Ship Rescues Young Man Who Spent 49 Days Drifting At Sea
The 19 year old was on a wooden fishing hut off the coast of Indonesia when it broke loose from its mooring and drifted to waters around Guam. About 10 ships passed him without stopping.
Spices, Ceramics Found Aboard 400-Year-Old Portuguese Shipwreck
The ship, believed to have gone down sometime between 1575 and 1625 on a return voyage from India, was found offshore not far from the capital Lisbon.
News Brief: Brett Kavanaugh, Trump At U.N., Attorney General Sessions
The Supreme Court nominee talks publicly for the first time since misconduct allegations were made against him. Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly. Sessions talks to state attorneys general.
Polls Show Germany’s Far-Right Party Grows In Popularity
The AFD is benefiting from being the official opposition to Chancellor Merkel’s grand coalition government. Polls rate it Germany’s second most popular party, dropping the Social Democrats to third.
Nigerian Agencies Launch Rescue Mission For 12 Kidnapped Cargo Ship Crew Members
Pirates hijacked the ship on Saturday by using long ladders and destroying the ship’s communications equipment. The invaders haven’t made demands.
What Kavanaugh case means for ‘innocent until proven guilty’
In the Senate standoff over confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, two paradigms are hurtling toward each other in a clash: the age-old legal standard that someone must be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and the new #MeToo soc…
Surprise Victory Of Opposition In Maldives Elections, A Referendum On Democracy
Voter turnout was nearly 90 percent. The challenger beat the incumbent president, who is accused of jailing opponents. The Indian Ocean nation is at the center of a rivalry between India and China.
UNGA Begins As Trump Has Worked To Limit U.S. Support For International Agencies
World leaders are gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly. The wars in Syria and Yemen, the refugee issue and multilateralism will likely dominate the discussions.
Kim Jong Un Says He’s Building North Korea’s Economy, But It’s Hard To Assess Progress
In the wake of summits with the leaders of the U.S. and South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has directed his country to focus on growing their economy rather than emphasizing nuclear weapons.
Brexit tensions and the two ‘i-words’
Crunch time is coming for Brexit, Britain’s decision to end its decades-long membership in the European Union. The economics of Brexit are daunting enough. The IMF said last week that there will be “costs” for the UK even if that process goes smoothl…
The key to recovery from a sports scandal
Two of the biggest scandals in recent sports history were back in the news last week. Each in its own way continues to provide a lesson on how contrition is a necessary step toward redemption. The larger of the two scandals was the serial sexual abu…
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