign piolicy adviser Robert Kagan about where the United States stands on the global stage.
Spitting Cobra Finds It’s Way Into The Backyard Of NPR’s East Africa Correspondent
A reporter’s notebook from our correspondent in Kenya on finding a cobra in his backyard
In Iraq, A Race To Protect The Crumbling Bricks Of Ancient Babylon
A U.S.-funded conservation project is shoring up the brick walls of the ancient city. The hope is that Babylon will qualify for UNESCO World Heritage status.
Readers write: Violence on the left and the right
In the Oct. 25 Monitor Daily story “What mail bombs say – and don’t say – about political discourse,” by Patrik Jonsson, it seems a bit puzzling for the examples to be so evenly split between the left and right when it is not that way at all. Response…
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