Pope Francis Defrocks Priest Fernando Karadima, A Notorious Abuser In Chile
Karadima has been the face of the church’s sex abuse scandal in Chile. In 2011, a Vatican tribunal found him guilty of sexually abusing dozens of minors.
OluTimehin Adegbeye: How Can Cities Make Space For Their Most Vulnerable Residents?
OluTimehin Adegbeye says that in the world’s megacities, the most vulnerable get left behind — including in her city, Lagos. But it’s these people, she says, that most deserve space in modern cities.
The two Koreas eye a test zone for peace
One reason for a decline of armed conflicts in recent decades has been the use of an important tool in peacemaking: buffer zones between militaries. Most of the time, they maintain a temporary peace. Of all the buffer zones in the world, the most fam…
Strong Quake Hits Along Indonesia’s Western Sulawesi Island
The quake, with an epicenter about 50 miles north of Palu, was just six miles deep. Indonesia’s geological agency says there is no threat of a tsunami.
Police In Netherlands Arrest 7 Suspected In Terrorist Plot To Attack ‘Large Event’
Dutch police executed a raid in two cities, Arnhem and Weert, arresting the suspects who they said were looking for bomb-making supplies and Kalashnikov rifles to use in the attack.
Canada’s Parliament Votes To Strip Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Of Honorary Citizenship
The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s international reputation has taken a severe beating over her government’s failure to halt atrocities against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
New U.S. Envoy To Afghanistan On Strategy
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to former Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the new envoy to Afghanistan, about the U.S. strategy in the country.
Local Boats Rescue Everyone Aboard 737 After It Crashes Into Micronesian Lagoon
The plane was on approach to the airport at the island of Chuuk when it apparently fell short of the runway, an airport official says.
You’ve Been To Mars And A Comet; Japan’s NASA Invites You To An Asteroid
Two Japanese rovers touring an asteroid have sent photos and a video back home, which were published by the Japanese space agency Thursday.
There’s A Showdown Coming Between The U.S. And Countries Doing Business With Iran
Iranian oil exports are tumbling ahead of the reimposition of sanctions in early November by the Trump administration. But Iran’s biggest oil customer, China may try and circumvent the sanctions to keep the oil coming.
At fraught Kavanaugh hearing, dueling narratives and a fresh battle of beliefs
Christine Blasey Ford testified on Thursday that she remembered all those details about that summer evening in which she alleges a drunk, teenage Kavanaugh groped her and tore at her clothes, with the music turned loud and Mr. Kavanaugh’s hand over her…
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