Amazon’s Bezos clicks on homelessness
The world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, is shopping for solutions to homelessness. Last week, the founder of Amazon announced a special fund of around $1 billion to reward nonprofits doing “needle-moving work” in assisting young families without a home….
Meanwhile in … Africa, more young people are being drawn to the sport of fencing
Africa, more young people are being drawn to the sport of fencing. The International Fencing Federation (FIE), lured by the potential of large pools of untapped talent on the continent, is upgrading its facilities there, reports CNN. “There’s been a bi…
Why Arabic is flowering in Israel even as it’s officially demoted
It was advertised as the largest Arabic lesson in the world. On a summer night in a square in central Tel Aviv, several thousand Israelis heeded the call to attend and found themselves repeating a series of Arabic words and phrases. The lesson was co…
Australians Alarmed After Needles Repeatedly Found In Strawberries
Strawberries with needles inserted have been reported in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales. Some growers are dumping fruit and installing metal detectors.
Readers write: Buryatia coverage, book search, wildfire precautions, science at home
My sons and I spent two months in Mongolia on a bicycle tour in 1998. It is not easy to find current, accurate information on this area, so I am delighted the Monitor undertook this series. Recommended: Sochi, Soviets, and czars: How much do you kno…
Pussy Riot’s Pyotr Verzilov, Allegedly Poisoned, Is Flown To Germany For Treatment
The unofficial spokesman for the punk-rock anti-Kremlin protest group became ill after a court date last week, reportedly experiencing hallucinations and paralysis before falling unconscious.
Stool From Slave Trade Era Is Likely Destroyed In Brazil’s Museum Fire
As researchers sift through the ashes at the museum in Rio de Janeiro, they expect to find little that survived the fire — including an African royal throne from the days of the Atlantic slave trade.
Typhoon Leaves Dozens Dead And Many Missing In Asia
Typhoon Mangkhut began to lash southern China on Sunday, the latest stop along a destructive path that has left dozens dead and many missing.
Canada needs to make a statement about Aung San Suu Kyi, Question easy loans from China, Working mothers are assets, not liabilities, Tourism bump is driven by North American economic growth, Tennis organizations should work harder to win against sexism
“But the real outrage is that … the slaughter … continues unabated…. [T]his ethnic cleansing is taking place in a country whose elected civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of only six people to have been made …
Typhoon Hits Hong Kong And Southern China
A fierce typhoon has hit Hong Kong and now southern China. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Wall Street Journal reporter Dan Strumpf in Hong Kong.
U.S. And Cuba Ties Strained Over Mysterious Health Attacks
Cuba is asking the U.S. to stop describing bizarre health incidents as attacks saying there’s no evidence that Americans have been targeted with some sort of sonic device.
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